2022 NAIA Men's Volleyball Coaches' Preseason Top 15
Jan 12, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Grand View (Iowa) Vikings open the 2022 season at No. 1 in the 2020-21 NAIA Men's Volleyball Coaches' Preseason Top 15 Poll.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 10 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 12 points for each first-place vote, 11 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 | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Grand View (Iowa) [7] | 26-0 | 225 |
| 2 | 2 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) [2] | 18-1 | 222 |
| 3 | 3 | Vanguard (Calif.) [4] | 12-4 | 219 |
| 4 | 4 | Park (Mo.) | 21-6 | 200 |
| 5 | 6 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 15-3 | 175 |
| 6 | 5 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 21-3 | 168 |
| 7 | NR | Menlo (Calif.) | 0-0 | 164 |
| 8 | 7 | Missouri Valley | 18-6 | 160 |
| 9 | 8 | Indiana Tech | 17-6 | 146 |
| 10 | 10 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 23-4 | 141 |
| 11 | 13 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 16-8 | 120 |
| 12 | 11 | Missouri Baptist | 18-8 | 117 |
| 13 | 12 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 12-4 | 100 |
| 14 | 9 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 26-3 | 96 |
| 15 | 14 | UC Merced (Calif.) | 12-1 | 79 |
Receiving Votes: Mount Mercy (Iowa) 54, Aquinas (Mich.) 46, The Master's (Calif.) 29, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 26, Webber International (Fla.) 22, Siena Heights (Mich.) 21, Hope International (Calif.) 12, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 11, William Penn (Iowa) 5, Life (Ga.) 3
