The Round Table: Top 25 Picks, HOT takes, UNFILTERED

Introducing THE ROUND TABLE: A new monthly series bringing together your favorite volleyball content creators to rank, debate, and discuss the biggest teams and storylines in the sport. For the first edition, Mollie of Minute Volley, Abby Benton of Number 1 Volley, Justin of Around the Block Volleyball, Arik of Women's College Volleyball Nerdz, along with myself come together to reveal our individual preseason Top 25 rankings and debate where the country's best teams belong heading into the 2026 season. And let's just say… we did NOT agree on everything. There are some major differences in our ballots, plenty of controversial picks, teams we think are being underrated and overrated, and a LOT of discussion about how this season could play out. But this is only the beginning. The Round Table will meet once every month throughout the college volleyball season to create and debate our collective Top 25 as new results come in and the rankings continue to change. And when the AVCA begins releasing its NCAA Tournament seeding projections, we'll build our own tournament seeds alongside them and debate what we think the postseason picture should look like. Five creators. Five perspectives. One collective ranking. 🏐 THE ROUND TABLE Featuring: Canaan — Canaan Courtside Mollie: Insta: @minutevolley Tiktok: @minutevolley Abby: Insta: @umberonevolleyball Tiktok: @numberonevolleyball Justin: Insta: @aroundtheblockvolley Tiktok: @aroundtheblockvb0 Arik: Insta: @WCVNerdz Tiktok: @volleynerdz This is just Episode 1. There is a LOT more to come. Subscribe to Canaan Courtside and follow everyone on The Round Table as we cover the 2026 college volleyball season. #CollegeVolleyball #NCAAVolleyball #Volleyball #womensvolleyball