UCLA Poll Watch: Men's Volleyball Still Undefeated, Still #1

UCLA Men's Volleyball is off to Hawai'i this week for a two-game set with the fifth-ranked Rainbow Warriors. Traveling to Honolulu to play volleyball sounds pretty great, but historically it's one of the MPSF's most difficult road trips. The Bruins will play two games in two days against a very good team, which will really test UCLA's credentials as the nation's best team.

The Bruins are a unanimous choice as the top-ranked team, a spot that they've held for three straight weeks. UCLA's 10-game winning streak will be on the line in Honolulu, but more important than that is the Bruins' one-game lead in the standings ahead of Stanford and Hawai'i.

UCLA Women's Basketball has a big road trip this week too. The 14th-ranked Bruins will be in the desert for a pair of games, including a showdown with #8 Arizona State on Friday evening.

The Bruins proved they can win on the road in difficult circumstances this past week when they beat Colorado and Utah despite losing star point guard Jordin Canada to injury. With UCLA's only other true point guard out this season with an injury, the Bruins found a way to win with Nirra Fields directing the offense. Of course, if Canada isn't ready to play against ASU, it will be that much harder for the third-place Bruins to catch the Pac-12 co-leaders--Oregon State and Arizona State.

UCLA Men's Basketball remains absent from the national polls. Only a substantial winning streak is likely to see the Bruins receive votes again, but Steve Alford's Bruins seem utterly incapable of the kind of consistency required for a winning streak. Until the Bruins put together a string of conference wins, there's no point in discussing scenarios that could lead to the team charging back into title contention. However, if the Bruins don't win tonight against the Trojans, they'll be in ninth place in the Pac-12, and their postseason prospects will continue to fade.

Lastly, the Bruins are seventh in the DIG Magazine Women's Beach Volleyball Preseason Poll. With a very talented freshman class, UCLA Beach Volleyball has a bright future.

UCLA Ranked No. 7 in DiG Magazine Preseason Poll!https://t.co/Cr7q2zzLm3#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/MKpYPA8HcG

— UCLA Beach VB (@uclabeachvb) February 3, 2016

Men's Basketball

Last Week: UCLA lost to Washington 86-84, and defeated Washington State 83-50.

Associated Press Poll (February 1, 2016)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Oklahoma (45)	18-2	1605	1
2	North Carolina (20)	20-2	1578	2
3	Villanova	18-3	1384	6
4	Maryland	19-3	1366	8
5	Iowa	17-4	1362	3
6	Xavier	19-2	1344	7
7	Kansas	17-4	1233	4
8	Texas A&M	18-3	1169	5
9	Virginia	17-4	1086	11
10	Michigan State	19-4	1018	12
11	Providence	18-4	900	10
12	SMU	19-1	853	13
13	Iowa State	16-5	851	14
13	West Virginia	17-4	814	9
15	Baylor	17-4	728	17
16	Oregon	18-4	551	23
17	Miam (Fla.)	16-4	537	15
18	Purdue	19-4	511	21
19	Louisville	17-4	478	16
20	Kentucky	16-6	429	20
21	Wichita State	16-5	323	22
22	Indiana	18-4	270	19
23	Arizona	17-5	245	18
24	Dayton	18-3	168	NR
25	South Carolina	19-2	87	NR

UCLA (13-9, 4-5) received 0 points.

USA Today Coaches Poll (February 1, 2016)

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	RECORD	PREVIOUS
1	North Carolina	791	18-2	2
2	Oklahoma	766	16-2	1
3	Kansas	680	16-3	3
4	Iowa	677	16-3	9
5	Texas A&M	650	17-2	8
6	Villanova	591	17-3	4
7	Maryland	581	17-3	5
8	Xavier	580	17-2	6
9	West Virginia	503	16-3	7
10	Providence	452	17-3	17
11	Michigan St.	445	17-4	10
12	Virginia	430	15-4	13
13	Miami (Fla.)	412	15-3	14
14	Louisville	384	16-3	16
15	Arizona	341	16-4	11
16	Iowa St.	312	15-4	21
17	Indiana	290	17-3	23
18	Baylor	281	15-4	15
19	Kentucky	242	15-4	19
20	Duke	183	15-5	12
21	Purdue	150	17-4	22
22	South Carolina	137	17-2	18
23	Pittsburgh	118	16-3	20
24	Oregon	90	16-4	NR
25	Wichita St.	60	14-5	NR

UCLA (13-9, 4-5) received 0 points.

Women's Basketball

#ICYMI: After the weekend road sweep, the Bruins move up to No. 14 in the #APTop25. #GoBruins pic.twitter.com/jN7rmmoy3z

— UCLA W. Basketball (@UCLAWBB) February 2, 2016

Last Week: #15 UCLA defeated Colorado 82-64, and defeated Utah 69-63.

Associated Press Poll (February 1, 2016)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	UConn (32)	20-0	800	1
2	South Carolina	21-0	765	2
3	Notre Dame	20-1	739	3
4	Baylor	21-1	700	4
5	Maryland	19-2	659	5
6	Texas	20-1	652	6
7	Ohio State	16-4	590	7
8	Arizona State	18-3	587	8
9	Oregon State	17-3	542	9
10	Florida State	18-4	500	11
11	Mississippi State	19-4	452	13
12	Texas A&M	15-6	443	10
13	Louisville	17-5	408	14
14	UCLA	16-5	372	15
15	Stanford	17-5	311	16
16	Miami	18-3	292	17
17	Michigan State	16-4	273	18
18	Kentucky	15-5	248	12
19	South Florida	15-5	212	20
20	Oklahoma	15-5	195	21
21	Missouri	18-4	181	22
22	Florida	18-4	150	NR
23	Tennessee	13-8	60	19
24	Washington	16-5	47	25
25	Oklahoma St	15-4	45	NR

USA Today Coaches Poll (February 1, 2016)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Connecticut (32)	20-0	800	1
2	South Carolina	21-0	766	2
3	Notre Dame	21-1	736	3
4	Baylor	21-1	703	4
5	Maryland	19-2	665	5
6	Texas	20-1	646	6
7	Ohio State	17-4	603	7
8	Oregon State	18-3	579	8
9	Florida State	18-4	517	11
10	Arizona State	18-4	487	9
11	Texas A&M	15-6	468	10
12	Mississippi State	19-4	428	13
13	Louisville	17-5	411	14
14	Michigan State	16-4	352	15
15	Stanford	17-5	317	16
16	UCLA	16-5	286	19
17	South Florida	15-5	271	18
18	Kentucky	15-5	265	12
19	Oklahoma	15-5	223	20
20	Miami (FL)	18-4	210	17
21	Missouri	18-4	137	24
22	Florida	18-4	121	NR
23	Syracuse	16-6	67	NR
24	DePaul	17-7	57	21
25	Tennessee	13-8	47	23

Men's Volleyball

Last Week: #1 UCLA defeated #2 Long Beach State 3-2, and defeated #12 Cal State Northridge 3-1 .

AVCA Coaches Poll (February 1, 2016)

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	RECORD	PREVIOUS
1	UCLA (20)	300	10-0	1
2	Long Beach State	277	7-2	2
3	BYU	262	6-2	3
4	Loyola-Chicago	226	5-2	4
5	Hawai'i	213	8-1	5
6	Stanford	205	7-1	6
7	Ohio State	175	7-2	7
8	Penn State	149	5-2	9
9	Pepperdine	136	5-2	8
10	UC Santa Barbara	127	8-3	11
11	UC Irvine	116	2-6	9
12	CSUN	92	7-2	12
13	Lewis	46	6-4	13
14	Ball State	31	5-3	15
15	Saint Francis	22	3-4	14

Women's Water Polo

Last Week: #2 UCLA was not in action.

CWPA Poll (February 3, 2016)

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Stanford	98	1
2	UCLA	96	2
3	Southern Cal	94	3
4	Hawai'i	87	4
T5	Arizona State	82	5
T5	California	82	6
7	Michigan	75	7
T8	UC Davis	67	9
T8	San Jose State	67	8
10	UC Irvine	63	10
11	UC Santa Barbara	62	11
12	Pacific	54	12
13	Indiana	52	T13
14	Princeton	49	T13
15	Loyola Marymount	41	16
16	Wagner	36	T18
17	Hartwick	35	17
18	San Diego State	34	15
19	UC San Diego	32	T18
20	Marist	24	24

Men's Tennis

Last Week: #12 UCLA defeated #6 Georgia 6-1.

ITA Division I Men's Team Rankings (February 3, 2016)

RANK	TEAM	PREVIOUS
1	Virginia	1
2	TCU	3
3	Texas A&M	4
4	Baylor	5
5	Oklahoma	2
6	USC	T8
7	North Carolina	10
8	Ohio State	T8
9	UCLA	12
10	Wake Forest	11
11	Georgia	6
12	Illinois	7
13	South Florida	13
14	Texas Tech	14
15	Columbia	15
16	San Diego	16
17	Oklahoma State	25
18	Stanford	17
19	Virginia Tech	18
20	Mississippi	19
21	Northwestern	21
22	Florida	20
23	Minnesota	22
24	California	27
25	Duke	24

Women's Tennis

Last Week: #21 UCLA defeated St. Mary's 6-1.

ITA Division I Women's Team Rankings* (February 3, 2016)

* The ITA will not publish rankings this week--the week of the ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship

Women's Gymnastics

Last Week: #4 UCLA lost to #21 California 196.375-195.175.

GymInfo Team Rankings (February 1, 2016)

RANK	TEAM	AVERAGE	HIGH
1	Florida	197.438	198.175
2	Oklahoma	197.185	197.55
3	Michigan	196.86	196.975
4	Alabama	196.855	197.525
5	UCLA	196.758	196.925
6	LSU	196.525	196.95
7	Utah	196.342	196.725
8	Arkansas	196.21	196.7
9	Boise State	196.175	196.425
10	Auburn	196.08	196.275
11	Georgia	195.87	196.775
12	Stanford	195.856	196.675
13	Denver	195.763	196.125
14	Nebraska	195.7	196.775
15	Oregon State	195.694	196.35
16	Missouri	195.645	196.05
17	George Washington	195.517	196.175
18	Minnesota	195.469	196.075
19	Illinois-Champaign	195.363	195.725
20	Arizona	195.217	196.475
21	California	195.15	195.65
22	New Hampshire	195.095	196.075
23	West Virginia	195.083	195.8
24	Southern Utah	195.056	195.6
25	Kentucky	195.031	195.175

This Week In UCLA Sports

Thursday, January 28

UCLA Men's Basketball vs. USC in Los Angeles, CA (7:30 PM PST)

Friday, January 29

• UCLA Track & Field at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, NE (All Day)
• #9 UCLA Men's Tennis vs. #16 San Diego in Los Angeles, CA (3:00 PM PST)
• #14 UCLA Women's Basketball vs. #8 Arizona State in Tempe, AZ (5:00 PM PST)
• #1 UCLA Men's Volleyball vs. #5 Hawai'i in Honolulu, HI (9:00 PM PST)

Saturday, January 30

• UCLA Track & Field at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, NE (All Day)
• #5 UCLA Women's Gymnastics vs. #7 Utah in Los Angeles, CA (1:00 PM PST)
• #1 UCLA Men's Volleyball vs. #5 Hawai'i in Honolulu, HI (9:00 PM PST)