— KCAC RELEASE —
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCACSports.com) — Five teams from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) were recognized in the 2024 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the national office announced Wednesday.
Three teams from the KCAC were ranked in the Top 25, with Oklahoma Wesleyan University coming in at No. 13, Kansas Wesleyan University coming in at No. 24, and Ottawa University being ranked No. 25. Two additional teams were in the “Receiving Votes” category of the poll in Bethel College and McPherson College.
The next edition of the NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Poll will be released Wednesday, September 4.
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Indiana Wesleyan [20] | 38-0 | 591 |
| 2 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [1] | 31-3 | 571 |
| 3 | 3 | Eastern Oregon | 34-2 | 554 |
| 4 | 4 | Concordia (Neb.) | 25-4 | 508 |
| 5 | 5 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 34-5 | 506 |
| 6 | 15 | Midland (Neb.) | 18-12 | 479 |
| 7 | 12 | Columbia (Mo.) | 32-7 | 453 |
| 8 | 6 | Park (Mo.) | 32-3 | 437 |
| 9 | 9 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 25-11 | 432 |
| 10 | 12 | Southern Oregon | 28-7 | 428 |
| 11 | 8 | Missouri Baptist | 27-7 | 407 |
| 12 | 7 | Corban (Ore.) | 28-7 | 372 |
| 13 | 25 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 28-6 | 329 |
| 14 | 18 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 26-10 | 326 |
| 15 | NR | Montana Western | 22-8 | 326 |
| 16 | 14 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 34-4 | 266 |
| 17 | 16 | College of Saint Mary (Neb.) | 22-9 | 244 |
| 18 | 21 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 22-11 | 236 |
| 19 | 22 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 27-3 | 229 |
| 20 | 20 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 31-9 | 214 |
| 21 | 11 | Montana Tech | 24-6 | 164 |
| 22 | RV | Valley City State (N.D.) | 23-11 | 157 |
| 23 | NR | Providence (Mont.) | 15-11 | 152 |
| 24 | RV | Kansas Wesleyan | 26-10 | 146 |
| 25 | RV | Ottawa (Kan.) | 22-12 | 138 |
Receiving Votes: Columbia International (S.C.) 109, Morningside (Iowa) 95, Nelson (Texas) 94, Bethel (Ind.) 62, Texas Wesleyan 59, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 51, Benedictine (Kan.) 43, College of Idaho 29, St Ambrose (Iowa) 29, Marian (Ind.) 21, Loyola (La.) 20, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 17, Bethel (Kan.) 14, Xavier (La.) 14, Indiana Tech 12, IU East (Ind.) 12, Aquinas (Mich.) 11, Dakota State (S.D.) 9, Talladega (Ala.) 8, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 7, McPherson (Kan.) 5, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 4.
