Fresh off Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles in 2022, the UNI volleyball team has been picked as the favorites to hoist the league's championship again in 2023. The Panthers received 135 total points and seven first-place votes in the poll, which is voted on by .
The UNI volleyball team is coming off one of the program’s best seasons finishing 27-8 overall and 17-1 in the MVC winning the conference’s regular season and tournament championships and defeating Florida State in the first round of the NCAA tournament.