The 2016 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 1, 2016 and concluded on December 17 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The tournament field was determined on November 27, 2016. Stanford defeated Texas 3 sets to 1 in the final to claim their seventh title, tying them with Penn State for most all-time.
Qualifying teams The champions of the NCAA's 32 conferences qualified automatically, while the remaining 32 positions were filled with at-large selections. The Big Ten and Pac-12 led all conferences with eight teams each in the field, followed by the Big 12, which placed six teams.
Records Lincoln RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Arizona Pac-12 At-Large3618-14 Cleveland State Horizon Automatic3725-5 Colorado State Mountain West At-Large4621-8 Dayton A-10 Automatic2830-1 Fairfield MAAC Automatic11928-5 Kentucky SEC At-Large1922-7 LIU Brooklyn NEC Automatic19616-149 Michigan State Big Ten At-Large1524-81 Nebraska Big TenAutomatic327-2 New Hampshire America East Automatic13921-1016 Penn State Big Ten At-Large2622-9 Pittsburgh ACC At-Large3924-8 TCU Big 12 At-Large2014-12 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Southland Automatic6024-78 Washington Pac-12 Automatic626-4 Wichita State MVC Automatic2124-7 Austin RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord American Patriot Automatic8627-713 BYU West Coast Automatic727-3 Creighton Big East Automatic1726-65 Kansas Big 12 Automatic526-2 Miami (OH) MAC At-Large4024-612 Michigan Big Ten At-Large1322-10 Northern Iowa MVC At-Large4524-9 Oregon Pac-12 At-Large2420-9 Princeton Ivy League Automatic7819-4 Samford SoCon Automatic12921-13 SMU The American Automatic3025-74 Texas Big 12 At-Large422-4 Texas A&M SEC At-Large2521-8 UNLV Mountain West At-Large3323-7 Utah Pac-12 At-Large3120-11 UTRGV WAC Automatic12321-13 Madison RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Alabama State SWAC Automatic19424-8 Boise State Mountain West Automatic3225-6 Cincinnati The American At-Large3822-9 Denver The Summit Automatic11023-811 Florida SEC Automatic1026-3 Florida State ACC At-Large2224-5 Howard MEAC Automatic15926-514 Kansas State Big 12 At-Large1820-9 Lipscomb ASUN Automatic5222-7 Marquette Big East At-Large4123-8 Missouri State MVC At-Large4426-8 Ohio State Big Ten At-Large3420-126 Stanford Pac-12 At-Large1121-7 Washington State Pac-12 At-Large4321-11 Western Kentucky C-USA Automatic1430-23 Wisconsin Big Ten At-Large125-4 Minneapolis RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Baylor Big 12 At-Large4221-11 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt Automatic3527-4 Hawaii Big West Automatic2322-5 High Point Big South Automatic10923-9 Iowa State Big 12 At-Large2718-10 James Madison CAA Automatic5021-102 Minnesota Big Ten At-Large225-415 Missouri SEC At-Large925-5 Murray State Ohio Valley Automatic9623-87 North Carolina ACC Automatic827-3 North Dakota Big Sky Automatic9826-9 Northern Illinois MAC Automatic5125-5 Purdue Big Ten At-Large2918-13 San Diego West Coast At-Large1624-510 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large1224-6 USC Pac-12 At-Large4818-13
Bracket The first two rounds are held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team). Regional semifinals and finals were held at four non-predetermined campus sites, which would be announced after play concluded, on December 3.
Lincoln Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Austin Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Madison Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Minneapolis Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Final Four National semifinal and championship were held at Nationwide Arena, in Columbus, Ohio on December 15 and 17 respectively. The national semifinal matches, originally scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN2, were moved to ESPN.
National semifinals
National Championship
Record by conference Conference Teams W L Pct. R32 S16 E8 F4 CM NC Big Ten 8 19 8 8 6 3 2 Pac-12 8 16 7 6 4 3 1 1 1 ACC 3 5 3 3 2 Big East 2 3 2 1 1 1 Big 12 6 9 6 5 1 1 1 1 WCC 2 2 2 1 1 SEC 4 4 4 3 1 Big West 1 1 1 1 Sun Belt 1 1 1 1 Mountain West 3 2 3 2 The American 2 1 2 1 Other 24 0 24
The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32,Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.
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