By Colbi Howser, Communications and Sports Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) is the No. 1 ranked team in the fifth regular season edition of the 2015 Tachikara Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The sixth installment will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
• Biola (Calif.) holds the No. 1 spot for the sixth straight week. The Eagles received
17-of-20 possible first-place votes for a total of 588 points. Viterbo (Wis.) is No. 2 again with 573 points.
• No. 20 Lourdes (Ohio) and No. 25 Carroll (Mont.) make their way into the Top 25. This is the first time being ranked for Lourdes in school history. This is Carroll’s first time being ranked since pre-season 2013.
• Park (Mo.) jumped three spots from No. 18 tied last week to No. 15 in this week’s poll.
• The top five schools have not changed since the first regular season poll.
• The Great Plains Athletic Conference has the most schools appearing in the Top 25 Poll including: No. 4 Midland (Neb.), No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 14 Dordt (Iowa), No. 17 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 21 Hastings (Neb.).
• Biola (Calif.), which has been ranked among the top 10 in 45-consecutive polls, hold the longest active streak in the Top 25 at 115-straight. Columbia (Mo.) is next with 104-consecutive mentions.
• Five teams still have a perfect record after five weeks of competition including: Biola 15-0, Viterbo 21-0, Midland 20-0, Evangel 23-0, and newcomer Lourdes 16-0.
• Southern Oregon dropped 4 spots this week from No. 8 to No.12 after losing two games to bring their season to 15-2 after having a perfect record.
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. 5 (Oct. 6)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2015 Record |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Biola (Calif.) (17) |
15-0 |
588 |
| 2 |
2 |
Viterbo (Wis.) (3) |
21-0 |
573 |
| 3 |
3 |
Missouri Baptist |
18-1 |
553 |
| 4 |
4 |
Midland (Neb.) |
20-0 |
534 |
| 5 |
5 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
18-3 |
507 |
| 6 |
6 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
15-4 |
490 |
| 7 |
7 |
Eastern Oregon |
15-1 |
484 |
| 8 |
9 |
Evangel (Mo.) (1) |
23-0 |
459 |
| 9 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
13-4 |
429 |
| 10 |
11 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
13-4 |
414 |
| 11 |
12 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
17-4 |
400 |
| 12 |
8 |
Southern Oregon |
15-2 |
398 |
| 13 |
13 |
Coastal Georgia |
17-2 |
361 |
| 14 |
14 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
14-3 |
311 |
| 15 |
18 |
Park (Mo.) |
14-5 |
303 |
| 16 |
17 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
15-3 |
301 |
| 17 |
18 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
18-4 |
279 |
| 18 |
16 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
12-5 |
275 |
| 19 |
21 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
16-7 |
258 |
| 20 |
RV |
Lourdes (Ohio) |
16-0 |
229 |
| 21 |
22 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
15-6 |
185 |
| 22 |
NR |
Madonna (Mich.) |
19-4 |
175 |
| 23 |
23 |
Oklahoma City |
11-5 |
159 |
| 24 |
24 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
16-3 |
156 |
| 25 |
RV |
Carroll (Mont.) |
11-7 |
124 |
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Dropped from the Top 25: Montana Tech No. 20 and Doane (Neb.) No. 25.
Others receiving votes: Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 53, Jamestown (N.D.) 51, The Master's (Calif.) 46, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 42, Doane (Neb.) 42, Grand View (Iowa) 41, St. Thomas (Fla.) 31, Great Falls (Mont.) 27,
College of Idaho 26, Montana Tech 22, IU Kokomo 13, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 11, Mobile (Ala.) 10, Bellevue (Neb.) 9, Cumberlands (Ky.) 9, Ottawa (Kan.) 7, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 3.