The Hawaii volleyball team moved up a spot to No. 18 in today’s national poll while remaining at 11 in the Ratings Percentage Index, the computer-generated system used by the NCAA to rate strength of schedule.

In the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25, the Rainbow Wahine (22-3, 12-2 Big West) were the only conference team ranked. Hawaii is 4-1 against other teams in the poll with a loss to No. 3 Baylor (20-1) and wins over No. 13 Washington (19-5) and No. 24 San Diego (20-5). The Wahine also have wins over two teams receiving votes: UCLA (13-1) and Missouri (16-6), the Bruins and Tigers outside the Top 25 at 27th and 29th, respectively.

In today’s RPI, Baylor remained at 1. The Bears handed the Wahine their first loss of the season on Sept. 22.

The RPI is a major factor in how the NCAA seeds the 64-team postseason tournament with teams rated 1 through 16 hosting the first and second rounds. Hawaii has not hosted a subregional since 2013.

The Wahine, running their winning streak to nine with Sunday’s sweep at UC Riverside, has a bye this week. Hawaii closes out the regular season at the Stan Sheriff Center with matches against Cal State Northridge (12-13, 7-6) on Nov. 21 and Long Beach State (10-15, 7-6) on Nov. 22.

Should the Wahine win out, they would do no worse than a tie for the league title and would be awarded the automatic berth into the NCAA tournament by virtue of holding the tiebreaker over both Cal Poly (17-7, 10-2) and UC Santa Barbara (19-4, 9-3).