KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Griffon Volleyball is selected fourth in the 2025 Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Preseason Coaches' Poll, announced by the league on Friday, August 22, 2025.
MoWest is coming off its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017, finishing the 2024 campaign with an overall record of 23–8 and a 12–4 mark in MIAA conference play. Under head coach
Jessica Fey, the program has posted back-to-back 20-win seasons, and she enters her fourth year at the helm.
Defending MIAA regular season champion Nebraska Kearney is the coaches' favorite to take home the 2025 crown after collecting 119 points and the majority first-place votes with nine. The Lopers captured last year's regular season title with a league record of 15-1, and ended the season in the opening round of the NCAA postseason with an overall record of 30-3.
Central Oklahoma secured the No. 2 spot in the coaches' preseason poll with 111 points and the remaining three first-place selections. The Bronchos finished the 2024 season with an MIAA record of 14-2 and led the league with 33 total wins last season (33-3). Central Oklahoma defeated Nebraska Kearney in the 2024 MIAA postseason volleyball championship to advance to the NCAA postseason. The Bronchos made it to the NCAA Division II's final four, where they fell in the national quarterfinals to San Francisco State.
Washburn finished third in the coaches poll with 98 points with MoWest close behind in fourth with 96 points. The Ichabods were 11-5 in the league last season and 21-9. The Griffons ended the 2024 season with a league record of 12-4 and 23-8 overall. Both teams received at-large berths into the NCAA postseason, where the Griffons suffered a first-round loss to Concordia-St. Paul and the Ichabods fell to Central Oklahoma in the regional semifinals.
Central Missouri concluded the coaches' top five with 73 points. Emporia State and Northwest Missouri both collected 69 points in the poll to finish in a tie for sixth. Fort Hays State was picked No. 8 with 45 points and Pittsburg State finished in the 10 spot with 43 points. Missouri Southern was picked No. 11 and Newman concluded the poll at No. 12.
The 2025 NCAA Division II volleyball season officially begins the first week of September with MIAA teams playing all across the country starting September 4-5. The first MIAA matches will begin September 25-26 with the league's 2025 postseason tournament set for November 20-22 in St. Joseph, Mo.
To view the complete 2025 schedules for all 12 MIAA volleyball teams, visit
theMIAA.com/volleyball.
2025 MIAA VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON RANKINGS
1. Nebraska Kearney [9] – 119 points
2. Central Oklahoma [3] – 111 points
3. Washburn – 98 points
4. Missouri Western – 96 points
5. Central Missouri – 73 points
T6. Emporia State – 69 points
T6. Northwest Missouri – 69 points
8. Fort Hays State – 45 points
9. Pittsburg State – 43 points
10. Arkansas-Fort Smith – 35 points
11. Missouri Southern – 23 points
12. Newman – 12 points
