2026 WIAC Volleyball Season

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3 weeks away pretty much from season opening tournaments. Preseason AVCA poll should be coming out next week I believe. Don't expect anyone other than Defending National Champion UW-Oshkosh to be sitting a top. Eau Claire and Whitewater figure to be in the mix there as well. Anyways, should be another great year of WIAC volleyball.

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Pre season poll released today. As expected UW-Oshkosh a unanimous #1. Eau Claire starts out in the top 10 coming in at #17. Whitewater rounds out the WIAC teams in the top 25 at #16.

No WIAC teams even receiving votes at this point. I'll try and get a post out early next week on first weekend matches for at least the ranked teams.

Massey pre-season rankings have been out for a few weeks, but I'll lay off those for a couple weeks until teams get some matches under belts.

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2026 Preseason WIAC poll as voted by WIAC coaches and SIDs.

1. Oshkosh
2. Eau Claire
3. Whitewater
4. Platteville
5. Stevens Point
6. La Crosse
7. Stout-Poly
8. River Falls.

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Opening weekend coming up with the 3 ranked WIAC teams heading out of state. Whitewater and Eau Claire head East while Oshkosh is headed to the West Coast.

 #1 Oshkosh heads out to the University of Puget Sound where they will have 4 matches against unranked opponents, so should be a nice ease into the season for them. Opponents include:

Pacific
Pacific Lutheran
Franklin & Marshall (Receiving Votes)
U of Puget Sound

#16 Whitewater heads to New Jersey for the Kean University invitational for 3 matches that include:

Penn State - Harrisburg
Cortland
Kean University (Receiving Votes)

#7 Eau Claire heads to Virginia to the Captain's Classic hosted by Christopher Newport University where they have a 3 match gauntlet against 3 preseason top 25 ranked teams that include:

#25 New York University
#19 Christopher Newport
#12 Juniata

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Pretty solid showing for the 3 ranked WIAC teams this weekend with a combined 8-2 record.

Oshkosh goes 4-0 out in Washington.

vs. Pacific: 3-0
vs. Pacific Lutheran: 3-2
vs. Franklin & Marshall: 3-0
vs. Puget Sound: 3-2


Whitewater goes 2-1 in New Jersey.

vs. Penn State Harrisburg: 1-3 (margin of victory for PSH in the losses was 3,2,2 after Whitewater took the first set 25-22. Close match.)
vs. Kean: 3-0
vs. SUNY Cortland: 3-1

Eau Claire goes 2-1 out at Christopher Newport

vs. New York 2-3 (up 13-10 in the 5th only to lose 16-14.)
vs. Juniata 3-1
vs. Christopher Newport 3-0

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WEEK 1 AVCA WIAC RANKING UPDATE

#1 UW-Oshkosh: As expected after a 4-0 opening weekend. Already have their record up to 6-0 now for the season as they got this week started with a sweep tonight over both St. Norbert and Lakeland. Next Up: Cornell (IA) on Saturday.

#6 UW-Eau Claire: Strength of opponent and other ranked teams losing around them can probably be the only reason the Blugolds somehow managed to move up 1 spot despite going 2-1 over the weekend. They will host the Sandy Schumacher Memorial this weekend where they will face off against 3 unranked teams in: Madison Edgewood, Coe & St. Catherine.

#31 UW-Whitewater: A drop of 4 spots for the Warhawks as they also went 2-1 over the weekend with a loss to an unranked opponent. Will play Cornell(IA) on Saturday.

No other teams yet in the rankings or receiving votes. Stout & River Falls are both off to 3-1 starts.