| Sport: | women's volleyball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Team: | BYU Cougars |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | WCC |
| Record: | 17–2 |
| Conf Record: | 15–1 |
| Head Coach: | Heather Olmstead[1] |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | David Hyte |
| Ac1 Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach2: | Jonny Neeley[2] |
| Ac2 Year: | 5th |
| Stadium: | Smith Fieldhouse |
| Champion: | WCC regular season champion |
| Tourney: | NCAA |
| Tourney Result: | Regional semifinals |
The 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by sixth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.
BYU comes off a season where they finished second in the WCC regular season championship. The Cougars received an at-large bid and once again participated in the NCAA tournament before falling to Utah in the second round.
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the 2020 fall season was delayed until winter/spring, and the Cougars were scheduled to play a conference only schedule. However, when the Santa Clara series was postponed, BYU was able to set up a non-conference match with Utah Valley.
Will be filled in as the season progresses.
| style= scope="col" | Date Time | style= scope="col" | Opponent | style= scope="col" | Rank (Tournament Seed) | style= scope="col" | Arena City (Tournament) | style= scope="col" | Television | style= scope="col" | Result | style= scope="col" | Attendance | style= scope="col" | Record (WCC Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/26 1 p.m. | @ Portland* |
| Chiles Center Portland, OR | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–9, 25–22, 25–17)[3] | 0 | 1–0 (1–0) | ||||||||
| 1/27 1 p.m. | @ Portland* |
| Chiles Center Portland, OR | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–23, 26–24, 25–22)[4] | 0 | 2–0 (2–0) | ||||||||
| 02/02 7 p.m. | Santa Clara |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | |||||||||||
| 02/03 7 p.m. | Santa Clara* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | |||||||||||
| 2/04 6 p.m. | @ Utah Valley |
| Lockhart Arena Orem, UT (UCCU Crosstown Clash) | WAC DN | W 3–1 (25–17, 22–25, 25–20, 25–20)[5] | 260 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 2/09 6 p.m. | Gonzaga |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv.org | W 3–1 (25–17, 23–25, 25–12, 25–17)[6] | 150 | 4–0 (3–0) | ||||||||
| 2/10 4 p.m. | Gonzaga* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv.org | W 3–0 (25–19, 25–22, 25–22)[7] | 150 | 5–0 (4–0) | ||||||||
| 2/16 7 p.m. | Loyola Marymount |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–21, 25–20, 25–19) | 150 | 6–0 (5–0) | ||||||||
| 2/17 7 p.m. | Loyola Marymount* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv.org | W 3–0 (25–17, 27–25, 25–23) | 150 | 7–0 (6–0) | ||||||||
| 2/23 8 p.m. | @ Pepperdine* |
| Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | WCC Network | L 0–3 (20–25, 16–25, 19–25) | 0 | 7–1 (6–1) | ||||||||
| 2/24 8 p.m. | @ Pepperdine* |
| Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | WCC Network | W 3–2 (24–26, 25–23, 19–25, 25–21, 15–13) | 0 | 8–1 (7–1) | ||||||||
| 3/05 2 p.m. | @ San Francisco* |
| The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–23, 25–20, 25–21) | 0 | 9–1 (8–1) | ||||||||
| 3/06 2 p.m. | @ San Francisco* |
| The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA | WCC Network | W 3–1 (25–15, 20–25, 26–24, 25–18) | 0 | 10–1 (9–1) | ||||||||
| 03/12 1 p.m. | Pacific |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | |||||||||||
| 03/13 1 p.m. | Pacific* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | |||||||||||
| 03/17 2 p.m. | @ #21 San Diego* |
| Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA | WCC Network | W 3–1 (25–20, 25–20, 19–25, 25–17) | 1 | 11–1 (10–1) | ||||||||
| 03/20 1 p.m. |
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| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv | W 3–0 (25–19, 25–21, 25–17) | 550 | 12–1 (11–1) | ||||||||
| 03/26 5 p.m. | @ Saint Mary's* |
| University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–17, 25–15, 26–24) | 0 | 13–1 (12–1) | ||||||||
| 03/27 4 p.m. | @ Saint Mary's* |
| University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA | WCC Network | W 3–0 (25–19, 25–23, 25–21) | 0 | 14–1 (13–1) | ||||||||
| 03/30 1 p.m. | Santa Clara* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv.org | W 3–0 (25–18, 25–20, 25–11) | 400 | 15–1 (14–1) | ||||||||
| 03/31 1 p.m. | Santa Clara* |
| Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT | BYUtv.org | W 3–0 (25–18, 25–16, 25–9) | 400 | 16–1 (15–1) | ||||||||
| 04/15 8:30 p.m. | y- #15 UCLA |
| CHI Health Center Omaha Convention Center Court 4 Omaha, NE (NCAA 2nd Round) | ESPN3 | W 3–0 (26–24, 31–29, 25–17) | 0 | 17–1 (15–1) | ||||||||
| 04/17 6:00 p.m. | y- #1 (1) Wisconsin |
| CHI Health Center Omaha Convention Center Court 3 Omaha, NE (NCAA regional semifinal) | ESPN3 | L 0–3 (20–25, 17–25, 12–25) | 0 | 17–2 (15–1) | ||||||||
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.
All home games will be on BYUtv or the BYUtv App. All road game will also be televised or streamed on WCC Network.
For information on BYU's other athletic sports this season please check out the following:
See also: 2020 BYU Cougars football team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team and 2021 BYU Cougars softball team.