The final 14s Club National Rankings had quite the anomaly that we may never see again as long as we do our lists. With the top teams clearly establishing themselves in 14 Open at the USAV Girls Junior National Championships in Chicago, there was no movement with the top six teams. TAV 14 Black brought home the gold medal and ends the season where it started – at No. 1. Arizona Storm 14 Thunder captured the silver medal after falling to TAV in the championship match and ends at No. 2 – the same spot Storm entered at. The same goes for Nos. 3-6 as well.

Tstreet 14 Carson was knocked out of contention with its quarterfinal loss to Storm and stayed put at No. 3. Mizuno Long Beach 14 Rockstar lost to TAV in the quarterfinals and remained at No. 4. With Madfrog 14 Green and Skyline 14 Royal also tying for fifth, niether moved and end at No. 5 and 6 respectively. There was no change until No. 7, as Drive Nation 14 Red made a modest climb up three spots from No. 10. Club V 14 Ren Silver was among the biggest movers. With Club V making the Top 8, the Utah club rose up from No. 29 to No. 8.

You can view the full rankings below.

There are lots of factors to take into consideration when formulating a list like this. It leaves plenty of room for debate as these rankings are ultimately subjective. There are power league results, qualifier results, national tournaments like Triple Crown and of course the USAV Girls Junior Nationals and AAU national championships. All these come into play. We put more weight on what happened at Junior Nationals than a qualifier because the whole season is built toward peaking at JN’s. We also had one steadfast rule we didn’t break no matter the circumstances. That rule was if Team A defeated Team B in a gold challenge match or gold bracket match at JN’s, Team A is always going to be ranked ahead of Team B. That’s because everyone comes to JN’s to win a gold medal and if Team A eliminates Team B from contention, it won at the absolute right time. It can make for some skewed overall rankings as a team might be too high or low overall but what’s the point if the biggest head-to-head matches of the season aren’t the most important ones?

vballrecruiter.com FINAL TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS

1. TAV 14 Black (TX) (1 – previous ranking)

2. Arizona Storm 14 Thunder (AZ) (2)

3. Tstreet 14 Carson (CA) (3)

4. Mizuno Long Beach 14 Rockstar (CA) (4)

5. Madfrog 14 Green (TX) (5)

6. Skyline 14 Royal (TX) (6)

7. Drive Nation 14 Red (TX) (10)

8. Club V 14 Ren Silver (UT) (29)

9. Forza1 North 14 One (CA) (7)

10. AP 14 Adidas (TX) (17)

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11. OT 14 Laura (FL) (8)

12. Absolute 14 Black (CA) (21)

13. Legacy 14-1 Adidas (MI) (27)

14. AZ Sky 14G (AZ) (18)

15. A5 14 Helen (GA) (13)

16. Forza1 14 One (CA) (24)

17. Top Select 14 Elite (FL) (34)

18. Adidas KiVA 14 Red (KY) (11)

19. Munciana 14 Chipmunks (IN) (16)

20. HPSTL 14 Royal (MO) (15)

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21. Lions 14-1 (IL) (35)

22. Tribe 14 Elite Cardinal (FL) (23)

23. MAVS KC 14-1 (KS) (9)

24. Rage 14 Garren (CA) (40)

25. Elevation 14 Molly (OH) (12)

26. GP 14 Rox (FL) (30)

27. Wave 14 Tammy (CA) (25)

28. Hou Skyline 14 Royal (TX) (14)

29. Excel 14 National Red (TX) (26)

30. Tejas 14 Black Mauro (TX) (n/r)

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31. PVA 14 Elite (KS) (22)

32. SA Junior 14 Adidas (TX) (n/r)

33. Academy 14 Diamond (NC) (43)

34. Vision 14 Gold (CA) (20)

35. Mintonette Sports m.41 (OH) (37)

36. NKYVC 14-1 Tsunami (KY) (36)

37. Premier Nebraska 14 Gold (NE) (39)

38. KC Power 14 Black (KS) (45)

39. Northern Lights 14-1 (MN) (42)

40. Kairos 14 Alpha (SD) (50)

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41. Mauloa 14 Green (HI) (32)

42. Tri-State Elite 14 Blue (OH) (33)

43. Miami Hype 14 Nekane (FL) (n/r)

44. WPVC 14 Armour Black (FL) (44)

45. Far Out 14 Black (MI) (41)

46. AZ Rev 14 Premier (AZ) (18)

47. Rockwood Thunder 14 Elite (MO) (47)

48. Kokoro 14-1 (MN) (n/r)

49. AVC Cle 14 Red (OH) (n/r)

50. FC Elite 14 Navy (WI) n/r)

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ON THE CUSP
SASVBC 14-1 (HI)
Austin Skyline (TX)
United 14s Evren (CA)
HJV 14 Elite (TX)
Aspire 14 Premier (AZ)
Iowa Rockets 14R (IA)
ID Crush 14 Bower (ID)
Paramount 14 VBC (VA)
Lions 14 Red (IL)
Coast 14-1 (CA)
HPSTL 14 Royal (MO)
1United 14 Bill (TX)
Adversity 14 Adidas (IL)
Drive Nation 14 Black (TX)
WF Waves 14 King (FL)
Alliance 14 Ren (TN)
Arete 14 Navy Telos (TX)
Vaqueras 14-1 (PR)
Lex United 14 Adidas (KY)