KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Baptist returns to No. 1 in the preseason edition of the 2022 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, this time as the two-time defending national champions.
The OU women’s volleyball team has cracked the NAIA Top 25. Ottawa, who was selected to win the KCAC for the seventh straight season by the conference coaches, received 112 points. The Braves open the 2022 season Tuesday, Aug. 23on the road against Northwestern College. First serve is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences 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 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 [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
