2018 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll — No. 3 (Oct. 2)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Park (Mo.) remains in the No. 1 spot in the latest edition of the 2018 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Tuesday.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- Park is one of two undefeated teams in the Top 25 poll. What sets the Pirates apart is that they have not dropped a set this season.
- The Pirates will play six matches before the next poll. The team will face two conference opponents and four non-conference opponents which will include No. 23 Montana Tech, RV Georgetown (Ky.) and RV Ottawa (Kan.)
- -New to the poll this week: No. 24 Providence (Mont.) and No. 25 SAGU (Texas)
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the longest active streak in the Top 25 with 60 total appearances.
- There has only been one program that has been able to maintain the No. 1 ranking for an entire season, with former member Fresno Pacific (Calif.) 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, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- 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 rating) 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 appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- The frequency of polls occurs bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
- For the complete rating calendar, click here.
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2018 Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3 (Oct. 2)
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LAST |
|
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| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Park (Mo.) [20] |
17-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
2 |
Grand View (Iowa) [1] |
15-0 |
572 |
| 3 |
3 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
21-1 |
553 |
| 4 |
5 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
18-3 |
516 |
| 5 |
8 |
Missouri Baptist |
19-2 |
503 |
| 6 |
4 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
18-3 |
502 |
| 7 |
6 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
17-1 |
496 |
| 8 |
10 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
14-2 |
459 |
| 9 |
7 |
Midland (Neb.) |
16-3 |
431 |
| 10 |
9 |
Southern Oregon |
17-1 |
414 |
| 11 |
14 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
18-3 |
411 |
| 12 |
15 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
16-4 |
379 |
| 13 |
17 |
Eastern Oregon |
14-4 |
359 |
| 14 |
13 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
10-5 |
333 |
| 15 |
21 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
17-3 |
320 |
| 16 |
12 |
College of Idaho |
12-6 |
302 |
| 17 |
11 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
13-4 |
267 |
| 18 |
16 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
20-3 |
266 |
| 19 |
19 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
16-6 |
232 |
| 20 |
22 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
14-4 |
213 |
| 21 |
24 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
19-2 |
196 |
| 22 |
24 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
19-1 |
195 |
| 23 |
20 |
Montana Tech |
12-8 |
149 |
| 24 |
NR |
Providence (Mont.) |
12-6 |
135 |
| 25 |
NR |
SAGU (Texas) |
18-1 |
113 |
|
Dropped from the rankings: Georgetown (Ky.) and Madonna (Mich.)
Others receiving votes: Georgetown 98, Lourdes (Ohio) 94, Corban (Ore.) 89, Jamestown (N.D.) 85, Ottawa 41, Reinhardt (Ga.) 29, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 27, Marian (Ind.) 24, Aquinas (Mich.) 8, Carroll (Mont.) 7