The NCAA Regional rankings were publicly published for the first time in the 2021 season. The NCAA is piloting a new first poll ranking done only by alphabetical order for the first week. This alphabetical ranking has three schools from the SCAC; Colorado College, Southwestern University, and Trinity University ranked in this week's release. The SCIAC in Southern California also has three schools; Chapman University, Claremont-McKenna-Scripps, and Pomona-Pitzer College, leaving the seventh slot for Whitworth University from the Northwest Conference.

Southwestern University Volleyball has the third-best winning percentage of the seven region X ranked schools. Selection for the NCAA (64 teams) Tournament will be released on Monday, Nov. 8.