This week the top five teams remained unchanged but there was quite a bit of movement below them in this week's AVCA poll.

The biggest fall went to Long Beach State. The 49ers fell three spots to No. 11 after losing in five to CSUN. Northridge rose two spots to No. 9 after the victory. Pacific climbed three spots after an unexpected four set win over Santa Barbara. The Tigers are now at No. 12 while the Gauchos fell two spots to No. 15.

Penn State dropped a match to Lewis last week in four sets and fell two spots to No. 8 in this week's poll while Lewis rose two spots to No. 7.

Things will get even more interesting this week as Stanford and Pacific head to the East Coast to take on Penn State and Ohio State in what should be a pretty exciting invitational tournament in Columbus.

No. 1 BYU is off this week after taking care of USC last week in both meetings, winning in four on the first night and five on the second. USC will head down to Irvine to take on No. 2 UCI.

Here are the rest of your matches to watch:

Wednesday, January 25th
No. 6 Pepperdine @ No. 2 UCI
No. 9 CSUN @ No. 3 UCLA

Friday, January 27th
No. 5 USC @ No. 2 UCI
No. 15 UCSB @ No. 3 UCLA
No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 8 Penn State
No. 12 Pacific @ No. 10 Ohio State

Saturday, January 28th
No. 4 Stanford @ No. 10 Ohio State
No. 12 Pacific vs. No. 8 Penn State

The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) will launch later this year with a single event at the U.S Open Nationals in Salt Lake City. The idea is to create a grass roots league for adult women and offer them a place to play after college.

USAV says the league may take time to develop, but it hopes that it will one day have up to 40 teams participating in different regions across the country. As of now, teams from regions including Arizona, Intermountain, Puget Sound, Iowa, North Texas and Florida are expected to compete. Teams from Columbia Empire, Delta, Chesapeake, Keystone and Southern are possible additions.

Many indoor pro leagues have come and gone over the years. This one is making an attempt at something new and a different model. It could be interesting.

The UCI men's team enjoyed exactly one week in the top spot before getting knocked off by the previous No. 1, the BYU Cougars. In two matches in Irvine, BYU left victorious winning in three on the first night and five on the second. UCI fell back to No. 2 in this week's AVCA poll.

The biggest fall of the week goes to Long Beach State. The 49ers fell three spots to No. 8 after losing to USC in three and Pepperdine in four. The Waves rose three spots to No. 7 this week having also beaten CSUN in four. Defending champs Ohio State lost to Penn State in three straight sets and fall two spots to No. 10 this week.

USC will head to Provo this week to take on the No. 1 Cougars. No. 4 Stanford will get the team's first real test so far with matches against UCLA and UCSB.

Here are the rest of your matches to watch:

Friday, January 20th
No. 5 USC @ No. 1 BYU
No. 4 Stanford @ No. 3 UCLA
No. 6 Penn State @ No. 14 Loyola-Chicago
No. 12 Hawaii @ No. 7 Pepperdine
No. 8 Long Beach State @ No. 11 CSUN
No. 15 Pacific @ No. 13 UCSB

Saturday, January 21st

No. 5 USC @ No. 1 BYU
No. 15 Pacific @ No. 3 UCLA
No. 4 Stanford @ No. 13 UCSB
No. 6 Penn State @ No. 9 Lewis
No. 12 Hawaii @ No. 7 Pepperdine

Reports are that in his official role as ambassador for the games, Prince Harry is set to make an appearance at the beach volleyball venue during the London Olympic Games. Though nothing is certain it appears that he along with brother William and sister-in-law Kate will be attending various events in hopes of bringing a little magic to what they called the "less high-profile events."

Frankly, I'm not sure how beach volleyball could be considered low-profile since the tickets sold out immediately and it has consistently been one of the most popular Olympic sports. You know what is less high-profile? Indoor volleyball.

It seems they want to keep the intrigue and excitement going by not revealing exactly where and when they'll show up. Wouldn't it be great if they made their way over to Earl's Court in west London, sat courtside as the USA women make their run for the gold and posed for post-match pictures with Logan Tom and Destinee Hooker? Just think what a boost that would be for a sport that could really use one.

Still, it will be great pub to have one of the royals in attendance at a volleyball event of any kind. I'll take it, but I'll keep hope alive that we could still get a surprise appearance on the indoor side.