California teams look to make move in Xcellent 25 Volleyball Rankings

With only one state left playing, there was little change in this week's MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Volleyball Rankings presented by the Army National Guard.

California is the only state still playing and it will hold its state finals this weekend with regional play culminating tonight. The final matches from the Golden State will have some bearing on the final Xcellent 25, but there likely won't be any change to the Top 10.

Los Alamitos has the most to gain by a California state championship, as it could vault past Benet Academy, Yorktown and Bishop Moore. But supplanting four-time Texas 3A state champion Lovejoy will be difficult.

Three California teams, Mater Dei, Edison and Corona del Mar, did drop out this week. They were replaced by Tennessee champion Ravenwood, South Carolina state champion Hillcrest and Ohio Division I runnerup St. Ursula Academy.

The final Xcellent 25 rankings will appear Dec. 6.

Volleyball playoff brackets / Volleyball state champions

MAXPREPS XCELLENT 25 NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL RANKINGS PRESENTED BY THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

1. (Last week 1) Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion, Neb.), 37-0
Nebraska Class A state champions. Season over.

2. (2) Lake Travis (Austin, Texas), 50-0
Texas Class 4A state champions. Season over.

3. (3) Chaparral (Parker, Colo.), 31-0
Colorado Class 5A state champions. Season over.

4. (4) Assumption (Louisville, Ky.), 43-1
Kentucky state champions. Season over.



5. (5) St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), 45-1
Kansas 4A state champions. Season over.

6. (6) Berkeley Prep (Tampa, Fla.), 30-2
Florida Class 4A state champions. Season over.

7. (7) Pope (Marietta, Ga.), 43-2
Georgia Class 4A state champions. Season over.

8. (8) Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 40-3
Kansas Class 5A state champions. Season over.

9. (9) East Lake (Tarpon Springs, Fla.), 27-1
Florida Class 8A state champions. Season over.

10. (10) Lovejoy (Lucas, Texas), 48-4
Texas Class 3A state champions. Season over.



11. (11) Bishop Moore (Orlando, Fla.), 29-2
Season over.

12. (12) Yorktown (Ind.), 37-2
Indiana 3A state champions. Season over.

13. (13) Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.), 39-3
Illinois Class 4A state champions. Season over.

14. (14) Los Alamitos (Calif.), 37-3
The Griffins advanced to the Southern California championship match with wins over Centennial (Bakersfield), 3-0, and Corona del Mar (Newport Beach), 3-1. Los Alamitos will take on Marymount today in the Southern California finals.

15. (15) Coppell (Texas), 42-8
Texas Class 5A state champions. Season over.

16. (21) Palo Alto (Calif.), 35-3
The Vikings advanced to the Northern California championship match with a 3-0 win over San Ramon Valley. Palo Alto meets Menlo-Atherton tonight in the finals. Palo Alto previously defeated Menlo-Atherton in the Central Coast Section playoffs.

17. (22) Presentation (San Jose, Calif.), 37-2
The Panthers topped Shasta (Redding) 3-0 and Rocklin 3-1 to set up a rematch with St. Francis (Mountain View) in the Northern California Division II finals. St. Francis defeated Presentation in the Central Coast Section championship match.



18. (16) Chattahoochee (Alpharetta, Ga.), 41-8
Season over.

19. (17) Wapahani (Selma, Ind.), 30-6
Indiana Class 2A state champions. Season over.

20. (24) Marymount (Los Angeles), 32-4
Marymount reached the Southern California Division I championship match with a 3-1 win over Granada Hills and a 3-2 victory over Newport Harbor. It will face Los Alamitos tonight for the right to move on to Saturday's state championship match.

21. (18) Muncie Burris (Ind.), 31-3
Season over.

22. (19) Penn (Mishawaka, Ind.), 38-1
Indiana Class 4A state champions. Season over.

23. (20) Avon (Ind.), 39-1
Season over.

24. (23) Boyd (McKinney, Texas), 43-7
Season over.



25. (25) Central Catholic (Portland, Ore.), 33-0
Oregon Class 6A state champions. Season over.

The Next 25

26. (27) Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 42-2
Season over.

27. (28) Westlake (Austin, Texas), 43-6
Season over.

28. (29) College Park (The Woodlands, Texas), 35-5
Season over.

29. (30) Cypress Falls (Houston), 40-8
Season over.



30. (31) Cy-Woods (Cypress, Texas), 41-6
Season over.

31. (32) Xavier College Prep (Phoenix), 42-3
Season over.

32. (33) Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.), 30-10
Season over.

33. (38) Punahou (Honolulu), 15-0
Hawaii Division I state champions. Season over.

34. (39) Washburn Rural (Topeka, Kan.), 26-3
Kansas Class 6A state champions. Season over.

35. (40) Fayetteville (Ark.), 34-2
Season over.



36. (41) Bishop Kelley (Tulsa, Okla.), 32-3
Oklahoma Class 6A state champions. Season over.

37. (42) Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.), 22-3
North Carolina Class 3A state champions. Season over.

38. (43) Huntsville (Ala.), 52-5
Alabama Class 6A state champions. Season over.

39. (44) Providence (Charlotte, N.C.), 28-2
North Carolina Class 4A state champions. Season over.

40. (45) Fontainebleau (Mandeville, La.), 44-1
Louisiana Class 4A state champions. Season over.

41. (46) Cathedral Catholic (San Diego), 33-4
The Dons advanced to the Southern California Division III championship match against Chadwick after beating Hemet 3-0 and Poly (Pasadena) 3-0 in the first two rounds.



42. (36) Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, Calif.), 26-9
Lost to Marymount (Los Angeles) 3-2 after opening the Southern California Division I playoffs with a 3-2 win over Clovis West (Fresno).

43. (35) Dos Pueblos (Goleta, Calif.), 27-6
Season over.

44. (47) Johnson (San Antonio), 44-7-1
Season over.

45. (48) Grandview (Aurora, Colo.), 29-2
Season over.

46. (49) Mercy (Louisville, Ky.), 29-12
Season over.

47. (50) Mount Notre Dame (Cincinnati), 23-5
Ohio Division I state champions. Season over.



48. (NR) St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, Ohio), 28-1
Season over.

49. (NR) Ravenwood (Brentwood, Tenn.), 45-8
Tennessee 3A state champions. Season over.

50. (NR) Hillcrest (Simpsonville, S.C.), 53-5
South Carolina Class 4A state champions. Season over.