2026 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2026 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record12–2 (2–0 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young[1] (8th season)
  • Otavio Souza[2] (4th season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
2026 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's volleyball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA ‍‍‍ 3 – 0   1.000 12 – 0   1.000
No. 18 Stanford ‍‍‍ 3 – 0   1.000 4 – 8   .333
No. 7 BYU ‍‍‍ 2 – 0   1.000 12 – 2   .857
No. 4 USC ‍‍‍ 1 – 0   1.000 8 – 1   .889
No. 6 Pepperdine ‍‍‍ 1 – 0   1.000 7 – 3   .700
Jessup ‍‍‍ 0 – 1   .000 5 – 4   .556
UC Merced ‍‍‍ 0 – 1   .000 3 – 5   .375
Concordia Irvine ‍‍‍ 0 – 2   .000 3 – 8   .273
Menlo ‍‍‍ 0 – 2   .000 1 – 7   .125
Vanguard ‍‍‍ 0 – 4   .000 3 – 9   .250
† – Conference champion
‡ – MPSF tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of February 20, 2026
Rankings from AVCA

The 2026 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2026 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by twelfth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF quarterfinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish fifth in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.[4]

It will be a season of new beginnings for BYU men's volleyball as one conference foe has folded, Grand Canyon[5], but two new teams have joined the MPSF: UC Merced and Jessup.[6] Grand Canyon's discontinuation of men's volleyball also led 3 Grand Canyon players to transfer to BYU including one returnee: Trent Moser.[7][8]

Season highlights

  • On January 12 Connor Oldani won the MPSF Defensive Player of the Week Award.[9]
  • On January 19 AJ Cottle won the MPSF Defensive Player of the Week Award.[10]
  • On Janaury 29 BYU lost assistant coach Devin Young. Young was hired to becoe the head coach for the Pacific Tigers men's volleyball team, a program being restarted for the 2027 season.[11]

Roster

2026 BYU Cougars roster[12]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 6 Jackson Fife - Senior
  • 15 Bernardo Adam - Junior
  • 24 Cole Hauser - Senior

Middle blockers

  • 7 AJ Cottle - Freshman
  • 17 Gavin Chambers - Sophomore
  • 22 Max Philippe - Freshman
  

Outside hitters

  • 4 Trevor Herget - Freshman
  • 5 Corbin Batista - Freshman
  • 8 Trey Thornton - Freshman
  • 9 Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga - Junior
  • 10 Tennison Lighthall - Freshman
  • 13 Trent Moser - Senior
  • 15 Bernardo Adam - Junior
  • 16 Connor Oldani - Sophomore
  • 24 Cole Hauser - Senior
  

Opposite hitters

  • 5 Corbin Batista - Freshman
  • 8 Trey Thornton - Freshman
  • 9 Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga - Junior
  • 10 Tennison Lighthall - Freshman
  • 14 Ian Little - Junior

Setters

  • 1 Kyle Zediker - Freshman
  • 3 Tyler Hergert[13] - Senior
  • 21 Tyler James Johnson - Freshman
  

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on byutv.org and B1G+. All home matches will be live on B1G+ with 8 matches being streamed tape delayed on byutv.org while the other 8 will be live on both platforms. All road games, and the neutral site match at Harvard will be streamed by the opposing schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by B1G+ with the championship being televised live on BTN.
Date
time 		Opponent Rank
(tournament seed) 		Arena
city
(tournament) 		Television Score Attendance Record
(MPSF record)
1/9
7 p.m. 		St. Francis #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org Live
B1G+ 		W 3–0[14]
(25–22, 25–20, 25–18) 		3,343 1–0
1/10
7 p.m. 		St. Francis #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		B1G+
byutv.org (TD @ 10 PM) 		W 3–0[15]
(25–18, 25–19, 25–19) 		3,313 2–0
1/16
7 p.m. 		#10 UC San Diego #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		B1G+
byutv.org (TD @ 10 PM) 		W 3–0[16]
(25–21, 25–19, 25–19) 		4,230 3–0
1/17
7 p.m. 		#10 UC San Diego #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org Live
B1G+ 		W 3–1
(25–13, 16–25, 25–21, 35–33) 		4,356 4–0
1/23
7 p.m. 		#5 UC Irvine #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org Live
B1G+ 		L 2–3[17]
(25–16, 25–21, 24–26, 23–25, 13–15) 		4,255 4–1
1/24
7 p.m. 		#5 UC Irvine #8 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org Live
B1G+ 		L 2–3[18]
(17–25, 24–26, 25–23, 25–23, 10–15) 		4,301 4–2
1/29
8 p.m. 		@ #15 UC Santa Barbara #8 Thunderdome
Santa Barbara, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–0[19]
(25–22, 25–18, 26–24) 		397 5–2
1/30
8 p.m. 		@ #15 UC Santa Barbara #8 Thunderdome
Santa Barbara, CA 		ESPN+ W 3–0[20]
(29–27, 25–20, 25–20) 		652 6–2
2/6
2 p.m. 		vs. #20 Lincoln Memorial #8 Malkin Athletic Center
Cambridge, MA
(Harvard Invitational) 		ESPN+ W 3–0[21]
(25–21, 25–19, 25–19) 		67 7–2
2/7
5 p.m. 		@ Harvard #8 Malkin Athletic Center
Cambridge, MA
(Harvard Invitational) 		ESPN+ W 3–0[22]
(25–22, 29–27, 25–19) 		350 8–2
2/9
4 p.m. 		@ Merrimack #7 Sakowich Center
North Andover, MA 		ESPN+ W 3–0[23]
(25–11, 25–17, 25–17) 		185 9–2
2/13
7 p.m. 		Menlo* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		B1G+
byutv.org (TD @ 10 PM) 		W 3–0[24]
(25–21, 25–18, 25–21) 		3,760 10–2
(1–0)
2/14
7 p.m. 		Menlo* #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		B1G+
byutv.org (TD @ 10 PM) 		W 3–0
(25–23, 25–18, 25–15) 		3,343 11–2
(2–0)
2/20
7 p.m. 		Fort Valley State #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		B1G+
byutv.org (TD @ 10 PM) 		W 3–0
(25–18, 25–16, 25–14) 		3,703 12–2
2/21
7 p.m. 		Fort Valley State #7 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		B1G+
byutv.org (TD @ 10 PM)
2/25
10 p.m. 		@ Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC HI
ESPN+
2/27
10 p.m. 		@ Hawai'i Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI 		SPEC HI
ESPN+
3/6
7 p.m. 		@ UC Merced* Greg and Cathie Hostetler Court
Merced, CA 		B1G+
3/7
8 p.m. 		@ Jessup* Murchison Gym
Rocklin, CA 		B1G+
3/13
7 p.m. 		@ Stanford* Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		B1G+
3/14
6 p.m. 		@ Stanford* Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		B1G+
3/20
7 p.m. 		Concordia Irvine* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		B1G+
byutv.org (TD @ 10 PM)
3/21
7 p.m. 		Concordia Irvine* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		B1G+
byutv.org (TD @ 10 PM)
3/27
7 p.m. 		Pepperdine* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org Live
B1G+
3/28
7 p.m. 		Pepperdine* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org Live
B1G+
4/2
8 p.m. 		@ Vanguard* Don Nasser Family Plaza
Costa Mesa, CA 		B1G+
4/3
8 p.m. 		@ Vanguard* Don Nasser Family Plaza
Costa Mesa, CA 		B1G+
4/10
7 p.m. 		USC* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org Live
B1G+
4/11
7 p.m. 		USC* Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org Live
B1G+
4/16
8 p.m. 		@ UCLA* Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		B1G+
4/18
8 p.m. 		@ UCLA* Pauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		B1G+
4/21-25
TBA 		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(MPSF Tournament) 		B1G+
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

  • St. Francis: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant & Kenzie Dahle
  • St. Francis: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant & Kenzie Dahle
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant & Kenzie Dahle
  • UC San Diego: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant & Kenzie Dahle
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant & Kenzie Dahle
  • UC Irvine: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant & Kenzie Dahle
  • UC Santa Barbara: Max Kelton & Katie Spieler
  • UC Santa Barbara: Max Kelton & Katie Spieler
  • Lincoln Memorial: Ben Altsher
  • Harvard: Ben Altsher & Andrew McCarthy
  • Merrimack: Jackson Walsh
  • Menlo: Jarom Jordan & Amy Gant
  • Menlo: Jarom Jordan & Amy Gant
  • Fort Valley:
  • Fort Valley:
  • UC Merced:
  • Jessup:
  • Stanford:
  • Stanford:
  • Concordia Irvine:
  • Concordia Irvine:
  • Pepperdine:
  • Pepperdine:
  • Vanguard:
  • Vanguard:
  • USC:
  • USC:
  • UCLA:
  • UCLA:
  • MPSF Tournament:

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches8[25]8[26]8[27]8[28]8[29]7
Off the Block MediaNot released8[30]7[31]7[32]7

^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "BYU men's volleyball hires former Cougar as new assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "UCLA picked as preseason favorite to win MPSF title". Off the Block. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  5. ^ "Grand Canyon University cuts men's volleyball program leaving players unsure of their future". KSAZ-TV. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  6. ^ "Jessup, UC Merced to join MPSF starting in 2026". Off the Block. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  7. ^ "BYU men's volleyball picks up three players, one recruit from Grand Canyon". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  8. ^ "Trent Moser's homecoming highlights BYU's opening night". Deseret News. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
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  10. ^ "MPSF/Molten Men's Volleyball Players of the Week (Jan. 19)". Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  11. ^ "University of the Pacific Men's Volleyball program to make comeback, hires coach after 13-year gap". CBS News. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
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  13. ^ "BYU's Herget didn't need promises, just an opportunity". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  14. ^ "New-look BYU claims sweep over Saint Francis to open its season". Deseret News. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  15. ^ "Red Flash Men's Volleyball Suffers Defeat Against BYU, 3-0". BVM Sports. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  16. ^ "Career night from Connor Oldani helps BYU cruise past UCSD in top 10 matchup". Deseret News. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  17. ^ "No. 8 BYU falls apart in disappointing defeat to No. 5 UC Irvine". Deseret News. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  18. ^ "Heartbreak: No. 8 BYU can't finish against No. 5 UC Irvine". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  19. ^ "No. 8 BYU earns road sweep at No. 15 UC Santa Barbara". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
  20. ^ "No. 8 Cougars pick up another sweep at No. 15 UCSB". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  21. ^ "BYU/UVU Roundup: No. 8 Cougar men's volleyball sweeps Lincoln Memorial". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  22. ^ "BYU roundup: Women's basketball falls on the road while men's volleyball nets a sweep of Harvard". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
  23. ^ "BYU Roundup: No. 7 men's volleyball finishes East Coast road trip with another sweep". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  24. ^ "BYU starts MPSF play on right foot with comfortable win over Menlo". Deseret News. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
  25. ^ "AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll". American Volleyball Coaches Association. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  26. ^ "2026 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Poll – Jan. 12". American Volleyball Coaches Association. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  27. ^ "2026 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Poll – Jan. 19". American Volleyball Coaches Association. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  28. ^ "2026 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Poll – Jan. 26". American Volleyball Coaches Association. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  29. ^ "2026 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Poll – Feb. 2". American Volleyball Coaches Association. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  30. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll Jan 21". Off the Block. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  31. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll Jan 27". Off the Block. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  32. ^ "Off the Block releases new college men's volleyball national media poll Feb 3". Off the Block. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
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