The Viral Volley Podcast

This week, we go through our normal routine of recognizing digital content creators in the Men’s game. This week it was reported that the Official Fan Account for NCAA Men’s Volleyball, @ncaamvb surpassed 22.6 MILLION views! Great news for #ncaavb, but even better news for Men’s Volleyball! In our news segment we remember Steven Lee Sander, father to Taylor and Brenden, two wonderful personalities in Men’s Volleyball. Other news for the week, had former Stanford All-American Matt Fuerbringer being named as Head Coach of the USAV Beach Team as well. From there we go into the “Elephant in the Room,” that highlights the Coaching Panelists’ matches in Week 9, “Eye Catching Matches” of the week and finally, the panel’s “Ballers/Players of the Week.” New this week, is “Jay’s Quick Hits” segment where we bounce a handful of NCAA Men’s Volleyball questions/topics on the spot for a hot take! Thanks for listening and following! #ncaamvb #ncaamvolleyball #ncaavolleyball

In our Week 8 recap of the 2026 season the Coaches’ Panel (minus Dan out with the flu) discusses the action that happened in D1-2 Men’s Volleyball at our half way point! But first, we shout out our Instagram content creators @1stseedvolleyball’s John McNallly and Holly Wong of @hykchora for putting out excellent and engaging content in Men’s Volleyball! From there we discuss the start of a new D2 program at Mercy University, career milestones for Kevin Burch of Ohio St. and Shawn Olmstead of BYU. As always wee flow into our “Elephant in the Room” segment to our matches of the week and our Ballers of the Week. Our conversation flows into “Whatcha Watchin’” in Week 9 and we end with dropping a “Volleyball Hot Take”—for which I recommend you take a good listen! As always, thank you for watching/listening!

Our Week 7 recap mean’s we’re coming upon the half-way point of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Collegiate Volleyball season! Tteams are turning heads as conference play in the EIVA and MIVA have made us expect the unexpected! Meanwhile, Non-conference clashes have teams butting heads to keep records unblemished, establish nonconference superiority and get quality wins under teams’ belts! The CVW crew runs down the Week 7 recap all the way down to the No. 1 team in the nation, but not before our special guests from the MPSF join us! From there, the guys pick their Ballers of the Week and drop the matches they’ll be keeping dabs on in “Whatcha Watchin’!” Thanks for watching/listening! Spread the word, and click on subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and/or on YouTube!

"No Average Joe" episode!" This week we bring on Men’s Volleyball Influencer, Joe McCurdy (@jtmvball on Instagram and TikTok) on the show to talk about the happenings in week 5 of the NCAA Men’s Volleyball season from a digital journalist perspective. Joe and Rob bounce between select matches of the top 20 and highlight key performances in those matches. Of course they take a stab at top athletes of the week, then pick out some of the top matches to look out for in Week 6! Week 6 "Social Media Shout Outs" to @nekobavisuals and @buhlmedia and, @thevolleyballrecap!

Episode 290 of Viral Volley Media’s, College Volleyball Weekly Men’s Top 20 for Week 2 of the 2026 Collegiate Men’s Volleyball season is coming in HOT! This week we acknowledge two content creators covering the men’s side, then go to the “Elephant in the Room,” which discusses our coaching panelists’ results from last week’s play. From there we venture into the “Eye-Catching Matches” of the week followed by “The Panel’s Picks,” highlighting any other matches around Men’s Volleyball in any conference, at any level. Of course, the guys have their say in CVW Ballers of the Week with the top performers while finishing with “Whatcha Watchin’” for Week 3! #ncaamvb #ncaamvolleyball #ncaavolleyball