NCAA President Charlie Baker on the growing popularity of women's volleyball
Nebraska and Omaha shattered the all-time record for DI women's college volleyball attendance when 92,003 fans packed Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, home of the Cornhuskers football team, on Aug. 30, 2023. In fact, the match officially broke the world record for attendance at any women’s sporting event, surpassing the 91,648 in attendance at a 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League match between Barcelona and Wolfsburg at Camp Nou. On Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, the national final between Penn State and Louisville at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, broke the indoor record at 21,860.
On Sept. 16, 2025, Nebraska and Creighton broke the regular-season indoor attendance record with a sold-out crowd of 17,675 at CHI Health Center in Omaha.
Here are the 10 DI college volleyball games with the most attendance. You can see all DI, DII, and DIII volleyball attendance records and averages in this PDF.
1. 92,003: Nebraska defeated Omaha on Aug. 30, 2023 at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska
"Volleyball Day in Nebraska" included an exhibition match between DII schools Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney, before Nebraska and Omaha took center stage at the home of Cornhuskers football.
2. 21,860: Penn State defeated Louisville on Dec. 22, 2024 at the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY in the NCAA final
3. 21,726: Louisville defeated Pitt and Penn State defeated Nebraska on Dec. 19, 2024 at the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY in the NCAA semifinals
4. 19,727: Texas defeated Nebraska on Dec. 17, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida in the NCAA final
5. 19,598: Nebraska defeated Pitt and Texas defeated Wisconsin on Dec. 14, 2023, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida in the NCAA semifinals
6. 18,755: Wisconsin defeated Nebraska on Dec. 18, 2021 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio in the NCAA final
Jamie Schwaberow | NCAA Photos
7. 18,516: Nebraska defeated Florida on Dec. 16, 2017 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. in the NCAA final
8. 18,374: Florida defeated Stanford and Nebraska defeated Penn State on Dec. 14, 2017, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. in the NCAA semifinals
Jamie Schwaberow | NCAA Photos
9. 18,113: Stanford defeated Nebraska on Dec. 15, 2018, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., in the NCAA final
10. 17,808: Stanford defeated BYU and Nebraska defeated Illinois on Dec. 13, 2018, in the NCAA semifinals at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
Jamie Schwaberow | NCAA Photos
Here is the list of the top 38 most attended women's college volleyball games from the NCAA DI record book.
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| ATT. | WINNER | OPPONENT | SCORE | DATE | ARENA | CITY | STATE | TOURNAMENT ROUND | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 92,003 | Nebraska* | Omaha | 3-0 | Aug. 30, 2023 | Memorial Stadium | Lincoln | NE | |
| 2 | 21,860 | Penn State | Louisville | 3-1 | Dec. 22, 2024 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville | KY | NCAA Final |
| 3 | 21,726 | Louisville* | Pitt | 3-1 | Dec. 19, 2024 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville | KY | NCAA semifinals |
| Penn State | Nebraska | ||||||||
| 4 | 19,727 | Texas | Nebraska | 3-0 | Dec. 17, 2023 | Amalie Arena | Tampa | FL | NCAA Final |
| 5 | 19,598 | Nebraska | Pitt | 3-0 | Dec. 14, 2023 | Amalie Arena | Tempa | FL | NCAA semifinals |
| Texas | Wisconsin | 3-1 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 6 | 18,755 | Wisconsin | Nebraska | 3-2 | Dec. 18, 2021 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus | OH | NCAA final |
| 7 | 18,516 | Nebraska | Florida | 3-1 | Dec. 16, 2017 | Sprint Center | Kansas City | MO | NCAA final |
| 8 | 18,374 | Florida | Stanford | 3-2 | Dec. 14, 2017 | Sprint Center | Kansas City | MO | NCAA semifinals |
| Nebraska | Penn St. | 3-2 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 9 | 18,113 | Stanford | Nebraska | 3-2 | Dec. 15, 2018 | Target Center | Minneapolis | MN | NCAA final |
| 10 | 17,808 | Stanford | BYU | 3-0 | Dec. 13, 2018 | Target Center | Minneapolis | MN | NCAA semifinals |
| Nebraska | Illinois | 3-2 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 11 | 17,675 | Nebraska | Creighton | 3-2 | Sep. 16, 2025 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | |
| 12 | 17,561 | Nebraska | Texas | 3-0 | Dec. 19, 2015 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | NCAA final |
| 13 | 17,551 | Nebraska | Kansas | 3-1 | Dec. 17, 2015 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | NCAA semifinals |
| Texas | Minnesota | 3-1 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 14 | 17,430 | Stanford | Texas | 3-2 | Dec. 18, 2008 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | NCAA semifinals |
| Penn St. | Nebraska | 3-2 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 15 | 17,345 | Stanford | Texas | 3-1 | Dec. 17, 2016 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus | OH | NCAA final |
| 16 | 17,209 | Nebraska | Stanford | 3-1 | Dec. 16, 2006 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | NCAA final |
| 17 | 17,037 | Wisconsin | Marquette | 3-1 | Sept. 13, 2023 | Fiserv Forum | Milwaukee | WI | |
| 18 | 17,014 | Nebraska | UCLA | 3-1 | Dec. 14, 2006 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | NCAA semifinals |
| Stanford | Washington | 3-0 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 19 | 16,833 | Florida | Wisconsin* | 3-2 | Sept. 16, 2022 | Kohl Center | Madison | WI | |
| 20 | 16,670 | Stanford | Minnesota | 3-1 | Dec. 15, 2016 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus | OH | NCAA semifinals |
| Texas | Nebraska | 3-0 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 21 | 16,531 | Wisconsin | Louisville | 3-2 | Dec. 16, 2021 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus | OH | NCAA semifinals |
| Nebraska | Pittsburgh | 3-1 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 22 | 16,290 | Stanford | Wisconsin | 3-0 | Dec. 21, 2019 | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh | PA | NCAA final |
| 23 | 16,448 | Texas | Oregon | 3-0 | Dec. 15, 2012 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville | KY | NCAA final |
| 24 | 15,797 | Nebraska | Creighton* | 3-2 | Sept. 7, 2022 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | |
| 25 | 15,119 | Nebraska | Florida | 3-0 | Dec. 10, 2005 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | NCAA regional final |
| 26 | 14,975 | Penn St. | Washington | 3-0 | Dec. 19, 2013 | KeyArena | Seattle | WA | NCAA semifinals |
| 27 | 14,779 | Penn St. | Wisconsin | 3-1 | Dec. 21, 2013 | KeyArena | Seattle | WA | NCAA final |
| 28 | 14,661 | Stanford | Minnesota | 3-0 | Dec. 19, 2019 | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh | PA | NCAA semifinals |
| Wisconsin | Baylor | 3-1 | NCAA semifinals | ||||||
| 29 | 14,489 | Nebraska | UCLA | 3-0 | Dec. 9, 2005 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | NCAA regional semifinals |
| Florida | Louisville | 3-0 | NCAA regional semifinals | ||||||
| 30 | 14,299 | Penn St. | Stanford | 3-0 | Dec. 20, 2008 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | NCAA final |
| 31 | 14,035 | Texas | Wisconsin | 3-1 | Sep. 1, 2024 | Fiserv Forum | Milwaukee | WI | |
| Stanford | Minnesota | 3-2 | |||||||
| 32 | 14,032 | Penn St. | California | 3-0 | Dec. 18, 2010 | Sprint Center | Kansas City | MO | NCAA final |
| 33 | 14,022 | Nebraska | *Creighton | 3-2 | Sept. 6, 2018 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | |
| 34 | 13,870 | UCLA | *Nebraska | 3-2 | Sept. 13, 2009 | Bob Devaney Sports Center | Lincoln | NE | |
| 35 | 13,747 | UCLA | Illinois | 3-1 | Dec. 17, 2011 | Alamodome | San Antonio | TX | NCAA final |
| 36 | 13,631 | Penn St. | Stanford | 3-2 | Dec. 15, 2007 | Power Balance Pavilion | Sacramento | CA | NCAA final |
| 37 | 13,412 | *Nebraska | LSU | 3-0 | Sept. 12, 2008 | Bob Devaney Sports Center | Lincoln | NE | |
| 38 | 13,396 | *Nebraska | Hawaii | 3-0 | Oct. 21, 2007 | Bob Devaney Sports Center | Lincoln | NE |
* Host institution.
All arenas listed under current (or most recent) name.
