MaxPreps 2014 Top 50 preseason national high school volleyball rankings

26. Centennial (Frisco, Texas), 37-8
Off to an 8-0 start, the Titans are led by Micaya White, Maddie Mcconnell, Lexi Maclean and Riley Macdonald.

27. Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 42-4
Mitty won the California D-II state title for the second-straight season in 2013.

28. Rampart (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 21-6
The Rams are loaded. Their top hitters (Janice Jin and Amanda Cushen, top blocker and setter August Raskie) return for their senior years along with 10 other returnees from 2013.

29. Ursuline Academy (Cincinnati), 22-3
Ursuline Academy reached the state quarterfinals a year ago.

30. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 30-3
Ransom won the state title in 2013.

31. Mount Notre Dame (Cincinnati), 26-3
MND won the state title a year ago.

32. Notre Dame Academy (Park Hills, Ky.), 26-8
All of NDA's 2013 losses came against nationally ranked teams.

33. Hillcrest (Simpsonville, S.C.), 57-5
Hillcrest is the reigning the 4A state champion.

34. Padua Franciscan (Parma, Ohio), 29-1
Padua Franciscan is the reigning state 3A champion.

35. Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.), 35-8
The Warriors captured the Division III state title last December.

36. Central Catholic (Portland, Ore.), 41-3
Central Catholic lost in the 2013 state 6A finals.

37. Bishop Moore (Orlando, Fla.), 28-4
Bishop Moore won a second-straight state title in 2013.

38. O'Connor (Helotes, Texas), 35-12
Eight players who saw action in more than 100 sets in 2013 return.

39. Loudoun County (Leesburg, Va.), 31-0
Loudoun County captured the 2013 4A state championship for the second year in a row and sixth in seven seasons.

40. Vanguard (Ocala, Fla.), 28-4
Vanguard won the 2013 state 6A title.

41. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 29-2
STA reached the 2013 state semifinals.

42. Brentwood (Tenn.), 57-4
The state large school runner-up suffered all four of its losses to state champion Ravenwood.

43. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 34-10
The reigning state champion has won 22 state titles.

44. Harlan (Iowa), 38-3
Senior Jess Schaben leads the way with 100 wins in three varsity seasons.

45. East Troy (Wis.), 44-0
The Trojans won the state D-2 title a year ago.

46. Mt. Carmel (New Orleans), 44-4
The reigning state runner-up is led by Katie Kampen.

47. San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.), 33-4
Katherine Claybaugh, who accounted for 40 percent of the team's points in 2013, and libero Rachel Braunschweig highlight nine returnees.

48. Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.), 28-0
A year ago, the Crusaders won their fifth-consecutive North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3A volleyball title, a state record.

49. Sutherland (Pittsford, N.Y.), 40-2
The Knights won the NYSPHSAA Class A title in 2013.

50. The Woodlands (Texas), 45-0
The Highlanders won the Texas 5A title and were MaxPreps national champions in 2013. Their key returnees are seniors Courtney Quinn, Rachel Reed and Kendall Cook.