Xcellent 25 High School Volleyball Rankings: Newport Harbor moves back into national Top 25

Upset win over top-seeded Dos Pueblos puts Newport Harbor into the state finals.

An upset in the Southern California regionals provided the only newcomer to the Xcellent 25 National Volleyball Rankings this week.

Newport Harbor, which had performed well at the Durango Tournament earlier this year and was ranked No. 1 in the CIF-Southern Section for part of the season, upended No. 1 seed Dos Pueblos to advance to the state finals. Newport Harbor will take on Salinas in the Division I championship game at the Bren Center in Irvine. Newport Harbor moves into the top 10 by virtue of the win. Dos Pueblos doesn’t drop far, however, since it has a previous win over Berkeley Prep, the Florida 3A state champion.

The only remaining state tournament is in California and it concludes Dec. 5.

MaxPreps Xcellent 25 Volleyball Rankings

1. (1 last week) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 39-0
The Monarchs captured the Central Coast Section championship with a 25-21, 25-12, 19-25, 25-15 win over St. Francis of Mountain View. The Monarchs will defend their Division II state championship against Redlands East Valley at the Bren Center in Irvine on Saturday.

2. (2) Ursuline Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio), 29-0
Ohio Division I state champions. Season over.

3. (3) Shakopee (Minn.), 32-0
Minnesota AAA state champions. Season over.

4. (4) Muncie Burris (Muncie, Ind.), 40-0
Indiana 2A state champions. Season over.

5. (5) Colorado Springs Christian (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 30-0
Colorado 3A state champions. Season over.

6. (7) Amarillo (Texas), 48-3
Texas 5A state champions. Season over.

7. (8) Catholic Academy (Joliet, Ill.), 41-1
Illinois 3A state champions. Season over.

Kirby Burnham, Newport Harbor

Photo by Heston Quan

8. (9) Plant (Tampa, Fla.), 29-1
Florida 6A state champions. Season over.

9. (10) Martin County (Stuart, Fla.), 31-1
Florida 5A state champions. Season over.

10. (NR) Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, Calif.), 35-6
Captured the Southern California championship with a 23-25, 25-16, 25-20, 18-25, 15-10 win over top-seeded Dos Pueblos to advance to the state finals at the Bren Center in Irvine on Saturday.

11. (6) Dos Pueblos (Goleta, Calif.), 32-3
The Chargers lost for the first time this season to a team other than Archbishop Mitty, falling to Newport Harbor in the Southern California regional finals 3-2. Dos Pueblos drops no lower than No. 11, however, due to its win over Berkeley Prep.

12. (11) Berkeley Prep (Tampa, Fla.), 29-3
Florida 3A state champions. Season over.

13. (12) JH Rose (Greenville, N.C.), 26-0-2
North Carolina 4A state champions. Season over.

14. (13) Marian (Omaha, Neb.), 42-1
Nebraska A state champions. Season over.

15. (14) Randall (Amarillo, Texas), 42-1
Texas 4A state champions. Season over.

16 (15) Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.), 25-1
North Carolina 3A state champions. Season over.

17. (16) Huntsville (Ala.), 61-2
Alabama 6A state champions. Season over.

18. (17) Pope (Marietta, Ga.), 52-2
Georgia AAAAA state champions. Season over.

19. (18) Marian (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), 77-2
Michigan Class A state champions. Season over.

20. (19) Mercy (Louisville, Ky.), 32-6
Kentucky state champion. Season over.

21. (20) Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 31-0
Colorado 4A state champions. Season over.

22. (21) Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 40-4
5A state champions. Season over.

23. (22) Brebeuf Jesuit Prep (Indianapolis, Ind.), 34-1
Indiana 3A state champions. Season over.

24. (23) Dobyns-Bennett (Kingsport, Tenn.), 51-3
Tennessee 3A state champions. Season over.

25. (24) Central Catholic (Portland, Ore.), 41-1
Oregon 6A state champions. Season over.