The 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began November 30, 2017 and concluded on December 16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The tournament field was determined on November 26, 2017. Nebraska beat Florida in the final to claim their fifth national championship.
Qualifying teams +University Park RegionalSeedRPISchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord1 1 Penn State Big Ten At-Large/Split 29–18 8 Washington Pac-12 At-Large 24–79 10 Creighton Big East Automatic 25–616 14 Wichita State The American Automatic 28–3 35 VCU A-10 Automatic 30–2 36 Missouri State MVC Automatic 28–5 60 Radford Big South Automatic 25–4 74 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt Automatic 20–7 111 LIU Brooklyn NEC Automatic 20–9 239 Howard MEAC Automatic 16–15 19 Kansas Big 12 At-Large 22–7 23 Michigan State Big Ten At-Large 21–8 26 Illinois Big Ten At-Large 21–10 27 Pittsburgh ACC At-Large/Split 25–6 34 Missouri SEC At-Large 20–11 37 Hawaii Big West At-Large 20–7+Gainesville RegionalSeedRPISchoolConference Berth TypeRecord2 2 Florida SEC Automatic/Split 25–17 7 Minnesota Big Ten At-Large 26–510 11 USC Pac-12 At-Large 22–915 17 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large 19–10 16 Cal Poly Big West Automatic 26–2 20 San Diego WCC Automatic/Split 24–4 21 Louisville ACC Automatic/Split 24–6 54 Denver The Summit Automatic 23–5 58 Austin Peay Ohio Valley Automatic 30–5 66 Central Arkansas Southland Automatic 27–4 70 North Dakota Big Sky Automatic 30–7 196 Alabama State SWAC Automatic 28–10 33 Miami(FL) ACC At-Large 21–5 42 Northern Iowa MVC At-Large 26–8 45 Louisiana State SEC At-Large 20–9 46 Charleston CAA At-Large 27–5+Stanford RegionalSeedRPISchoolConference Berth TypeRecord3 5 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 26–36 4 Texas Big 12 Automatic 24–211 9 Utah Pac-12 At-Large 22–914 13 Iowa State Big 12 At-Large 21–6 32 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic 28–3 61 Princeton Ivy League Automatic 18–7 67 Cleveland State Horizon Automatic 22–7 147 Fairfield MAAC Automatic 25–6 184 CSU Bakersfield WAC Automatic 19–13 18 Wisconsin Big Ten At-Large 20–9 25 Purdue Big Ten At-Large 22–9 29 Michigan Big Ten At-Large 21–11 30 Marquette Big East At-Large 22–9 31 Oregon State Pac-12 At-Large 21–11 39 High Point Big South At-Large 24–7 49 NC State ACC At-Large 20–11+Lexington RegionalSeedRPISchoolConference Berth TypeRecord4 3 Kentucky SEC At-Large/Split26–35 6 Nebraska Big Ten Automatic/Split 26–412 12 Baylor Big 12 At-Large 23–613 15 BYU WCC At-Large/Split 28–2 28 Western Kentucky C-USA Automatic 30–3 40 Kennesaw State ASUN Automatic 21–4 48 James Madison CAA Automatic 23–5 62 American Patriot Automatic 26–7 63 Miami(OH) MAC Automatic 23–8 85 ETSU SoCon Automatic 19–11 166 Stony Brook America East Automatic 18–12 22 Oregon Pac-12 At-Large 17–11 24 Colorado Pac-12 At-Large 22–9 38 Washington State Pac-12 At-Large 17–15 40 Notre Dame ACC At-Large 22–9 43 Florida State ACC At-Large 18–10
Bracket
Penn State Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Kentucky Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Stanford Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Florida Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Final Four
National semifinals
National Championship
Final Four All-Tournament Team
Mikaela Foecke – Nebraska (Co-Most Outstanding Player) Kelly Hunter – Nebraska (Co-Most Outstanding Player) Kenzie Maloney – Nebraska Carli Snyder – Florida Rhamat Alhassan – Florida Merete Lutz – Stanford Simone Lee – Penn State
Record by conference Conference Teams W L Pct. R32 S16 E8 F4 CM NC Pac-12 9 16 9 8 5 2 1 Big Ten 8 20 7 7 6 3 2 1 1 ACC 6 3 6 3 Big 12 4 5 4 3 1 1 SEC 4 10 4 3 3 2 1 1 Big East 2 1 2 1 Big South 2 0 2 Big West 2 1 2 1 Colonial 2 0 2 MVC 2 1 2 1 WCC 2 3 2 2 1 1 The American 1 1 1 1 C-USA 1 1 1 1 Mountain West 1 1 1 1 18 Others 18 0 18
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.
NCAA tournament record
There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 2017 tournament:
Services aces, tournament (team record) — Nebraska — 44 total aces (9 vs. Stony Brook, 7 vs. Washington State, 9 vs. Colorado, 5 vs. Kentucky, 10 vs. Penn State, 4 vs. Florida.)