The NCAA men’s volleyball season is officially coming to a close. Only three matches remain before a 2026 champion is crowned.<\/p>\n
The Final Four consists of many of the usual suspects, like No. 2 Hawaii, No. 3 Long Beach State and No. 4 Ball State. But one upset has landed unseeded UC Irvine in the semifinals \u2014 the Anteaters defeated No. 1 overall seed and Final Four host UCLA in the regional finals.<\/p>\n
Another underdog storyline to follow is Ball State. The Cardinals have never won a men’s volleyball championship, and they could make history this weekend. Long Beach State are the reigning national champions, and Hawaii last won back-to-back titles in 2021-22.<\/p>\n
Who will lift the trophy this year?<\/p>\n
Here’s everything you need to know about the NCAA men’s volleyball final four, including TV channel and streaming options for the 2026 semifinals and final.<\/p>\n
\u00a0NCAA men’s volleyball bracket 2026<\/p>\n
Four teams are seeded nationally and will host regionals the opening weekend, awaiting the winners of first-round matches between the other two teams in their regions. See the full match schedule below.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No. 1 UCLANo. 4 Ball StatePepperdineFort Valley StateNo. 2 HawaiiNo. 3 Long Beach StateLoyola ChicagoSaint FrancisWhere to watch NCAA men’s volleyball tournamentTV channel: ESPN2 (final only)Live stream: ESPN app<\/a>, fubo<\/a> (final only)<\/p>\n Every match of the 2026 NCAA men’s volleyball tournament can be streamed live via the ESPN app<\/a>. The final also will air on ESPN2 and can be streamed via fubo<\/a>, which offers a free trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n Now you can watch ESPN without cable. Stream live NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, college sports, plus SportsCenter, First Take, and all your favorite ESPN shows\u2014anytime, anywhere\u2014only in the ESPN app.<\/p>\n NCAA men’s volleyball tournament schedule, scores 2026Friday, May 1 – First roundMatchTime (ET)WatchPepperdine 3, Fort Valley State 0\u2014\u2014UC Irvine 3, Penn State 2\u2014\u2014Loyola Chicago 3, Saint Francis 0\u2014\u2014USC 3, Belmont Abbey 0\u2014\u2014Saturday, May 2 – Regional finalsMatchTime (ET)WatchNo. 4 Ball State 3, Pepperdine 2\u2014\u2014UC Irvine 3, No. 1 UCLA 2\u2014\u2014No. 3 Long Beach 3, Loyola Chicago 0\u2014\u2014No. 2 Hawaii 3, USC 1\u2014\u2014Saturday, May 9 – Semifinals<\/p>\n Semifinals and final will be played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles<\/p>\n MatchTime (ET)WatchUC Irvine 3, No. 4 Ball State 1\u2014\u2014No. 2 Hawaii vs. No. 3 Long Beach9:30 p.m.ESPN app<\/a>Monday, May 11 – ChampionshipMatchTime (ET)WatchTBD vs. UC Irvine7 p.m.ESPN2, ESPN app<\/a>NCAA men’s volleyball champions list<\/p>\n Here are the last 10 NCAA men’s volleyball champions and runners-up. There was no tournament in 2020 due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n YearChampionRunner-up2025Long Beach StateUCLA2024UCLALong Beach State2023UCLAHawaii2022HawaiiLong Beach State2021HawaiiBYU2019Long Beach StateHawaii2018Long Beach StateUCLA2017Ohio StateBYU2016Ohio StateBYU2015Loyola ChicagoLewis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NCAA men’s volleyball season is officially coming to a close. Only three matches remain before a 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-308414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}