2023 NAIA Men's Volleyball Coaches' Top 15 Poll - No. 1
Feb 08, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Master's (Calif.) lands the No. 1 spot for the first time in the first regular-season edition of the 2023 NAIA Men's Volleyball Preseason Coaches' Top 15 Poll.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 15 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. Each voter ranks 20 teams. A team receives 20 points for each first-place vote, 19 for second place, 18 for third 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 | 11 | The Master's (Calif.) [15] | 3-1 | 296 |
| 2 | 3 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 3-1 | 276 |
| 3 | 4 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 3-1 | 256 |
| 4 | 1 | Grand View (Iowa) [1] | 5-1 | 255 |
| 5 | 2 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 1-2 | 249 |
| 6 | 8 | Menlo (Calif.) | 5-0 | 229 |
| 7 | 6 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 6-1 | 210 |
| 8 | 8 | Park (Mo.) | 5-0 | 206 |
| 9 | NR | Lourdes (Ohio) | 3-3 | 174 |
| 10 | 10 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 3-0 | 159 |
| 11 | 13 | Missouri Baptist | 3-2 | 157 |
| 12 | 12 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 4-1 | 141 |
| 13 | 7 | Indiana Tech | 2-4 | 135 |
| 14 | 5 | William Penn (Iowa) | 2-4 | 127 |
| 15 | NR | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 4-1 | 80 |
Dropped from the Poll: Aquinas (Mich.), Campbellsville (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Warner (Fla.) 77, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 73, Aquinas (Mich.) 52, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 18, Missouri Valley 16, Westcliff (Calif.) 14, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 14, Arizona Christian 7, Cornerstone (Mich.) 7, Campbellsville (Ky.) 6, Dordt (Iowa) 4
