KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Park (Mo.) Pirates open the 2019 season at No. 1 after earning their second red banner in 2018.
From the GPAC, Northwestern is ranked 7th to start the season. Right behind the Red Raiders, Midland is ranked in the eight spot. Dordt is ranked 11th, Hastings is in at 14, and Jamestown is ranked 20th. Morningside received votes.
2019 Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Preseason Poll
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | 2018 RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Park (Mo.) [18] | 36-1 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Columbia (Mo.) | 36-4 | 480 |
| 3 | 5 | Grand View (Iowa) | 36-1 | 451 |
| 4 | 9 | Missouri Baptist | 31-3 | 428 |
| 5 | 3 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 33-8 | 425 |
| 6 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 29-5 | 422 |
| 7 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 26-9 | 418 |
| 8 | 4 | Midland (Neb.) | 26-8 | 381 |
| 9 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 33-4 | 369 |
| 10 | 11 | Eastern Oregon | 25-9 | 366 |
| 11 | 7 | Dordt (Iowa) | 31-3 | 329 |
| 12 | 14 | College of Idaho | 24-10 | 320 |
| 13 | 13 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 30-6 | 300 |
| 14 | 10 | Hastings (Neb.) | 22-7 | 298 |
| 15 | 17 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 29-8 | 292 |
| 16 | 19 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 35-8 | 224 |
| 17 | 21 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 32-8 | 218 |
| 18 | RV | Vanguard (Calif.) | 26-11 | 216 |
| 19 | 16 | Corban (Ore.) | 23-13 | 204 |
| 20 | 18 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 24-9 | 198 |
| 21 | 20 | Providence (Mont.) (Mont.) | 23-11 | 183 |
| 22 | RV | Bellevue (Neb.) | 23-12 | 165 |
| 23 | 15 | Westmont (Calif.) | 27-7 | 130 |
| 24 | 23 | Marian (Ind.) | 30-7 | 124 |
| 25 | RV | Ottawa (Kan.) | 27-13 | 91 |
Others receiving votes: Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 89, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 88, Reinhardt (Ga.) 85, Madonna (Mich.) 58, Saint Francis (Ind.) 34, Northwest (Wash.) 18, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 18, Morningside (Iowa) 12, Kansas Wesleyan 12, SAGU (Texas) 11, Oklahoma City 6, Campbellsville (Ky.) 4, Milligan (Tenn.) 4
