Preseason Volleyball Coaches Poll

Each week volleyball coaches from each class across the state submit their rankings and our Tony Chapman compiles them. Here is the preseason poll for 2023 season, presented by Pinnacle Bank. Records listed and are from the 2022 season.

Class A

1. Papillion-LaVista South (33-4)
2. Omaha Westside (30-9)
3. Lincoln Southwest (31-4)
4. Papillion-LaVista (28-10)
5. Lincoln East (23-11)
6. Millard West (23-11)
7. Omaha Marian (24-14)
8. Lincoln Pius X (22-13)
9. Gretna (27-10)
10. Grand Island (21-12)

Receiving votes: Fremont (21-10), Elkhorn South (18-16).

Class B

1. Omaha Skutt (24-4)
2. Elkhorn North (32-5)
3. Norris (29-8)
4. Bennington (28-8)
5. Waverly (19-16)
6. Seward (28-8)
7. Gretna East (new school)
8. Grand Island Northwest (21-15)
9. York (23-11)
10. Crete (17-19)

Receiving votes: Omaha Duchesne (13-21)

Class C-1

1. Minden (33-4)
2. Gothenburg (32-4)
3. Kearney Catholic (25-9)
4. DC West (29-4)
5. GICC (32-2)
6. Malcolm (31-3)
7. Platteview (19-15)
8. Adams Central (24-10)
9. North Bend Central (31-2)
10. Columbus Lakeview (22-10)

Receiving Votes: St. Paul (25-9), Wahoo (18-16), Columbus Scotus (15-16), Ogallala (25-11), Syracuse (20-11).

Class C-2 

1. Lincoln Lutheran (40-0)
2. Clarkson/Leigh (26-7)
3. Hartington Cedar Catholic (27-10) ^Class D-1
4. Fremont Bergan (33-5)
5. Oakland-Craig (29-10)
6. Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family (17-12)
7. Sutton (22-7)
8. Norfolk Catholic (30-5) ^Class D-1
9. Wahoo Neumann (19-13) ^Class C-1
10. Hastings St. Cecilia (20-14) ^Class D-1

Receiving votes: Cross County (29-4)

Class D-1

1. Amherst (27-8) ^Class C-2
2. Diller-Odell (29-6) ^Class D-2
3. Southwest (27-7) ^Class C-2
4. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (27-6)
5. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (23-5)
6. O’Neill St. Mary’s (28-5) ^Class D-2
7. Elgin Public/Pope John (21-9)
8. Nebraska Christian (27-8)
9. Maywood-Hayes Center (26-4)
10. Axtell (23-9)

Receiving votes: Alma (20-10), Exeter-Milligan/Friend (new-coop).

Class D-2

1. Overton (30-5)
2. Cambridge (29-3) ^Class D-1
3. Howells-Dodge (29-4)
4. Meridian (27-5) ^Class D-1
5. Wynot (21-11)
6. Humphrey St. Francis (26-6)
7. Falls City Sacred Heart (25-9)
8. Shelton (32-3)
9. Wallace (27-6)
10. Stuart (22-11)

Receiving votes: High Plains (23-9), Lawrence-Nelson (15-17), Paxton, (22-7).