KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jamestown (N.D.) and Park (Mo.) tied at No. 1 in the first 2020-21 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the NAIA office.
Four teams represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the poll, with two picking up rankings and the other two receiving votes. Preseason conference favorite Eastern Oregon University moved up four spots to sit in the top-10 at No. 9, while Corban University climbed two spots to No. 13. The College of Idaho and Bushnell University each are receiving votes.
2020-21 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 1 (Feb. 3, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
TEAM [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
4 |
Jamestown (N.D.) [6] |
18-1 |
571 |
| 1 |
5 |
Park (Mo.) [9] |
14-0 |
571 |
| 3 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan [3] |
15-1 |
549 |
| 4 |
2 |
Westmont (Calif.) [3] |
3-0 |
529 |
| 5 |
8 |
Missouri Baptist |
10-1 |
510 |
| 6 |
1 |
Marian (Ind.) |
12-3 |
502 |
| 7 |
12 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
14-0 |
481 |
| 8 |
6 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
15-3 |
474 |
| 9 |
13 |
Eastern Oregon |
31-5 |
448 |
| 10 |
14 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
12-3 |
400 |
| 11 |
10 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
11-3 |
394 |
| 12 |
19 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
4-1 |
345 |
| 13 |
15 |
Corban (Ore.) |
22-10 |
342 |
| 14 |
RV |
Dordt (Iowa) |
12-5 |
331 |
| 15 |
11 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
2-0 |
320 |
| 16 |
16 |
Oklahoma City |
0-0 |
316 |
| 17 |
NR |
Bethel (Ind.) |
20-4 |
294 |
| 18 |
NR |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
2-0 |
243 |
| 19 |
RV |
Madonna (Mich.) |
2-0 |
207 |
| 20 |
RV |
Midland (Neb.) |
10-8 |
202 |
| 21 |
RV |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
18-0 |
198 |
| 22 |
NR |
Keiser (Fla.) |
23-0 |
169 |
| 23 |
25 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
16-1 |
167 |
| 24 |
20 |
Providence (Mont.) |
1-1 |
165 |
| 25 |
18 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
8-2 |
146 |
Receiving Votes: Aquinas (Mich.) 111, Vanguard (Calif.) 75,
College of Idaho 71, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 71, Mayville State (N.D.) 64, McPherson (Kan.) 54, Texas Wesleyan 37, Ottawa (Kan.) 22, Saint Francis (Ind.) 21, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 14, Carroll (Mont.) 10, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 10, Indiana Tech 9,
Bushnell (Ore.) 5, Evangel (Mo.) 4, IU East (Ind.) 3
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"