The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has officially announced the teams and Opening Round pairings for the 2018 NAIA Volleyball National Championship. The 44-team event will get underway with 12 National Championship Opening Round matches at campus locations on Nov. 17.
The top 19 seeds and championship host Morningside (Iowa) automatically advance to the national championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa. Action inside the Tyson Events Center starts with three days of pool play from Nov. 27 – 29. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the elimination bracket on Nov. 30, and the national champion will be crowned Dec. 1 with first serve set for 7 p.m. CST.
This year’s field includes 33 automatic qualifiers, 10 at-large selections and one host berth (Morningside). The automatic berths are determined by regular-season champions, conference tournament title winners or runner-ups. The remaining at-large bids were determined by the final regular season Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll announced Monday. Final site pools will be determined on Sunday, Nov. 18, and released by 5 p.m. CST
The Great Plains Athletic Conference dominates the field with six qualifiers: Dordt (Iowa), Northwestern (Iowa), Morningside (Iowa), Hastings (Neb.), Midland (Neb.) and Jamestown (N.D).
Qualifier Information
| School | Qualification | Season Record | Appearances | Last Time | Titles |
| Aquinas | WHAC Regular Season Champion | 32-7, 17-3 | 1st | 0 | 0 |
| Bellevue | At-Large | 23-11, 11-3 | 11th | 2017 | 0 |
| Brescia (Ky.) | River States Tournament Runner-Up | 23-17, 11-5 | 1st | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal Georgia | The Sun Conference Tournament Champion | 22-11, 11-5 | 4th | 2016 | 0 |
| Central Methodist | Heart Tournament Runner-Up | 30-6, 15-2 | 1st | 0 | 0 |
| College of Idaho | At-Large | 22-8, 16-4 | 10th | 2017 | 0 |
| Columbia | AMC Tournament Champion | 37-3, 10-2 | 25th | 2017 | 4 |
| Corban (Ore.) | At-Large | 20-11, 15-5 | 3rd | 2017 | 0 |
| Cornerstone (Mich.) | WHAC Conference Tournament Champion | 30-9, 15-5 | 4th | 2017 | 0 |
| Dordt | GPAC Regular Season/Tournament Champion | 27-2, 16-0 | 14th | 2017 | 0 |
| Eastern Oregon | Cascade Tournament Champion | 22-6, 17-3 | 5th | 2017 | 0 |
| Embry-Riddle | Cal Pac Tournament Champion | 28-6, 16-0 | 2nd | 2017 | 0 |
| Faulkner | Southern States Tournament Champion | 28-11, 14-2 | 1st | 0 | 0 |
| Grand View | Heart Regular Season/Tournament Champion | 32-0, 18-0 | 8th | 2017 | 0 |
| Haskell | AII Tournament Champion | 11-21, 2-3 | 2nd | 2016 | 0 |
| Hastings | At-Large | 19-6, 13-3 | 13th | 2017 | 1 |
| Indiana Northwest | AII Tournament Runner-Up | 27-11, 6-1 | 1st | 0 | 0 |
| IU Kokomo | River States Regular Season/Tournament Champion | 34-4, 16-0 | 4th | 2017 | 0 |
| Jamestown (N.D.) | At-Large | 21-8, 10-6 | 6th | 2017 | 0 |
| Lindsey Wilson | Mid-South Tournament Champion | 29-3, 13-0 | 8th | 2017 | 1 |
| Marian | Crossroads Regular Season/Tournament Champion | 28-5, 15-3 | 2nd | 2017 | 0 |
| McPherson | KCAC Regular Season Champion | 32-2, 12-0 | 1st | 0 | 0 |
| Midland | At-Large | 22-6, 13-3 | 6th | 2017 | 0 |
| Milligan (Tenn.) | AAC Tournament Runner-Up | 25-6, 16-3 | 2nd | 1996 | 0 |
| Missouri Baptist | At-Large | 31-4, 11-1 | 10th | 2017 | 0 |
| Morningside | Host Bid | 13-14, 7-9 | 7th | 2017 | 0 |
| Northwestern | GPAC Tournament Runner-Up | 24-7, 13-3 | 14th | 2017 | 0 |
| Oklahoma City | Sooner Regular Season/Tournament Champion | 30-3, 18-2 | 4th | 2017 | 0 |
| Ottawa (Kan.) | KCAC Tournament Champion | 26-10, 11-1 | 5th | 2017 | 0 |
| Park | AMC Regular Season Champion | 29-1, 12-0 | 6th | 2017 | 1 |
| Providence | Frontier Tournament Champion | 22-9, 8-4 | 1st | 0 | 0 |
| Reinhardt | AAC Regular Season Champion | 33-6, 19-0 | 2nd | 2017 | 0 |
| Rocky Mountain | At-Large | 28-4, 12-0 | 6th | 2015 | 0 |
| Saint Francis (Ind.) | Crossroads Tournament Runner-Up | 30-8, 15-3 | 1st | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Xavier (Ill.) | CCAC Regular Season/Tournament Champion | 27-9, 17-1 | 5th | 2017 | 0 |
| Southern Oregon | Cascade Regular Season/Tournament Champion | 25-3, 17-3 | 10th | 2015 | 0 |
| Texas Wesleyan | Sooner Tournament Runner-Up | 24-10, 17-3 | 10th | 2017 | 0 |
| The Master’s | GSAC Champion | 27-5, 16-2 | 3rd | 2013 | 0 |
| Trinity Christian | CCAC Tournament Runner-Up | 28-9, 15-2 | 5th | 2017 | 0 |
| Vanguard | At-Large | 26-8, 12-6 | 8th | 2015 | 0 |
| Viterbo | North Star Tournament Champion | 29-6, 13-1 | 6th | 2017 | 0 |
| Westmont | At-Large | 25-5, 15-3 | 12th | 2017 | 0 |
| Wiley | Red River Tournament Champion | 20-3, 9-3 | 2nd | 2008 | 0 |
| Xavier | GCAC Tournament Champion | 26-6, 14-0 | 8th | 2017 | 0 |
