Courtesy: Tim Tushla
Courtesy: Tim Tushla

2024-25 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Poll - Postseason (December 18)

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The defending national champions, Indiana Wesleyan, successfully defended its national title at the 2024 NAIA Women's Volleyball Championship to land at No. 1 in the postseason poll. After the championship, Missouri Baptist and William Carey (Miss.) joined the Top 25, while Eastern Oregon and IU Kokomo (Ind.) were the only two teams to remain in the same place as the final regular season rating. 

 

Poll Methodology:

  • The poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration.
  • A panel of head coaches representing each conference and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) voted on the poll.
  • The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter votes the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
  • The highest and lowest vote for each team (a non-vote is considered a low vote) is removed.
  • Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
RANK LAST TIME INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD POINTS
1 3 Indiana Wesleyan [17] 37-2 450
2 5 Bellevue (Neb.) 32-5 435
3 7 Southern Oregon 32-4 420
4 8 Corban (Ore.) 27-6 403
5 2 Concordia (Neb.) 27-4 382
6 6 Eastern Oregon 31-5 381
7 10 St. Thomas (Fla.) 33-1 350
8 1 Northwestern (Iowa) 32-1 343
8 19 Montana Western 25-10 343
10 13 Providence (Mont.) 27-7 288
11 11 IU Kokomo (Ind.) 33-6 275
12 16 McPherson (Kan.) 30-7 262
13 14 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 31-5 252
14 9 Oklahoma Wesleyan 31-4 238
15 11 Aquinas (Mich.) 40-3 224
16 18 Nelson (Texas) 31-6 223
17 22 College of Idaho 22-14 216
18 22 Marian (Ind.) 25-9 201
19 RV Missouri Baptist 27-12 195
20 15 Viterbo (Wis.) 26-11 169
21 17 Montana Tech 20-12 165
22 3 Jamestown (N.D.) 22-3 158
23 20 Midland (Neb.) 18-13 144
24 25 The Master's (Calif.) 21-8 120
25 RV William Carey (Miss.) 29-11 112

Receiving Votes: Grace (Ind.) 63, Texas Wesleyan 24, Central Methodist (Mo.) 18, Dakota State (S.D.) 15, Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 13, Oregon Tech 12, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 12, CIU (S.C.) 10, Benedictine (Kan.) 8, Morningside (Iowa) 7, Columbia (Mo.) 6, Indiana Tech 5, Bushnell (Ore.) 4, Cumberlands (Ky.) 2, Columbia (S.C.) 2