KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams ranked and another earn votes on the NAIA 2022 Women’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Corban University, which was the
unanimous choice for the CCC preseason poll, enters the 2022 season sitting at No. 7. Eastern Oregon University also begins the year ranked, holding the No. 12 spot, while Oregon Tech rounds out the ranked trio at No. 19. Bushnell University is just on the cusp of the top 25, earning 76 votes.
2022 NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason (Aug. 10, 2022)
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Missouri Baptist [18] |
33-2 |
529 |
| 2 |
3 |
Jamestown (N.D.) [1] |
35-1 |
506 |
| 3 |
9 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
26-8 |
465 |
| 4 |
4 |
Marian (Ind.) |
35-3 |
463 |
| 5 |
12 |
Midland (Neb.) |
25-6 |
460 |
| 6 |
2 |
Park (Mo.) |
34-3 |
458 |
| 7 |
11 |
Corban (Ore.) |
30-3 |
421 |
| 8 |
8 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
20-11 |
410 |
| 9 |
7 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
39-2 |
400 |
| 10 |
5 |
Providence (Mont.) |
28-3 |
387 |
| 11 |
6 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
19-12 |
368 |
| 12 |
16 |
Eastern Oregon |
26-9 |
336 |
| 13 |
14 |
Montana Tech |
23-10 |
316 |
| 14 |
19 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
29-9 |
305 |
| 15 |
14 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
25-10 |
294 |
| 16 |
17 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
24-6 |
292 |
| 17 |
20 |
Ottawa (Ariz.) |
26-4 |
230 |
| 18 |
10 |
College of Saint Mary (Neb.) |
27-6 |
227 |
| 19 |
21 |
Oregon Tech |
24-8 |
214 |
| 20 |
25 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
30-9 |
186 |
| 21 |
22 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
25-15 |
151 |
| 22 |
RV |
Taylor (Ind.) |
27-7 |
145 |
| 23 |
RV |
SAGU (Texas) |
27-8 |
124 |
| 24 |
18 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
19-10 |
122 |
| 25 |
RV |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
18-9 |
112 |
Receiving Votes: Bushnell (Ore.) 76, Texas Wesleyan 68, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 57, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 51, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 42, Loyola (La.) 39, Bethel (Ind.) 38, Cornerstone (Mich.) 27, Westmont (Calif.) 26, Life (Ga.) 24, CIU (S.C.) 17, Dakota State (S.D.) 16, McPherson (Kan.) 5, Evangel (Mo.) 3, Vanguard (Calif.) 3, Doane (Neb.) 3
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The 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 ratings) 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 appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- For the complete ratings calendar, click here