Clem Chambers, CEO of aNewFN.com, shares his outlook for silver in 2026.
In his view, the white metal could rise as high as US$150 to US$160 per ounce.
Chambers also discusses his other areas of focus right now, including gold, as well as the defense industry and tech stocks like Intel (NASDAQ:INTC).
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Notre Dame football was controversially left out of the College Football Playoff bracket on Sunday, Dec. 7. In turn, the Fighting Irish’s season is over.
Notre Dame, despite finishing with a 10-2 record, four wins above bowl eligibility, announced it is declining a bowl invitation a few hours after Alabama and Miami took the final two at-large bids over the Fighting Irish.
‘As a team, we’ve decided to withdraw our name from consideration for a bowl game following the 2025 season,’ a statement posted on the team’s social media account read. ‘We appreciate all the support from our families and fans, and we’re hoping to bring the 12th national title to South Bend in 2026.’
Notre Dame finished the season with 10 consecutive wins after starting 0-2 after matchups with Miami and Texas A&M, both of which made the CFP. Ultimately, the Fighting Irish’s head-to-head loss was the deciding factor.
Notre Dame was ranked No. 10 in the final rankings reveal prior to the bracket being set on Tuesday, Dec. 2. The Fighting Irish were No. 9, one spot ahead of Alabama, for multiple weeks before the committee swapped the two teams on Dec. 2.
Miami rose from No. 11 to No. 10 despite not playing in the ACC Championship game. The Hurricanes jumped No. 11 BYU, who lost in the Big 12 Conference Championship to No. 4 Texas Tech, and Notre Dame.
Iowa State and Kansas State declined bowl invites as well and were fined $500,000 by the Big 12. Both Big 12 programs lost their head coaches, though, after Matt Campbell left for Penn State and Chris Klieman retired.
The clock is ticking – on the year and the 2025 NFL regular season.
It will soon be ticking at the 2026 NFL Draft, but who will own that top spot when the dust settles? There are only four weeks left after the Week 14 slate to determine the final order – at least until the inevitable trades shake it up even further.
Plenty of familiar teams headline the group again this time of year. The Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, Las Vegas Raiders and Cleveland Browns all entered Week 14 in possession of a top-five pick. Will they be able to say the same after the week is over?
Here’s a look at the 2026 NFL Draft order as Week 14 results come in.
Here’s a look at the updated first-round order as Week 14 results come in, according to Tankathon, which calculates strength of schedule differently from the NFL:
This is how USA TODAY Sports’ Ayrton Ostly projected the top five picks in his latest mock draft:
The Los Angeles Lakers’ starting lineup was back at full strength with the return of LeBron James and Luka Dončić. And the superstar duo played a big part in the team’s 112-108 road win against the Philadelphia 76ers.
James was back on the court after missing the Lakers’ previous game due to his ongoing sciatica and a new injury: left foot joint arthritis. He had already missed the first 14 games of the season and all of the preseason while dealing with the sciatica.
James entered Sunday’s game averaging 14 points, 7.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game in his first six games played this season. With the win in Philadelphia, he moved ahead of Robert Parish (1,014) for second place on the NBA’s all-time list for regular-season career wins.
Dončić became the eighth player in the Lakers’ history to record a 30-point, 15-rebound, 10-assist triple-double performance.
He returned to the team following a trip to Slovenia for the birth of his second daughter. Dončić was originally listed as out earlier in the week and missed the last two games due to ‘personal reasons.’
The bowl system around which the college football postseason has been built for decades has encountered a bit of a problem this year.
It’s having trouble finding teams that want to participate.
On Sunday, Dec. 7, one day after conference championship weekend officially wrapped up, the College Football Playoff revealed its 12-team field while the non-playoff bowl games began announcing what teams had accepted invitations.
The matchups have been set for all the bowl games — all of them but one, that is.
The Birmingham Bowl is still looking for a team to play Georgia Southern in the game on Monday, Dec. 29 in Birmingham, Alabama, with a number of potential suitors having turned down the bowl’s overtures.
Several bowl-eligible teams have turned down the opportunity to continue their seasons. Shortly after being surprisingly left out of the playoff field, Notre Dame opted against taking part in a bowl game. Iowa State and Kansas State, both of which are undergoing coaching changes, have also declined the chance to play in a bowl, with the Big 12 fining each school $500,000 for their decisions.
Shortly after the inception of the four-team playoff during the 2014 season, bowl games have taken on a decreased importance and are now widely viewed as glorified exhibitions. Previously, their diminished role was largely limited to high-profile, NFL-bound players opting out of the games to focus on their draft preparation and avoid the risk of a serious injury.
Now, that trend is extending to teams choosing not to play, often due to player defections to the transfer portal, a coaching change, some combination of both of those factors or, as Notre Dame showed Sunday, a lack of a desire to play in a game with no path to the national championship.
Here’s a look at the teams that have turned down bowl invitations this season:
With every bowl eligible team with a 6-6 record already accounted for, the Birmingham Bowl has had to turn to 5-7 teams to play against Georgia Southern.
Unfortunately for the bowl and its representatives, several of those teams with losing records have said no to the opportunity.
At least seven teams that finished 5-7 have declined a bowl bid, per college football insider Brett McMurphy. That group includes:
Three bowl-eligible teams — Notre Dame, Iowa State and Kansas State — have opted against playing in a bowl game this season.
All three teams finished the season with at least a 6-6 record, with Iowa State at 8-4, Kansas State at 6-6 and Notre Dame at 10-2.
The Cyclones and Wildcats have lost their coaches in the past week, with Matt Campbell leaving Iowa State for Penn State and Kansas State’s Chris Klieman retiring. The Fighting Irish chose not to play in a bowl game after being left out of the College Football Playoff. Coach Marcus Freeman’s team dropped a spot to No. 11 in the final playoff selection committee rankings, making it the first team to miss the 12-team cut (No. 20 Tulane and No. 24 James Madison automatically made it as conference champions).
If there aren’t enough teams with a 6-6 record or better to fill out all of the available bowls, then those games turn to teams with 5-7 records to try to complete their matchups.
The order in which 5-7 teams are given opportunities to accept bowl invitations is based on a program’s Academic Progress Report (APR) score. This year, Auburn, Florida State and Rice had the highest APR scores of 5-7 squads. Florida State and Auburn have reportedly turned down bowl bids, while Rice has accepted a spot in the Armed Forces Bowl, where it will take on Texas State.
I swear the SEC championship game happened. More than 77,000 fans attended it. I covered it. Millions more watched on TV as Georgia body slammed Alabama and sucked out the Tide’s soul.
If only we had known we were watching a pointless scrimmage.
The College Football Playoff committee watched that 28-7 trampling, and it didn’t move either the victor or the loser an inch in its final rankings.
It’s as if the game never happened.
I swear, it did. I swear Georgia put Alabama in a vise and limited the Tide to negative-three rushing yards.
The committee saw it, evaluated it, and decided it meant nothing.
Georgia enters the bracket at No. 3.
Alabama goes in at No. 9.
Same as they were ranked before the game.
In ranking Georgia and Alabama this way, the committee declared the SEC championship game a glorified exhibition.
The late commissioner Roy Kramer’s revolutionary brainchild of a conference championship game has never been more meaningless than it became this weekend.
It’s a cash grab. Nothing more. A once-great idea, it no longer offers utility to the current playoff structure.
You’re familiar with trophies awarded for rivalry games and bowl games. Now, we’ve got a trophy awarded to the winner of a scrimmage at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The committee’s seeding decision revealed that, no matter what the playoff’s rules say, the SEC receives two automatic bids to the bracket: One for its conference champion and another for its runner-up.
“We evaluated all of those conference championship games,’ CFP selection committee chairman Hunter Yurachek explained on ESPN, ‘and felt like, in the end, regardless of Alabama’s performance yesterday, their body of work in those first 12 games” was sufficient for selection.
Coincidentally — or maybe not — Yurachek is the athletic director at Arkansas, an SEC member.
Let me translate Yurachek’s quote: No matter the result, the committee never had any intention of rejecting the loser of the SEC championship game from a 12-team bracket.
Maybe, you think that’s the way it should be, but that opinion doesn’t change that the committee told you this game was a meaningless exercise, at least in terms of playoff selection and seeding.
You’ll hear the argument that, if the committee had booted Alabama after its woeful performance, that would devalue conference championship games. That’s a false narrative.
In fact, the committee devalued the SEC championship by pretending it never happened.
Again, maybe you’re OK with that. You can make the case Alabama shouldn’t drop in the rankings for getting blown out by one of the nation’s best teams, while Notre Dame and Miami sat at home.
But, then, why did Brigham Young drop behind inactive Miami in the rankings after the Cougars were blown out by one of the nation’s best teams in the Big 12 championship?
If the committee wants to pretend the SEC championship didn’t happen and that Alabama didn’t get blown out, shouldn’t they also pretend the Big 12 Championship didn’t happen and BYU didn’t get blown out?
We know the reasoning behind this.
The committee believes the SEC’s runner-up deserves an automatic bid, even if the bracket rules don’t specify this. That preservation of a bid for the SEC’s runner-up does not extend to the Big 12.
This seeding tells us Alabama had qualified for the CFP before it stepped onto the field in a rematch against Georgia.
Alabama already had suffered two losses, one of which came against a bad ACC team that finished 5-7. The Tide advanced to the SEC championship game thanks in part to the conference’s tiebreaker rules. Reaching Atlanta required Alabama to play only 50% of the conference’s membership.
Then, Georgia carved out the elephant’s eyes in delivering a third loss.
But, presto! It never happened!
Alabama becomes the first three-loss at-large qualifier in CFP history. Two years ago, the 12-1 Tide displaced undefeated Florida State, marking the first and only time a 13-0 Power Four champion didn’t make the four-team playoff.
By not dropping Alabama after this blowout loss, the committee avoided the blowback that would have erupted from Greg Sankey’s powerful “It Just Means More” pulpit.
I won’t argue the committee’s selections of Alabama and Miami or its omission of Notre Dame.
Alabama touted the best strength of schedule metrics of that bubble trio. It also owns the best win, by beating Georgia on the road in September.
Alabama possessed the same record as Miami and Notre Dame through 12 games. The Hurricanes and Irish didn’t play a 13th game. So, I understand the Tide’s case, bad though they looked Saturday.
I also understand choosing Miami over Notre Dame. They own identical records, nearly identical metrics, and Miami won a head-to-head matchup.
But, my goodness, the chicanery deployed to achieve this destination was all so ridiculous and unnecessary, and it makes this whole process look like a clown act.
Yurachek is no magician deftly operating smoke and mirrors to pull the wool over fans’ eyes. He’s just an awkward AD. He’s fooling nobody.
Alabama stayed at No. 9 because the committee wanted to preserve a spot for the SEC’s runner-up. Meanwhile, BYU dropped one spot, because the committee decided to push Notre Dame and Miami next to each other in the rankings and finally acknowledge Miami’s head-to-head advantage.
Selecting Miami gave the ACC a playoff representative after five-loss Duke won the conference and foiled the ACC’s automatic bid. In an odd twist, Virginia losing to Duke probably delivered a fatal blow to the Irish. The committee couldn’t justify taking Duke, so it created a spot for Miami and booted Notre Dame.
Here’s how it should have went down, to avoid this messy eyesore: The committee should have ranked Alabama No. 9 and positioned Miami at No. 10 in the penultimate rankings. That would have given advance notice that the committee no longer would pretend the Irish didn’t lose to Miami.
Then, after Georgia trounced Alabama, the committee could have moved Miami up to No. 9, dropped Alabama to No. 10 and not acted as if the SEC championship game didn’t occur.
Instead of doing that, the committee head-faked for a month that it preferred Notre Dame to Miami, only to realize the stupidity of that, because Miami beat Notre Dame and they owned matching 10-2 records and similar metrics.
There’s logic in the final at-large choices, but there’s no lucidity in the path the committee charted to reach this destination.
Facing a tough decision, the committee chose to pretend the SEC championship game didn’t happen. In doing so, it devalued a once-revolutionary contest that used to mean so much.
Blake Toppmeyer is the USA TODAY Network’s senior national college football columnist. Email him at BToppmeyer@gannett.com and follow him on X @btoppmeyer.
Locksley Resources (LKY:AU) has announced U.S. Investors Lead Oversubscribed $17m Placement
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HIGHLIGHTS
– A$17 million raised at A$0.24 per share through an oversubscribed placement to domestic and international institutional and sophisticated investors
– Cornerstone U.S. institutional support provides strong strategic validation of Locksley’s role in advancing onshore supply of antimony and rare earths for U.S. national security and industrial supply chains
– Strengthened balance sheet enables rapid progression of Locksley’s U.S. Mine to Market strategy while complementing ongoing engagement with federal funding and grant programs
– Funding accelerates drilling, downstream technology development, and project execution, while deepening engagement with U.S. institutional partners and key government agencies
– Locksley Investor Webinar – See link below
The Placement was led by well established U.S. institutional investors, providing a strong endorsement of Locksley’s strategy to deliver a fully integrated U.S. based ‘Mine to Market’ critical minerals supply chain. Their participation brings not only capital but aligned sector expertise and ongoing engagement that supports the Company’s downstream development objectives within the United States.
The raise was conducted under the Company’s refreshed placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A, following shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting held on 28 November 2025.
Strategic Execution Enabled by the Placement
Proceeds from the Placement will accelerate execution across the following:
– Rapid Advancement of drilling, assay programs and structural mapping to define mineralisation across the Mojave Project
– Acceleration of downstream processing and American-made conversion planning for antimony products
– Enhanced positioning for engagement with federal level funding initiatives, supporting Locksley’s role within the U.S. critical minerals ecosystem
– Accelerated progression toward first-mover status in restoring domestic U.S antimony supply, aligned with national security and industrial demand
– Continuous parallel execution of permitting, stakeholder engagement, engineering and project scheduling
Locksley Managing Director, Kerrie Matthews, commented:
‘The depth of support across both international and Australian institutional markets represents a strong validation of our strategic pathway. In particular, the strong level of U.S. participation aligns directly with our downstream ambitions and reinforces the commercial relevance of our development plan.
The involvement of leading U.S. institutional investors is more than capital allocation; it is a strategic endorsement of Locksley’s emerging role within the domestic U.S critical minerals sector. This support comes at a time when the U.S administration is emphasising critical minerals as a national security priority and seeking to reduce reliance on foreign-controlled processing capacity.
With this institutional backing, Locksley is positioned to advance its contribution to a U.S. based supply chain for antimony and rare earths.
Importantly, this funding allows us to execute at pace while continuing to progress federal engagement initiatives. The capital secures our ability to accelerate exploration, development planning, and downstream partnerships, unlocking the full potential of the Mojave Project.
We are delighted to welcome these new investors to the register and look forward to working with partners who can support our long-term growth agenda.’
Investor Webinar – U.S Development Progression & Execution Strategy
Locksley invites shareholders and investors to attend a live Investor Webinar to discuss recent milestones and provide an update on the advancement of its U.S Mine to Market execution pathway and upcoming development milestones.
ZOOM WEBINAR: TUESDAY, 9th DECEMBER 2025 at 1:00pm AEDT / 10:00am AWST
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The Placement was managed by Alpine Capital Pty Ltd and Titan Partners Group, a division of American Capital Partners, acting as Joint Lead Managers.
Settlement of the Placement is expected to occur on or around 11 December 2025, with new shares to rank equally with existing fully paid ordinary shares. An Appendix 2A and cleansing notice will be released to the ASX in due course.
The Placement is structured under a single tranche comprising 70,833,334 new Securities to raise approximately A$17,000,000, conducted under the placement capacity of the Offer in accordance with ASX LR 7.1 & LR 7.1A.
About Locksley Resources Limited:
Locksley Resources Limited (ASX:LKY,OTC:LKYRF) (FRA:X5L) (OTCMKTS:LKYRF) is an ASX listed explorer focused on critical minerals in the United States of America. The Company is actively advancing exploration across two key assets: the Mojave Project in California, targeting rare earth elements (REEs) and antimony. Locksley Resources aims to generate shareholder value through strategic exploration, discovery and development in this highly prospective mineral region.
Mojave Project
Located in the Mojave Desert, California, the Mojave Project comprises over 250 claims across two contiguous prospect areas, namely, the North Block/Northeast Block and the El Campo Prospect. The North Block directly abuts claims held by MP Materials, while El Campo lies along strike of the Mountain Pass Mine and is enveloped by MP Materials’ claims, highlighting the strong geological continuity and exploration potential of the project area.
In addition to rare earths, the Mojave Project hosts the historic ‘Desert Antimony Mine’, which last operated in 1937. Despite the United States currently having no domestic antimony production, demand for the metal remains high due to its essential role in defense systems, semiconductors, and metal alloys. With significant surface sample results, the Desert Mine prospect represents one of the highest-grade known antimony occurrences in the U.S.
Locksley’s North American position is further strengthened by rising geopolitical urgency to diversify supply chains away from China, the global leader in both REE & antimony production. With its maiden drilling program planned, the Mojave Project is uniquely positioned to align with U.S. strategic objectives around critical mineral independence and economic security.
Tottenham Project
Locksley’s Australian portfolio comprises the advanced Tottenham Copper-Gold Project in New South Wales, focused on VMS-style mineralisation
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Locksley Resources Limited
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Kerrie@locksleyresources.com.au
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Duke has won the ACC championship and thrown the College Football Playoff picture into chaos. Its coach believes the Blue Devils should be in the bracket.
By beating Virginia on Saturday, Dec. 6, Duke has opened up the final automatic bid. Typically, it would make sense for the ACC champion to automatically be in, but the Blue Devils present an unusual case. They are 8-5 and weren’t ranked in any poll, including the College Football Playoff rankings, coming into conference championship week.
However, No. 19 James Madison was in the CFP rankings at No. 25 and won the Sun Belt. Therefore, it looks like the Dukes would get in given the criteria for the field is the five highest-ranked conference champions and seven at-large teams.
Regardless, Duke coach Manny Diaz spent his postgame interview vouching for his team to be in the playoff, seemingly claiming James Madison doesn’t have a resume like the Blue Devils.
‘They don’t have wins like this. They don’t have a win against a team like that. That’s a big-time team right there in Virginia,’ Diaz said on the ESPN broadcast. ‘Seven wins in this conference, seven Power Four wins compared to zero. That’s a playoff team. Darian Mensah may be the best damn quarterback in the country. These guys deserve to be in.’
While James Madison doesn’t have any Power Four wins, with its lone loss coming against Louisville, the Dukes also went 12-1 on the season, and two of Duke’s five losses came against Group of Five teams in Tulane and Connecticut.
The Blue Devils will have to wait for the playoff reveal show at Noon ET on Sunday, Dec. 7 to see if they will be able to play for a national championship.
The NCAA Division I volleyball tournament’s second round concluded on Saturday.
No. 1 seeds Nebraska, Texas, Pitt and Kentucky advanced to the Sweet 16.
Cal Poly defeated No. 4 seed USC in the second round of the tournament play on Friday, the biggest upset of the tournament thus far.
The 2025 NCAA volleyball Final Four will be held at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. It’s the third time since 2010 that the venue, formerly known as the Sprint Center, has hosted the volleyball national championship.
The 2025 NCAA volleyball tournament will air across the ESPN and ABC family of networks. All first- and second-round games can be found streaming on ESPN+, ESPN’s subscription streaming service, and Fubo, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.
Watch the 2025 NCAA volleyball tournament live with Fubo (free trial)
Follow along with USA TODAY Sports for live updates, scores and schedule for the 2025 NCAA volleyball tournament:
The Cardinal advance, 25-16, 25-27, 25-17, 25-20.
The Mustangs win the first match 25-11, 25-21, 26-24.
The Aggies won 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 29-27 in the closest match of the game.
The Huskers are now 32-0 after the sweep, 25-17, 25-21, 25-16.
The Gophers eliminate the Cyclones 25-22, 25-21, 25-14.
Texas eliminates defending champion Penn State, 25-16, 25-9, 25-19.
No. 1 seed Pitt won 25-23, 25-23, 25-18 to eliminate Michigan.
Louisville staved off an upset 21-25, 25-11, 23-25, 25-19, 15-12.
The second round concludes Saturday Dec. 6.
All games on ESPN Unlimited, ESPN, ABC
Cal Poly 3, No. 4 USC 2 (25-19, 25-20, 20-25, 14-25, 15-7)
No. 2 Stanford 3, Utah Valley 1 (21-25, 25-21, 25-13, 25-14)
No. 2 Arizona State 3, Utah State 1 (25-15, 25-18, 22-25, 25-15)
No. 1 Nebraska swept Long Island University 25-11, 25-15, 25-17
No. 3 Wisconsin swept North Carolina 25-14, 25-21, 27-25
No. 3 Creighton defeated No. 6 UNI 25-18, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21
No. 4 Minnesota swept Fairfield 25-12, 25-7, 25-13
No. 1 Texas swept Florida A&M (25-11, 25- 8, 25-14)
Arizona defeated No. 7 South Dakota State 25-21, 22-25, 25-15, 25-15
No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 UCLA 30-28, 25-16, 28-30, 25-17
No. 4 Kansas defeated No. 5 Miami (25-17, 25-22, 22-25, 27-25)
Texas A&M swept Campbell 25-20, 25-10, 25-13
No. 2 SMU swept Central Arkansas 25-13, 25-13, 25-13
No. 3 Purdue defeated No. 6 Baylor 1 (25-16, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20)
No. 4 Indiana swept No. 5 Colorado (25-20, 25-17, 25-23)
Kansas State defeated No. 8 San Diego 21-25, 25-17, 26-28, 25-22, 15-12
No. 1 Pitt swept UMBC 25-10, 25-17, 25-13
No. 8 Penn State defeated South Florida 25-23, 12-25, 25-21, 25-19
No. 8 Penn State took the first set 25-23, while South Florida took the second set 25-12. The defending champions won the third set 25-21 and the fourth 25-19 to win, 3-1.
No. 5 Iowa State defeated St. Thomas-Minnesota 21-25, 25-13, 25-16, 21-25, 15-8
St. Thomas took the first set 25-21, while Iowa State took the second, 25-13, and third, 25-16. St. Thomas forced a decisive fifth set by taking the fourth 25-21, but Iowa State closed it out 15-8 in the fifth.
No. 2 Louisville swept Loyola Chicago 25-17, 25-9, 25-12.
No. 6 TCU swept Stephen F. Austin 25-8, 26-24, 25-20.
Florida swept No. 7 Rice 27-25, 25-23, 25-19.
Michigan swept No. 8 Xavier 25-19, 25-15, 25-23
Marquette swept No. 7 Western Kentucky 25-22, 25-21, 25-16.
No. 3 seed USC swept Princeton 25-19, 25-12, 25-13
No. 1 Kentucky swept Wofford 25-11, 25-19, 25-12
No. 2 Arizona State swept Coppin State 25-11, 25-14, 25-12
No. 3 Wisconsin swept Eastern Illinois 25-11, 25-6, 25-19
No. 3 Purdue swept Wright State 25-13, 25-21, 25-19
No. 3 Creighton swept Northern Colorado 12-25, 25-23,25-23,17-25, 8-15
No. 4 Kansas swept High Point 25-20, 25-15, 25-18
Cal Poly defeated No. 5 BYU 25-19, 17-25, 20-25, 25-20, 15-10
Utah State defeated No. 7 Tennessee 25-19, 25-15, 19-25, 25-18, 15-11
North Carolina downed No. 6 UTEP 24-26, 25-11, 25-18, 25-21
No. 6 Northern Iowa defeated Utah 15-25, 21-25, 26-24, 25-20, 15-10
No. 8 UCLA defeated Georgia Tech 24-26, 25-19, 25-23, 25-18, 15-10
No. 6 Baylor defeated Arkansas State 23-25, 25-20, 30-28, 23-25, 15-10
No. 5 Miami defeated Tulsa 25-22, 13-25, 25-22, 25-20
No. 4 Indiana swept Toledo 25-18, 25-15, 25-17
Colorado eliminated American 25-16, 25-19, 25-16
Here’s a look at the 31 teams that earned automatic berths to the 2025 NCAA volleyball tournament by virtue of winning their conferences:
The two semifinal matches in the Final Four of the 2025 NCAA volleyball tournament will take place on Thursday, Dec. 18 and will be followed three days later by the national championship game on Sunday, Dec. 21.
Penn State is the reigning NCAA volleyball champion, having defeated Louisville in four sets last year in the national title game. It was the Nittany Lions’ eighth volleyball championship since 1999.
Here’s a look at the past 10 NCAA volleyball champions:
For the full list of champions, click here.