Nebraska High School Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll

Each week during the high school volleyball season, select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class, and our Tony Chapman compiles the rankings. 

Here are the preseason Nebraska High School Volleyball Coaches Poll ratings for the 2026 season. 

Class A (record), previous

1. Papillion-La Vista South
2. Elkhorn North 
3. Lincoln North Star
4. Millard North 
5. Omaha Marian
6. Omaha Westside 
7. Millard West
8. Lincoln Southwest 
9. Millard South 
10. Papillion-La Vista

Receiving Votes: Lincoln Southeast, Norfolk

Class B

1. Norris 
2. Waverly
3. Skutt Catholic
4. Gretna
5. Grand Island Northwest
6. Columbus Lakeview
7. Lincoln Pius X
8. Platteview
9. Gering
10. York

Receiving Votes: Adams Central, Elkhorn, Gretna East

Class C-1

1. Milford
2. Omaha Concordia 
3. Aurora 
4. Malcolm
5. Lincoln Lutheran 
6. Pierce
7. Bishop Neumann
8. Kearney Catholic 
9. Ashland-Greenwood 
10. Battle Creek 

Receiving Votes: Douglas County West, Holdrege, Norfolk Catholic, Ogallala

Class C-2

1. Centura
2. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
3. Freeman
4. Guardian Angels Central Catholic
5. Bergan Catholic 
6. Thayer Central 
7. Stanton
8. Oakland-Craig
9. Yutan
10. Sutton

Receiving Votes: Howells-Dodge, Humphrey-Lindsay, Pender

Class D-1

1. Amherst
2. Central Valley 
3. Cambridge 
4. Ansley/Litchfield
5. Dundy County Stratton 
6. Bloomfield 
7. Loomis
8. Falls City Sacred Heart
9. Garden County
10. Riverside

Receiving Votes: Bruning-Davenport/Shickley, College View Academy, Elgin Public/Pope John, Red Cloud

Class D-2

1. Sandhills/Thedford
2. St. Mary’s
3. Mullen
4. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
5. Wynot
6. Paxton
7. Overton
8. Hay Springs
9. Meridian
10. Shelton

Receiving Votes: Archangels Catholic, Cedar Catholic, Morrill