KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams ranked and another receive votes on the NAIA 2023 Women’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
2022 National Runner-up, Corban University, claimed the No. 2 spot with one first-place vote after landing on top of the
CCC preseason poll by one point. Right behind the Warriors again was Eastern Oregon University which ranked No. 3.
Southern Oregon University made an appearance rounding out the ranked CCC teams at No. 20 while College of Idaho received votes.
Lewis-Clark State College and Walla Walla University will set off the 2023 conference season on August 18th while the rest of the teams will swing into CCC action on September 1st.
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Jamestown (N.D.) [18] |
37-2 |
529 |
| 2 |
4 |
Corban (Ore.) [1] |
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
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"