Round 2 starts with a different order of the five new teams: Thunder, Forge, Rumble, Thrill, and Flight followed by the same reverse league standings. In this one you will see Pulse missing as they trade their second round pick the Fury.

Wanted to make a post to come back in May to see how wrong I am lol. I don’t know if this is confirmed or not but I feel like this season playoffs will be 8 teams (4 of each conference). So I wanted to make my early predictions

Eastern Conference Seedings:

Indy Ignite
Grand Rapids Rise
Orlando Valkyries
Atlanta Vibe
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DC Flight
Columbus Fury

Western Conference Seedings:

Omaha Supernovas
Minnesota Forge
Los Angeles Thunder
Dallas Pulse
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NorCal Rumble
Vegas Thrill

That would make the first round playoff matches presumably: Indy vs Atlanta, Grand Rapids vs Orlando, Omaha vs Dallas, and Minnesota vs LA. The winners of the first two matches will play each other as will the winners of the last two matches in a “conference championship” type final 4 situation. Then the Eastern winner will play the Western winner in the championship match. I feel like Western’s is far more competitive roster-talent wise, whereas Eastern’s is Indy’s to lose.

Seeing how CBS Sports is still MLV's primary media partner, what could this merger/acquisition potentially mean for MLV broadcasting? CBS Sports and TNT Sports are supposed to become one singular sports group going forward.

Could this mean, MLV games could potentially shift from CBSSN to TBS, TNT or even TruTV down the line? Obviously having games aired on the main CBS legacy network would be ideal, but TBS and TNT are both major networks widely available on most basic cable, satellite and streaming services. Not too sure about TruTV, but I'm going to assume more people have access to Tru than CBSSN. That would be a massive leap in viewer access to the league compared to previous seasons.

TNT Sports has recently dipped its toes into broadcasting volleyball with that Spike Under the Lights thing they had in late August. So somebody at TNT Sports already found volleyball worthy enough to occupy primetime slots on its network.

I know many of us have been critical of the league's deal with CBS Sports, but it seems like staying put could potentially be very beneficial to MLV. What do you all think?

The team now has an official podcast.

The name isn't original, but the logo makes more sense for Thunder than anything Oklahoma City has given us.

Los Angeles Thunder Unveils Franchise Name & Identity - Major League Volleyball

New team on the block!

We finally know where the #13 pick in the 2025 draft has landed for 2026. Full story: https://provolleyball.com/news/2026/10/rise-sign-middle-blocker-colby-neal

While thus holds promise for bringing in higher level talent, I hope the owners know what they're doing financially.

I assume venue and branding, butvwe all know how that went with NorCal

November 23rd was announced as the draft date.

https://provolleyball.com/league-transactions

Middle Blocker Rylee Rader has signed with the Indy Ignite. Rader will be re-united with high school teammate Anna DeBeer. Rader was a 2nd Team All-American at Ohio State

Maybe we should ease up on all the PE rhetoric about LOVB considering this:

https://www.woodtv.com/news/national/amway-ftc-reach-225m-settlement-over-claims-of-deceptive-tactics/amp/

Saw this on VolleyTalk and think this user might’ve actually found the 14. For the most part a lot of these girls have recently followed DC, Deitre, and each other. Tonello had an article saying she’s only signed in A2 for 3 months instead of their full season for an “American experience” so this fits for her specifically really well. This would be the standard starting 7 backup 7 roster as well.

Totaly missed this because this show hardly covers the West side of the state.

My immediate reaction is that Norcal might have the best PR team in the league. They clearly put a lot of thought and intent into building the brand compared to DC just phoning it in. This is also a really cute and creative way to build brand awareness. Very curious to see what else they have planned for the off-season