2025 Preseason All-ACC Volleyball Team and Coaches Poll Introduced

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Pitt was voted the preseason favourite to win the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball Championship for the second straight yr by the league’s volleyball head coaches, it was introduced on Thursday.

Pitt earned the general No. 1 seed within the NCAA Volleyball Tournament for the primary time in program historical past final season, advancing to the semifinals of the NCAA Volleyball Championship for the fourth straight yr. The Panthers obtained 10 first-place votes and 279 whole factors, simply eight factors forward of Louisville, who earned six first-place votes. Stanford, who enters its second season as a member of the ACC, obtained two first-place votes and 264 factors.

Louisville will enter the season at No. 2 within the preseason ballot following a visit to the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Championship match. The Cardinals took down No. 1 ranked Pitt within the semifinals to advance to the title match for the second time in program historical past earlier than falling to Penn State within the championship.

Stanford got here in third with 264 factors, adopted by SMU (243) and North Carolina (212). Georgia Tech earned 210 factors and was picked sixth, whereas Miami (190), Florida State (180), Virginia (135) and NC State (134) rounded out the highest 10. The Wolfpack was adopted by Duke (127), Notre Dame (126), Boston College (96), California (90), Wake Forest (84), Clemson (62), Syracuse (31) and Virginia Tech (20).

The Panthers led all colleges with 4 student-athletes on the Preseason All-ACC Team, whereas Louisville, SMU and Stanford had three apiece. Miami had two student-athletes named to the workforce whereas Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Notre Dame added one every.

Louisville’s Chloe Chicoine and Cara Cresse, Miami’s Flormarie Heredia Colon, Pitt’s Olivia Babcock and Bre Kelley, SMU’s Malaya Jones and Stanford’s Elia Rubin had been all named to the 2025 AVCA Player of the Year Watchlist. All seven gamers had been named to the 2025 Preseason All-ACC Volleyball workforce.

Three groups earned spots within the last American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) ballot following final season: Louisville at No. 2, Pitt at No. 4 and Georgia Tech at No. 16. The 2025 AVCA Preseason Poll can be launched in early August.

2025 Preseason ACC Volleyball Coaches Poll

1. Pitt, 279 | 10 First-Place Votes

2. Louisville, 271 | 6 First-Place Votes

3. Stanford, 264 | 2 First-Place Votes

4. SMU, 243

5. North Carolina, 212

6. Georgia Tech, 210

7. Miami, 190

8. Florida State, 180

9. Virginia, 135

10. NC State, 134

11. Duke, 127

12. Notre Dame, 126

13. Boston College, 96

14. California, 90

15. Wake Forest, 84

16. Clemson, 62

17. Syracuse, 31

18. Virginia Tech, 20

2025 Preseason All-ACC Volleyball Team

Larissa Mendes, Georgia Tech

Nayelis Cabello, Louisville

Chloe Chicoine, Louisville

Cara Cresse, Louisville

Flormarie Heredia Colon, Miami

Ariana Rodriguez, Miami

Safi Hampton, North Carolina

Morgan Gaerte, Notre Dame

Olivia Babcock, Pitt

Blaire Bayless, Pitt

Ryla Jones, Pitt

Bre Kelley, Pitt

Favor Anyanwu, SMU

Averi Carlson, SMU

Malaya Jones, SMU

Jordyn Harvey, Stanford

Ipar Kurt, Stanford

Elia Rubin, Stanford