Below is how the teams ranked in the top 15 coaches poll have fared this week. Ball State is listed at No. 16. The Cardinals will play road matches against the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Friday and Carthage College on Saturday.
1. Penn State (plays Loyola on Friday and IPFW on Saturday)2. UC Irvine (defeated No. 5 USC; plays No. 3 Pepperdine on Friday)3. Pepperdine (defeated No. 8 UCLA; plays No. 2 UC Irvine on Friday)4. Cal State Northridge (plays Pacific tonight and No. 7 Stanford on Friday)5. USC (lost to No. 2 UC Irvine; plays No. 8 UCLA on Friday)6. Long Beach State (idle this week)7. Stanford (plays No. 4 Cal State Northridge on Friday and No. 13 UC Santa Barbara on Saturday)8. UCLA (lost to No. 3 Pepperdine; plays No. 5 USC on Friday)9. BYU (plays No. 10 UC San Diego on Friday and Saturday)10. UC San Diego (plays No. 9 BYU on Friday and Saturday)11. Hawai'i (idle this week)12. Lewis (plays St. Ambrose on Friday and St. Francis on Sunday)13. UC Santa Barbara (plays No. 7 Stanford on Saturday)14. George Mason (plays Juniata tonight and NJIT on Saturday)15. Ohio State (plays Quincy tonight and Friday)