KANSAS CITY, Mo. - OUAZ (Ariz.), New College of Florida and Wayland Baptist (Texas) remain steady in the final beach volleyball regular-season rating, while Arizona Christian joins the Top 10.

Teams will close out their season over the next week and a half and will compete in conference tournament play to finalize the automatic qualifiers for the national invitational. 

The at-large qualifiers and pool assignments will be announced on NAIA.org by 4 p.m. on Monday, April 13. 

	1. OUAZ (Ariz.) Matches Prior to Next Rating: April 3 Stetson, April 3 Arizona State, April 4 Florida International, April 4 Grand Canyon, April 9 - 10 GSAC Tournament OUAZ (Ariz.) remains at No. 1 with only one blemish on the season that came at the hands of the University of Nebraska.
	2. Southern Oregon Matches Prior to Next Rating: April 3 Northwest (Wash.), April 4 College of Idaho, April 4 Northwest (Wash.), April 9 - 10 Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament Southern Oregon overtook the No. 2 spot in the ranking after two big wins over previous No. 2 Corban (Ore.). The Red Raiders are on a nine-match win streak.
	3. Corban (Ore.) Matches Prior to Next Rating: April 9 - 10 Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament, April 15 University of Portland Corban dropped one spot after two losses to Southern Oregon.
	4. The Master's (Calif.) Matches Prior to Next Rating: April 9 - 10 GSAC Tournament The Master's (Calif.) only NAIA losses on the season came at the hands of Coarban back in February and against OUAZ (Ariz.) twice. The Mustangs will enter the GSAC Tournament with a six-match win streak.
	5. New College of Florida Matches Prior to Next Rating: April 4 Eckerd College, April 10 - 11 The Sun Conference Tournament  New College of Florida boasts only one blemish on its record, coming at the hands of the University of Nebraska in early March.

Dropped from Top 10: College of Idaho

Receiving Votes: College of Idaho 27, Loyola (La.) 25, Texas A&M -Texarkana 21, Mobile (Ala.) 13, Texas Wesleyan 5, Oklahoma Wesleyan 2

Ratings Methodology

• The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.
• The Top 10 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 15 points for each first-place vote, 14 for second-place, 13 for third-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.

Key: RV - Receiving Votes, NR - Not Ranked, ▲- Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● - Steady