Louisville vs Wisconsin and Kentucky vs Nebraska volleyball scores from KFC Yum! Center

The college volleyball season will end in December at the KFC Yum! Center.

Will Louisville, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Nebraska be among the Final Four teams? Some might make it, but there are no guarantees.

The perennial powers are ushering in the season today in Louisville at the AVCA First Serve Showcase.

The Wildcats will face the Cornhuskers at 7 p.m. today, followed by the Cardinals and Badgers at about 9 p.m.

The teams are in the top 10 AVCA preseason rankings: Nebraska (2), Wisconsin (3), Louisville (6) and Kentucky (9).

Full-circle opportunity: U of L volleyball embracing possibility of reaching Final Four at Yum! Center

This is Dani Busboom Kelly’s eighth season with the Cardinals. Under her direction, the Cardinals have advanced to two Final Fours and four Elite Eights, winning four ACC titles.

Wildcats coach Craig Skinner is entering his 20th season with a record of 445-147.

He is the Wildcats’ all-time winningest coach and the first SEC volleyball coach to lead his team to an NCAA title.

This section will be updated.

Date: Tuesday, Aug. 27

Time: 9 p.m. ET

Date: Tuesday, Aug. 27

Time: 7 p.m. ET

The 2024 AVCA First Serve Showcase match between Louisville and Wisconsin will air on ESPN2.

The 2024 AVCA First Serve Showcase match between Kentucky and Nebraska will air on ESPN2.

• Aug. 27 – vs. Wisconsin (AVCA First Serve Showcase)
• Sept. 1 – Tennessee
• Sept. 3 – at Penn State
• Sept. 6 – vs. South Dakota (Northern Kentucky Tournament)
• Sept. 7 – vs. Missouri (Northern Kentucky Tournament)
• Sept. 8 – vs. Northern Kentucky (Northern Kentucky Tournament)
• Sept. 14 – Northern Iowa
• Sept. 15 – Creighton
• Sept. 18 – at Kentucky
• Sept. 22 – Nebraska
• Sept. 27 – California
• Sept. 29 – Stanford
• Oct. 4 – Clemson
• Oct. 6 – Georgia Tech
• Oct. 11 – at Florida State
• Oct. 13 – at Miami
• Oct. 18 – Wake Forest
• Oct. 20 – N.C. State
• Oct. 25 – at Pittsburgh
• Oct. 27 – at SMU
• Oct. 30 – Notre Dame
• Nov. 2 – at Notre Dame
• Nov. 8 – at Syracuse
• Nov. 10 – at Boston College
• Nov. 15 – Duke
• Nov. 17 – North Carolina
• Nov. 22 – at Virginia
• Nov. 24 – at Virginia Tech
• Nov. 27 – Pittsburgh
• Nov. 30 – at Stanford

• Aug. 27 – vs. Nebraska (AVCA First Serve Showcase)
• Aug. 30 – Northern Kentucky
• Aug. 31 – Western Kentucky
• Sept. 1 – Morehead State
• Sept. 6 – Penn State
• Sept. 7 – James Madison
• Sept. 8 – Ball State
• Sept. 13 – at SMU
• Sept. 14 – Purdue or Houston (in Dallas)
• Sept. 18 – Louisville
• Sept. 21 – at Stanford
• Sept. 27 – at Auburn
• Sept. 29 – at Florida
• Oct. 2 – Oklahoma
• Oct. 6 – Missouri
• Oct. 13 – Texas
• Oct. 16 – at Tennessee
• Oct. 20 – at Alabama
• Oct. 27 – at Ole Miss
• Nov. 1 – at South Carolina
• Nov. 3 – at Georgia
• Nov. 8 – Texas A&M
• Nov. 10 – LSU
• Nov. 17 – Georgia
• Nov. 20 – Mississippi State
• Nov. 24 – Arkansas
• Nov. 27 – at Missouri

Reach sports reporter Prince James Story at pstory@gannett.com and follow him on X at @PrinceJStory.