NCAA volleyball bracket: Live updates, full list of selections, schedule and seeds for 2025 college tournament

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Nebraska hasn't won the NCAA volleyball championship in eight years, but the Huskers enter the 2025 tournament as the unquestioned team to beat.

It's not just that the Huskers haven't lost a match this season; they went nearly two months without even dropping a set to the opposition.

The rest of the field won't just roll over for Nebraska, though. SEC champion Kentucky and 2022 and 2023 winner Texas are among the challengers hoping to lift the trophy in the end.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 NCAA volleyball tournament, including schedules, scores and where to watch all the action.

Where to watch NCAA volleyball bracket reveal

• Date: Sunday, Nov. 30

• Time: 6 p.m. ET

• TV channel: ESPN

• Live stream: Fubo, ESPN app

The NCAA volleyball selection show will be broadcast on ESPN, with Courtney Lyles leading in-studio coverage and analysis from Holly McPeak and Mary Wise. Cord-cutters can watch the event live on Fubo, which offers a free trial for new users.

NCAA volleyball tournament bracket 2025

This section will be filled in as the bracket is announced. 

NCAA volleyball tournament 2025 schedule by round

Round

Dates

Selection show

Sun., Dec. 1

First and second rounds

Thu., Dec. 4 - Sat., Dec. 6

Regionals

Thu., Dec. 11 - Sun., Dec. 14

Semifinals

Thu., Dec. 18

National championship

Sun., Dec. 21

NCAA volleyball tournament selection format

The selection committee will reveal on Sunday which 64 teams will go dancing in the NCAA volleyball tournament. Of those 64 teams, 31 will qualify automatically by winning their conference. The remaining 33 will be granted at-large bids.

The top 16 teams will host the first and second rounds at their college campus. The winner of both single-elimination matches will move on to regionals.

Regional matches will be hosted at the campuses of the top four teams in the tournament. Matches will once again follow a single-elimination format, with the winner of the regional semifinals facing off in the regional finals for a spot in the national semifinals.

The national semifinals and championship match will be played at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

NCAA volleyball tournament automatic qualifiers 2025

Conference

Team

America East

UMBC

American

Tulsa

ACC

Stanford

Atlantic Sun

Central Arkansas

Atlantic 10

Loyola (Ill.)

Big East

Creighton

Big Sky

Northern Colorado

Big South

High Point

Big Ten

Nebraska

Big 12

Arizona State

Big West

Cal Poly

CAA

Campbell

Conference USA

Western Kentucky

Horizon

Wright State

Ivy

Princeton

MAAC

Fairfield

MAC

Toledo

MEAC

Coppin State

Missouri Valley

Northern Iowa

Mountain West

Utah State

NEC

Long Island

Ohio Valley

Eastern Illinois

Patriot

American

SEC

Kentucky

SoCon

Wofford

Southland

Stephen F. Austin

SWAC

Florida A&M

Summit

St. Thomas

Sun Belt

Arkansas State

WAC

Utah Valley

WCC

San Diego