Texas commences the 2024 period since the No. 1 ranked group from the AVCA Preseason Coaches’ Poll for that fifth time (2024, 2023, 2021, 2017, 2013). The Longhorns appear in the top four with the AVCA preseason poll for that 18th-consecutive period and therefore are ranked in the highest two spots for the eleventh time in the last eighteen seaso