August 16, 2023
Volleyball Lands at No. 24 in NAIA Preseason Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jamestown (N.D.) opens the 2023 season at No. 1 in the NAIA Women's Volleyball preseason coaches' Top 25 rating after the team claimed its first title in 2022.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jamestown (N.D.) opens the 2023 season at No. 1 in the NAIA Women's Volleyball preseason coaches' Top 25 rating after the team claimed its first title in 2022.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents/unaffiliated groups.
- The Coaches Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 37-2 | 529 |
| 2 | 4 | Corban (Ore.) | 33-5 | 512 |
| 3 | 1 | Eastern Oregon | 34-3 | 490 |
| 4 | 4 | Concordia (Neb.) | 25-6 | 483 |
| 5 | 8 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 23-8 | 439 |
| 6 | 13 | Park (Mo.) | 29-6 | 429 |
| 7 | 9 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 29-8 | 423 |
| 8 | 12 | Missouri Baptist | 30-5 | 409 |
| 9 | 3 | Midland (Neb.) | 28-6 | 407 |
| 10 | 7 | SAGU (Texas) | 33-2 | 350 |
| 11 | 10 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 30-2 | 335 |
| 12 | 11 | Taylor (Ind.) | 31-7 | 321 |
| 13 | 6 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 25-8 | 320 |
| 14 | 16 | Columbia (Mo.) | 29-11 | 297 |
| 15 | 17 | Montana Tech | 24-8 | 267 |
| 16 | 18 | Indiana Wesleyan | 24-8 | 262 |
| 17 | 14 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 28-8 | 252 |
| 18 | 15 | College of Saint Mary (Neb.) | 21-9 | 243 |
| 19 | 19 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 21-9 | 217 |
| 20 | RV | Southern Oregon | 22-12 | 200 |
| 21 | 21 | Marian (Ind.) | 26-7 | 199 |
| 22 | 22 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 25-11 | 179 |
| 23 | 24 | Texas Wesleyan | 26-6 | 142 |
| 24 | RV | Hastings (Neb.) | 20-15 | 115 |
| 25 | NR | Jessup (Calif.) | 17-10 | 80 |
| 25 | 22 | CIU (S.C.) | 38-9 | 80 |
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 73, Indiana Tech 53, Vanguard (Calif.) 48, Bethel (Ind.) 47, IU Kokomo (Ind.) 47, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 46, Oklahoma Wesleyan 46, John Brown (Ark.) 18, College of Idaho 14, Xavier (La.) 12, Kansas Wesleyan 11, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 10, St. Thomas (Fla.), 5, Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 5, Campbellsville (Ky.) 3, Siena Heights (Mich.) 3, OUAZ (Ariz.) 3
