The 1988 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 19th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball.

The tournament was played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana during May 1988.

[1] USC defeated UC Santa Barbara in the final match, 3–2 (15–17, 14–16, 15–10, 15–11, 15–9), to win their third national title.

USC's Jen-Kai Liu was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball.