KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Vanguard (Calif.) remains at No. 1 in the latest edition of the 2024 NAIA Men's Volleyball Coaches' Top 15 Rating. William Penn (Iowa) made the jump into the Top 5. This week, Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) and Missouri Baptist rejoined the Top 15. MBU is on a five-game win streak, while the BenU Redawks recently captured two wins over previously ranked No. 14 Westcliff (Calif.) since the last rating. Six teams in the rating remained at the same rank as the last rating: Vanguard, The Master's (Calif.), Menlo (Calif.), Jamestown (N.D.), Missouri Valley and Lourdes (Ohio). 

Rating Methodology

• The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches. There are two coaches representing each of the conferences/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unaffiliated groups.
• The Coaches' Top 15 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 20 points for each first-place vote, 19 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"
• For the complete men's volleyball ratings calendar, CLICK HERE.

Dropped from the Top 15: Mount Mercy (Iowa), Westcliff (Calif.)

Receiving Votes: Mount Mercy (Iowa) 85, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 68, Reinhardt (Ga.) 45, Cornerstone (Mich.) 31, UC Merced (Calif.) 31, Campbellsville (Ky.) 20, Westcliff (Calif.) 11, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 7