KANSAS CITY, Mo.
– Eastern Oregon University rises to the top of the first regular-season 2023 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating, after landing its first four No. 1 rankings in 2022. Two other Cascade Collegiate Conference teams remain ranked.
After starting off the 2023 campaign undefeated, Easter Oregon received 16 first-place votes and jumped two spots to secure the No. 1 position in the first NAIA poll of the season. Corban University fell three spots to land at No. 5 while Southern Oregon University moved up one to be ranked No. 19.
The CCC Volleyball teams will swing fully into conference play this weekend, on September 1st.
2023 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 1
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
Eastern Oregon [16] |
7-0 |
527 |
| 2 |
4 |
Concordia (Neb.) [3] |
3-0 |
507 |
| 3 |
5 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
4-0 |
485 |
| 4 |
7 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
7-1 |
468 |
| 5 |
2 |
Corban (Ore.) |
6-2 |
463 |
| 6 |
6 |
Park (Mo.) |
3-0 |
455 |
| 7 |
8 |
Missouri Baptist |
8-2 |
423 |
| 8 |
16 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
4-0 |
407 |
| 9 |
9 |
Midland (Neb.) |
3-2 |
403 |
| 10 |
15 |
Montana Tech |
6-0 |
383 |
| 11 |
14 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
5-1 |
355 |
| 12 |
18 |
College of Saint Mary (Neb.) |
7-1 |
323 |
| 13 |
17 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
6-1 |
312 |
| 14 |
22 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
4-1 |
302 |
| 15 |
NR |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
8-1 |
285 |
| 16 |
NR |
Bethel (Ind.) |
8-0 |
271 |
| 17 |
1 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
3-4 |
233 |
| 18 |
19 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
2-2 |
228 |
| 19 |
20 |
Southern Oregon |
7-1 |
225 |
| 20 |
23 |
Texas Wesleyan |
5-3 |
181 |
| 21 |
24 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
4-0 |
172 |
| 22 |
NR |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
7-1 |
141 |
| 23 |
11 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
1-3 |
132 |
| 24 |
10 |
SAGU (Texas) |
2-5 |
98 |
| 25 |
NR |
Indiana Tech |
6-2 |
82 |
Dropped from the Top 25: CIU (S.C.), Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), Marian (Ind.), Taylor (Ind.),
Receiving Votes: Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)79, CIU (S.C.) 76, Providence (Mont.) 76, Oklahoma Wesleyan 68, IU Kokomo (Ind.) 57, Taylor (Ind.) 50, Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 37, The Master's (Calif.) 35, Loyola (La.) 33, St. Thomas (Fla.) 23, Saint Katherine (Calif.) 17, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 12, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 11, Blue Mountain (Mont.) 3, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 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"