Final Regular Season Edition of the NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll

Final Regular Season Edition of the NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The final regular season edition of the NAIA Women's Volleyball Top 25 Poll has arrived with Eastern Oregon returning to No. 1. 

 Nearly half of the Top 25 moved up in the poll by 1-3 spots, while nine teams remained at the same rank as the last poll. 

Conference tournament play has started or will be starting in the next couple of days with all conference tournament champions being decided by Saturday, November 15. 

After the conclusion of conference tournaments NAIA National Championship qualifiers will be announced on Monday, November 17 at 4 p.m. CT on the NAIA YouTube Page

 

1. Eastern Oregon

Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 14, 5 p.m. PT, vs TBD

Notes: Cascade Collegiate Conference regular season champion. 

2. Providence (Mont.)

Next Conference Tourney Match: Quarterfinal, Nov. 13, 12 p.m. MT, vs Montana Western 

Notes: Frontier Conference regular season champion. 

3. Northwestern (Iowa)

Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. CT, vs Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)

Notes: Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season champion. 

4. Concordia (Neb.)

Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. CT, vs Midland (Neb.)

Notes: Entered the Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament as the No. 2 seed. 

5. Corban (Ore.)

Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal Nov. 14, 2 p.m. PT, vs TBD

Notes: Entered the Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament as the No. 2 seed. 

6. Bellevue (Neb.)

Next Conference Tourney Match: Quarterfinal, Nov. 13, 5 p.m. MT, vs Valley City State (N.D.)

Notes: Enters the Frontier Conference Tournament as the No. 2 seed. 

7. McPherson (Kan.)

Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. CT, vs Oklahoma Wesleyan

Notes: Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season champion. 

8. Indiana Wesleyan

Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. ET, vs Spring Arbor (Mich.)

Notes: Crossroads League regular season champion. 

9. Oklahoma Wesleyan

Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. CT, vs McPherson (Kan.)

Notes: Entered the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference as the No. 4 seed. 

10. Cumberlands (Ky.)

Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 14, 3 p.m. CT, vs TBD 

Notes: Mid-South Conference regular season champion. 

 

 

TREND RANK LAST TIME INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD POINTS
1 2 Eastern Oregon [13] 26-2 504
2 1 Providence (Mont.) [3] 28-2 488
3 3 Northwestern (Iowa) [3] 26-3 482
4 4 Concordia (Neb.) 23-2 448
5 5 Corban (Ore.) 23-4 439
6 7 Bellevue (Neb.) 24-3 425
7 6 McPherson (Kan.) 30-1 415
8 8 Indiana Wesleyan 25-4 396
9 9 Oklahoma Wesleyan 22-3 357
10 10 Cumberlands (Ky.) 32-0 347
11 11 The Master's (Calif.) 21-3 327
12 12 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 24-7 315
13 14 St. Thomas (Fla.) 23-4 275
14 15 IU Kokomo (Ind.) 27-5 274
15 17 Missouri Baptist 27-5 265
16 18 College of Idaho 18-9 246
17 16 Viterbo (Wis.) 24-6 229
18 12 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 15-8 225
19 20 Bushnell (Ore.) 19-11 201
20 19 Midland (Neb.) 18-9 199
21 23 Aquinas (Mich.) 29-5 176
22 22 Mobile (Ala.) 25-2 168
23 24 Grand View (Iowa) 28-3 134
24 RV Southern Oregon 14-13 106
25 RV Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 18-10 65

 

Dropped from Top 25: Northwest (Wash.), MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)

Receiving Votes: Northwest (Wash.) 60, Huntington (Ind.) 40, Taylor (Ind.) 38, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 28, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 28, Evangel (Mo.) 23, Cumberland (Tenn.) 21, Marian (Ind.) 21, OUAZ (Ariz.) 17, Cornerstone (Mich.) 16, Walla Walla (Wash.) 16, Montana State University-Northern 13, Dakota State (S.D.) 8, Dordt (Iowa) 5, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 3, Park (Mo.) 3

Poll Methodology

  • The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
  • A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
  • The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
    • 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
  • The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
  • Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
  • For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system. 

Key: RV - Receiving Votes, NR - Not Ranked, Climbed, - Dropped, ● - Steady