2023 NAIA Men's Volleyball Coaches' Top 15 Poll - No. 3
Mar 08, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Vanguard (Calif.) Lions remain at No. 1 spot in the latest edition of the 2023 NAIA Men's Volleyball 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 | 1 | Vanguard (Calif.) [15] | 9-3 | 275 |
| 2 | 3 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 12-3 | 258 |
| 3 | 5 | Park (Mo.) | 18-0 | 249 |
| 4 | 6 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 7-2 | 239 |
| 5 | 4 | The Master's (Calif.) | 8-3 | 223 |
| 6 | 2 | Menlo (Calif.) | 11-2 | 210 |
| 7 | 7 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 16-3 | 194 |
| 8 | 9 | William Penn (Iowa) | 12-5 | 187 |
| 9 | 10 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 13-4 | 170 |
| 10 | 12 | Grand View (Iowa) | 13-5 | 156 |
| 11 | 13 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 12-3 | 142 |
| 12 | 7 | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 13-4 | 128 |
| 13 | 15 | Indiana Tech | 11-7 | 105 |
| 14 | NR | Dordt (Iowa) | 11-1 | 104 |
| 15 | 14 | Missouri Baptist | 12-6 | 99 |
Dropped from the Top 15: Jamestown (N.D.)
Receiving Votes: Warner (Fla.) 77, Jamestown (N.D.) 72, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 47, Missouri Valley 25, Reinhardt (Ga.) 23, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 18, Arizona Christian 16, Simpson (Calif.) 5, Aquinas (Mich.) 4
