The College Sports Television (CSTV)/American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 15 men's NCAA Division I and II volleyball teams as ranked by 16 coaches with records through January 22, 2006 (first place votes in parenthesis):
| RK | TEAM | RCD | PTS | PVS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Long Beach State (11) | 7-0 | 235 | 1 |
| 2. | BYU (4) | 6-0 | 226 | 2 |
| 3. | Pepperdine (1) | 3-0 | 205 | 3 |
| 4. | UC Irvine | 5-2 | 185 | 4 |
| 5. | Cal State Northridge | 4-3 | 170 | 6 |
| 6. | UCLA | 4-3 | 160 | 5 |
| 7. | Hawai'i | 3-2 | 151 | 7 |
| 8. | Ohio State | 7-1 | 137 | 9 |
| 9. | UC Santa Barbara | 2-5 | 107 | 8 |
| 10. | Ball State | 4-0 | 95 | 10 |
| 11. | Loyola-Chicago | 5-0 | 72 | 12 |
| 12. | Penn State | 1-4 | 68 | 11 |
| 13. | Southern California | 3-3 | 50 | 13 |
| 14. | Pacific | 2-5 | 28 | 14 |
| 15. | IPFW | 2-2 | 16 | 15 |
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Stanford (2-6) 14.
One team mentioned on only one ballot for a total of one (1) combined point.
The College Sports Television (CSTV)/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 15 Men's NCAA Division III volleyball teams as ranked by 16 coaches with records through January 22, 2006 (first place votes in parenthesis):
| RK | TEAM | RCD | PTS | PVS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Carthage (4) | 1-3 | 228 | 2 |
| 2. | Juniata (12) | 0-1 | 224 | 1 |
| 3. | NYU | 2-0 | 206 | 3 |
| 4. | UC Santa Cruz | 2-1 | 192 | 4 |
| 5. | Springfield | 2-0 | 177 | 5 |
| 6. | Stevens Institute | 4-6 | 151 | 6 |
| 7. | Rivier | 2-0 | 144 | 7 |
| 8. | Clarke | 1-1 | 129 | 9 |
| 9. | Medaille | 2-6 | 112 | 8 |
| 10. | D'Youville | 2-2 | 99 | 11 |
| 11. | SUNY New Paltz | 1-0 | 80 | 12 |
| 12. | Endicott | 3-2 | 40 | 13 |
| 13. | Nazareth | 2-0 | 34 | NR |
| 14. | Eastern Mennonite | 0-0 | 26 | 14 |
| 15. | Ramapo | 3-0 | 23 | NR |
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Newbury 19, MIT 17, Vassar 9, Bernard M. Baruch 7.
One team mentioned on only one ballot representing a total of three points.
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