Big Ten Launches In-Season Volleyball Challenge, Presented by Discover
ROSEVILLE, MN – The Big ten Conference and Big Ten Network announced today the creation of the Discover In-Season Volleyball Challenge, a new competition debuting during the 2025 regular season. All 18 Big Ten volleyball programs will participate in the challenge, which is sponsored by Discover, the official credit card of the Big Ten Conference.
The challenge will focus on select conference matches played throughout October, with each team competing in five designated “challenge matches.” The team with the most wins across those five games will be declared the winner.
Nebraska’s challenge matches are scheduled as follows: at Penn State (October 3),against Washington (october 10),at Michigan State (October 17),against Northwestern (October 24),and at Wisconsin (October 31).
The challenge will encompass all weekday matches – defined as Wednesday through friday – from October 1st to October 31st, spanning weeks two through six of the conference schedule.
In the event of a tie, the following tiebreak procedures will be used:
Two Teams tied:
- Head-to-head results in Challenge matches.
- Winning percentage against common opponents in Challenge matches.
- Highest percentage of total sets won during Challenge matches (total sets won/total sets played).
- Highest percentage of total points won during Challenge matches (total points won/total points played).
- Highest ranking in the latest published NCAA Women’s Volleyball RPI.
Three or More Teams Tied:
- Head-to-head results among the tied teams in Challenge matches.
- Winning percentage against common opponents in Challenge matches.
- Highest percentage of total sets won during Challenge matches among the tied teams (total sets won/total sets played).
- Highest percentage of total points won during Challenge matches among the tied teams (total points won/total points played).
- Highest ranking among the tied teams in the latest published NCAA Women’s Volleyball RPI.
