KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three Frontier Conference teams have earned recognition in the NAIA preseason top 25 volleyball coaches poll.
Providence checks in at No. 6 in the poll, followed by Bellevue (Neb.) at No. 8. Montana Tech was recognized in the receiving-votes category.
Providence was chosen as the No. 1 team in the Frontier Conference preseason coaches rankings, with Bellevue coming in at No. 2. Montana Tech was ranked No. 3.
Northwestern (Iowa) is the No. 1-ranked team in the preseason top 25 after finishing as the national runner-up last season. Three-time reigning national champion Indiana Wesleyan checks in a tie for third with Concordia (Neb.).
2026 NAIA preseason coaches poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
1. Northwestern (Iowa) (5)
2. Eastern Oregon (2)
T-3. Concordia (Neb.)
T-3. Indiana Wesleyan (9)
5. Corban (Ore.)
6. Providence (Mont.)
7. McPherson (Kan.)
8. Bellevue (Neb.)
9. Mt. Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
10. Cumberlands (Ky.)
11. Missouri Baptist
12. Oklahoma Wesleyan
13. IU Kokomo (Ind.)
14. St. Thomas (Fla.)
15. The Master's (Calif.)
16. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
17. Aquinas (Mich.)
18. College of Idaho
19. Bushnell (Ore.)
20. Midland (Neb.)
21. Cornerstone (Mich.)
22. Southern Oregon
23. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
24. Mobile (Ala.)
25. Viterbo (Wis.)
Receiving votes: Huntington (Ind.), Taylor (Ind.), Grand View (Iowa), Cumberland (Tenn.), Park (Mo.), Montana Tech, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Columbia International (S.C.), Columbia (Mo.), Texas Wesleyan
