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6. Order of seeding shall be as follows:

#3 Seed #1 Seed
Game 1 Game 5
#14 Seed #16 Seed
#6 Seed #8 Seed
Game 2 Game 6
#11 Seed #9 Seed
#7 Seed #5 Seed
Game 3 Game 7
#10 Seed #12 Seed
#2 Seed #4 Seed
Game 4 Game 8
#15 Seed #13 Seed

7. Criteria for NJCAA At Large Selection & Seeding
i. Final poll results (regular season) in the seeding and at large selection process.
ii. Results of Region/District playoffs.
iii. Strength of schedule (to include strength of schedule when teams traveled outside their region as well as
contests played on neutral sites).
iv. Quality wins/quality losses (teams in poll/teams in national tournament).
v. Historical results of the district’s teams at previous national tournaments.
vi. The Division I Volleyball Committee along with input from the Divisional Coaches Association Representatives
will serve as at-large and seeding committee for the national tournament.
F. Upon qualification for the National Tournament, each team will be required to upload a complete game film in one file for their last game
played– including postseason – to the NJCAA official film exchange per instructions provided by the NJCAA National Office. If an At-Large
team’s last game was against a National Tournament qualifier who will already have a different game uploaded to the film exchange, the
At- Large qualifier will upload film from their last game played against a team that didn’t qualify for the National Tournament. Teams must
upload their game film no later than 48 hours following the release of the fully seeded bracket. Game films must be from a half-court view
and must be of good quality where player numbers are visible. Penalties for noncompliance will include but are not limited to: the
offending institution will not have access to the uploaded games on the NJCAA official film exchange, a letter of reprimand to offending
college president and the head coach will be suspended from coaching the first National Tournament game.
Section 5. Officials
A. Rated officials as line judges and scorers will be used for the bracket play.
Section 6. Finances
A. All tournament expenses shall be paid by the Tournament Host.
B. Each college shall pay their own expenses.
Section 7. Regular Season
A. NCAA Rules will be used. When a two out of three match is played, the 3 match shall be to 15 points. All two out of three matches
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will be included in team records and statistical reports.
B. Matches that are played on a timed basis will not be included in a team’s record or statistical reports.
C. Two out of three set matches will not be considered in national poll consideration and for the seeding for the National
Tournament.
Section 8. National Poll
A. In order for teams to be considered for weekly national rankings, all scores from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA
PrestoSports Stats System by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday of each week.
1. All statistics from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System by 2:00 PM ET on Monday of each
week.
B. The preseason rankings will be conducted at the discretion of the NJCAA Division I Volleyball Committee. Poll will be released the
second Tuesday of August. The first regular season poll will be voted on the first Monday in September. The last poll will be voted on
during the first Monday in November. TBD due to COVID-19
C. The NJCAA Division I Volleyball Poll will be released Monday of each week unless the Monday is a national holiday where the poll will be
released on Tuesday.
D. Each team’s performance from the previous week will be compiled in a report through the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System and
disseminated to the NJCAA Division I Volleyball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
1. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Division I Volleyball Committee.
2. A first-place vote receives 20 points and 20th-place vote receives 1 point.
E. Poll Criteria
1. Overall record
2. Record since last poll
3. Last 10 games
4. Record vs. District opponents
5. Record vs. DI, DII, DIII opponents
F. The poll voters will submit their top-20 rankings to the NJCAA National Office online system by 1:00 PM ET on Mondays, unless the
Monday prior is a national holiday where votes will be due on Tuesday. The National Office will compile the votes for each team and
release the final rankings Monday afternoon.
G. Poll Dates: TBD due to COVID-19
^Preseason poll / * Poll released Tuesday due to a federal holiday
H. Committee Members will participate on a conference call on Tuesday to select the top 20 teams for the national poll.