2018 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Postseason Top 25 Poll — Dec. 5
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Park (Mo.) earned its second red banner for the No. 1 spot in the 2018 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Postseason Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Wednesday.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- Park brought home its second red banner for women’s volleyball. The previous banner was in 2014.
- The Pirates had only one loss on the season to Columbia (Mo.) in the American Midwest Conference Championship.
- New to the poll this week: No. 19 Aquinas (Mich.), No. 24 Trinity Christian (Ill.) and No. 25 Reinhardt (Ga.)
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the longest active streak in the Top 25 with 64 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.
2018 Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Postseason Top 25 Poll – Dec. 5
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Park (Mo.) |
36-1 |
529 |
| 2 |
3 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
42-5 |
512 |
| 3 |
7 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
33-8 |
489 |
| 4 |
14 |
Midland (Neb.) |
26-8 |
475 |
| 5 |
1 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
36-1 |
468 |
| 6 |
6 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
33-4 |
439 |
| 7 |
5 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
31-3 |
430 |
| 8 |
10 |
Southern Oregon |
29-5 |
412 |
| 9 |
4 |
Missouri Baptist |
33-6 |
388 |
| 10 |
13 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
22-7 |
377 |
| 11 |
11 |
Eastern Oregon |
25-9 |
350 |
| 12 |
8 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
26-9 |
331 |
| 13 |
9 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
30-6 |
330 |
| 14 |
16 |
College of Idaho |
24-10 |
314 |
| 15 |
15 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
27-7 |
283 |
| 16 |
22 |
Corban (Ore.) |
23-13 |
278 |
| 17 |
12 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
29-8 |
234 |
| 18 |
24 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
24-9 |
233 |
| 19 |
NR |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
35-8 |
220 |
| 20 |
17 |
Providence (Mont.) |
23-11 |
198 |
| 21 |
21 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
34-8 |
178 |
| 22 |
23 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
34-4 |
172 |
| 23 |
25 |
Marian (Ind.) |
30-7 |
152 |
| 24 |
NR |
Trinity Christian (Ill.) |
30-11 |
134 |
| 25 |
NR |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
35-8 |
106 |
Others receiving votes: Vanguard (Calif.) 105, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), Ottawa (Kan.) 82, Morningside (Iowa) 50, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 49, Bellevue (Neb.) 25, Saint Francis (Ind.) 23, Oklahoma City 16, Milligan (Tenn.) 5