2015 Tachikara – NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 8 (Oct. 27)
By Colbi Howser, Communications and Sports Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) clinches top spot again in the eighth edition of the 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The ninth installment will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
• No. 1 Biola (Calif.) stays on top again this week with 588 points. Behind is No. 2 Missouri Baptist with 575 points.
• The Great Plains Athletic Conference has the most schools appearing in the Top 25 Poll including: No. 8 Dordt (Iowa), No. 11 Midland (Neb.), No. 12 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 16 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 20 Hastings (Neb.)
• No. 13 Evangel (Mo.) has the most wins through-out the Top 25 Poll with 33. No. 4 Viterbo (Wis.) is right behind with 28 wins.
• Viterbo makes its way back into the top five after being ranked No. 7 in last week’s poll.
• Biola, which has been ranked among the top 10 in 49-consecutive polls, holds the longest active streak in the Top 25 at 119-straight. Columbia (Mo.) is next with 108-consecutive mentions.
• No. 18 Lourdes (Ohio) still remains the only team to have an undefeated season (22-0) in the Top 25.
• No. 25 Wayland Baptist (Texas) is the only team in the Top 25 representing the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) after Oklahoma City fell out of the rankings.
• Only one program has been able to maintain the No. 1 ranking for an entire season, with Fresno Pacific (Calif.) accomplishing the feat in 2004, 2008 and 2009.
• Wayland Baptist makes its way into the Top 25 poll for the first time since Sept. 22 of this season’s poll.
• Oklahoma City moves out of the Top 25 poll after losing to unranked Wayland Baptist (Texas) on Oct. 24.
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.
2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 6 (Oct. 13)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2015 Record |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Biola (Calif.) (17) |
22-2 |
588 |
| 2 |
2 |
Missouri Baptist (4) |
28-3 |
575 |
| 3 |
3 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
25-3 |
553 |
| 4 |
7 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
31-4 |
522 |
| 5 |
4 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
23-5 |
495 |
| 6 |
5 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
21-7 |
482 |
| 7 |
8 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
17-4 |
480 |
| 8 |
6 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
20-4 |
462 |
| 9 |
9 |
Park (Mo.) |
19-6 |
441 |
| 10 |
11 |
Eastern Oregon |
21-2 |
430 |
| 11 |
10 |
Midland (Neb.) |
23-3 |
391 |
| 12 |
12 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
23-5 |
371 |
| 13 |
13 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
33-3 |
366 |
| T14 |
18 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
23-4 |
350 |
| T14 |
14 |
Southern Oregon |
20-2 |
350 |
| 16 |
15 |
Concorida (Neb.) |
23-3 |
305 |
| 17 |
16 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
17-5 |
273 |
| 18 |
17 |
Lourdes (Ohio) |
22-0 |
268 |
| 19 |
19 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
20-8 |
246 |
| 20 |
21 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
20-6 |
243 |
| 21 |
20 |
Coastal Georgia |
21-3 |
216 |
| 22 |
22 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
25-5 |
174 |
| 23 |
23 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
24-7 |
162 |
| 24 |
25 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
20-11 |
140 |
| 25 |
RV |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
23-6 |
87 |
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Dropped from the Top 25: Oklahoma City
Others receiving votes:
College of Idaho 63, The Master's (Calif.) 61, Oklahoma City 57, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 56, Jamestown (N.D.) 40, Doane (Neb.) 36, IU Kokomo 34, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 19, Mobile (Ala.) 17, Bellevue (Neb.) 13, Great Falls (Mont.) 12, St. Catharine (Ky.) 11, Ashford (Iowa) 10, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 7, Warner (Fla.) 3, Carroll (Mont.) 3