2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches? Top 25 Poll ? No. 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) tops the second regular-season edition of the 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The third regular-season edition will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
• Biola locks down the No. 1 ranking for the second-consecutive week and second time in program history, dating back to 2000. The Eagles claimed 17-of-20 possible first place votes and 558 total points. No. 2 Viterbo (Wis.) claimed the remaining three first-place votes.
• No. 18 Westmont (Calif.) highlighted the positive movement within the poll, jumping three spots from last week.
• Biola (Calif.), which has been ranked among the top 10 in 43-consecutive polls, hold the longest active streak in the Top 25 at 113-straight. Columbia (Mo.) is next with 102-consecutive mentions.
• No newcomers joined the Top 25 this edition.
• Twelve of the 21 NAIA volleyball conferences are represented in the poll. The Great Plains Athletic Conference leads all leagues with five ranked programs – No. 4 Midland (Neb.), No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 14 Dordt (Iowa), No. 20 Hastings (Neb.) and No. 24 Doane (Neb.).
• Former member Fresno Pacific (Calif.) has the most No. 1 appearances with 70, followed by National American (S.D.) with 33.
• Biola, Concordia (Calif.), Northwestern (Iowa) and Texas at Brownsville were ranked among the top 10 in every edition in 2014.
• Only one program has been able to maintain the No. 1 ranking for an entire season, with Fresno Pacific accomplishing the feat in 2004, 2008 and 2009.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
| RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Biola (Calif.) (17) | 10-0 | 558 |
| 2 | 2 | Viterbo (Wis.) (3) | 10-0 | 544 |
| 3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 10-1 | 521 |
| 4 | 4 | Midland (Neb.) | 13-0 | 510 |
| 5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 13-3 | 482 |
| 6 | 6 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 10-4 | 463 |
| 7 | 8 | Eastern Oregon | 9-1 | 456 |
| 8 | 9 | Southern Oregon | 11-0 | 438 |
| T9 | 11 | Evangel (Mo.) | 14-0 | 405 |
| T9 | 10 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 8-4 | 405 |
| 11 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 12-2 | 373 |
| 12 | 13 | Columbia (Mo.) | 5-4 | 353 |
| 13 | 14 | Coastal Georgia | 11-1 | 340 |
| 14 | 15 | Dordt (Iowa) | 9-1 | 327 |
| 15 | 16 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 9-1 | 279 |
| T16 | 18 | Indiana Wesleyan | 10-2 | 278 |
| T16 | 17 | Madonna (Mich.) | 11-3 | 278 |
| 18 | 21 | Westmont (Calif.) | 9-2 | 259 |
| 19 | 7 | Park (Mo.) | 5-3 | 249 |
| 20 | 19 | Hastings (Neb.) | 9-5 | 208 |
| 21 | 23 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 10-3 | 187 |
| 22 | 22 | Grand View (Iowa) | 6-4 | 165 |
| 23 | 20 | Montana Tech | 12-5 | 155 |
| 24 | 25 | Doane (Neb.) | 10-4 | 142 |
| 25 | 24 | Great Falls (Mont.) | 14-4 | 112 |
Dropped from the Top 25: None
Others receiving votes: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 87; The Master’s (Calif.) 85; Concordia (Neb.) 42; St. Thomas (Fla.) 37; St. Catharine (Ky.) 26; Cornerstone (Mich.) 26; Oklahoma City 20; Carroll (Mont.) 18; College of Idaho 15; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 12; Jamestown (N.D.) 12; Mobile (Ala.) 7; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 5; Bellevue (Neb.) 4; Ottawa (Kan.) 4; Cumberlands (Ky.) 3; Taylor (Ind.) 3.
^Based off Coaches’ Poll from Sept. 8, 2015
