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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any similar sources for boys' volleyball? I know smaller pool/only a few colleges but still interested. [/quote]
Data on boys volleyball is a bit harder to come by.  There is good data nationally on recruiting though.  
# Of Men's Teams 
D1: 26
D2: 30
D3: 110
NAIA: 43

Full list is available on multiple recruiting sites like Stack Athlete and NCSA.

Like women's, D1 & D2 men's programs offer scholarships. Historically only 4.5 players could receive a scholarship on each men's team. The House settlement put the number of men's and women's scholarships at the same level, along with the new roster limit of 18 players. The settlement allows schools to add up to 18 scholarships, and every athlete on the roster can receive a full, partial or no scholarship depending on the schools approach.

Haven't seen any data on how the wave of offers for boys for the 2025 & 2026 classes played out in terms of scholarships -- the NCAA publishes that data a year or two after the matriculation year for students.

Bigger men's programs now have the ability to offer scholarships to the entire rosters.  Haven't heard yet if they are actually doing so. This might result in "roster stacking" where really good players congregate at the schools willing to give the most scholarship dollars. Prior to this year, men's players may have been good enough to play at a school but weren't offered a scholarship, so they sometimes chose to go to a different school that offered money. Now big schools can counteract that, which may open spots at other schools for scholarship opportunities.

Outside of scholarships, remember that there are only ~560 roster spots in D1&D2 and only ~3,800 total across all programs.  That number seems really low at first.  But compare it to the number of players playing club at U18.

884 teams X average roster size of 10 = 8,800 players. 
Divide that by 4 on the assumption that rosters are even between classes. 
So if every club player wanted to play in college, 2,200/8,800=25% have a spot to do so.  Maybe a little less if teams don't carry 18 players, which can happen at D3 levels especially.[/quote]

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