KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the third of five 2026 Beach Volleyball Top 10 Coaches' regular season polls earlier this afternoon, where the Corban University Beach Volleyball program retained their No. 2-overall ranking ahead of massive Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) matchups scheduled to take place over the next two weekends in southwestern Idaho and southern Oregon.
To view the NAIA's most recent beach volleyball regular season poll results, click HERE.
"There wasn't much movement in the top half of the rankings with not having any top five matchups last weekend, but we have a challenging next two weeks of conference matchups ahead of us," shared Warriors' head coach Dan Stephens. "We were tested last week with tough non-conference play, and it helped us refocus at practice this week on some areas we need improvement. We will try to implement what we worked on this weekend in our upcoming matches."
Corban beach volleyball has continued a perfect run through CCC to this point of the season, pushing their win-streak to 13 contests before accepting a pair of 4-1 losses to NCAA DI schools University of San Francisco and Sacramento State University. They've extended their streak appearing in the NAIA coaches' top 10 standings to 29-consecutive polls dating back to the 2022 season behind a 22-match winning streak in conference play.
The Warriors are on the road for a pair of crucial CCC tournaments the final two weekends of March, as four of their next seven matches will come against No. 10-ranked College of Idaho and No. 4-ranked Southern Oregon University on their respective home courts. They're scheduled to battle the Yotes this upcoming Friday, March 20th at 2pm in Caldwell.
2026 NAIA Beach Volleyball Top 10 Coaches' Poll – No. 3
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Rank
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School [First-Place Votes]
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Record
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Points
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1.
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OUAZ (Ariz.) [4]
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14-1
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78
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2
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Corban (Ore.) [2]
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14-3
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76
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3.
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The Master's (Calif.)
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9-6
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72
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4.
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Southern Oregon
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10-2
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66
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5.
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New College of Florida
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7-1
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60
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6.
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Hope International (Calif.)
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6-9
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54
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7.
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Wayland Baptist (Texas)
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13-2
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48
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8.
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Ave Maria (Fla.)
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8-0
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47
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9.
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Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.)
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8-4
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39
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10.
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College of Idaho
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4-4
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35
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Receiving Votes: Loyola (La.) 25, Texas A&M-Texarkana (Texas) 21, Arizona Christian 16, Mobile (Ala.) 15, Texas Wesleyan 5, Oklahoma Wesleyan 4, St. Thomas (Fla.) 2.
The fourth regular season coaches' poll for NAIA beach volleyball will be released on Wednesday, April 1st.
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