KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Columbia (Mo.) finds itself back in the top spot after their 2015 national championship in the Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The Cougars earned the top spot after receiving 21 first place votes and 591 total points in the first poll of the new season. Overall, 11 of the 21 conferences are represented throughout the Top 25. The Great Plains Athletic Conference leads the way with five schools receiving rankings in the Top 25. Dordt is ranked in the 13th spot, while Northwestern rounds out the GPAC in 24th.
| RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Columbia (Mo.) (21) | 33-7 | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Missouri Baptist | 39-6 | 568 |
| 3 | 3 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 37-4 | 555 |
| 4 | 4 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 40-5 | 535 |
| 5 | 9 | Hastings (Neb.) | 25-10 | 505 |
| 6 | 6 | Midland (Neb.) | 33-4 | 470 |
| 7 | 8 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 32-8 | 463 |
| 8 | 17 | Eastern Oregon | 25-5 | 450 |
| 9 | 7 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 25-7 | 444 |
| 10 | 10 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 28-11 | 385 |
| 11 | 11 | College of Idaho | 24-12 | 365 |
| 12 | 19 | Park (Mo.) | 24-11 | 362 |
| 13 | 15 | Dordt (Iowa) | 25-7 | 350 |
| 14 | 18 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 33-2 | 348 |
| 15 | 14 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 27-9 | 336 |
| 16 | 21 | Westmont (Calif.) | 20-7 | 330 |
| 17 | 12 | Madonna (Mich.) | 36-8 | 310 |
| 18 | 13 | Southern Oregon | 26-6 | 251 |
| 19 | 5 | Biola (Calif.) | 30-4 | 222 |
| T20 | 16 | Evangel (Mo.) | 39-7 | 221 |
| T20 | 22 | Concordia (Neb.) | 26-9 | 221 |
| 22 | 23 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 35-6 | 172 |
| 23 | NR | Indiana Wesleyan | 36-9 | 153 |
| 24 | 25 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 24-8 | 116 |
| 25 | NR | Jamestown (N.D.) | 20-11 | 107 |
Others receiving votes: Coastal Georgia 105; Grand View (Iowa) 74; Oklahoma City 67; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 64; Bellevue (Neb.) 58; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 55; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 54; Northwest (Wash.) 36; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 19; Cumberlands (Ky.) 13; The Master’s (Calif.) 12; Mobile (Ala.) 10; Warner (Fla.) 9; Kansas Wesleyan 6
