KANSAS CITY - Texas Wesleyan University fell out of the NAIA Beach Volleyball Top 10 in the first regular-season rankings released this week but collected 21 votes to lead all teams receiving votes.

OUAZ (Ariz.) strengthened its grip on the No. 1 spot with a perfect 5-0 record and all five first-place votes. Corban (Ore.) stayed at No. 2, The Master's (Calif.) climbed from fourth to third, Southern Oregon slipped one spot to fourth and Arizona Christian held at fifth.

Mobile (Ala.) and Hope International (Calif.) continued their early-season climbs, while Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) entered the poll at No. 10.

TREND	RANK	LAST TIME	INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
●	1	1	OUAZ (Ariz.) [5]	5-0	50
●	2	2	Corban (Ore.)	3-1	46
▲	3	4	The Master's (Calif.)	2-1	45
▼	4	3	Southern Oregon	0-0	41
●	5	5	Arizona Christian	2-2	37
▲	6	7	Mobile (Ala.)	2-2	33
▲	7	9	Hope International (Calif.)	3-1	33
▼	8	6	Webber International (Fla.)	0-2	30
▼	9	8	College of Idaho	0-0	27
▲	10	RV	Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.)	4-1	21

Dropped from the Top 10: Texas Wesleyan

Receiving Votes: Texas Wesleyan 21, Loyola (La.) 14, Texas A&M -Texarkana 11, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 10, William Carey (Miss.) 6, New College of Florida 2, Truett McConnell (Ga.) 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