KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jamestown (N.D.) claims No. 1 in the second regular-season 2020-21 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the NAIA office.
Three teams represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the poll, with two picking up rankings and another receiving votes. Eastern Oregon University moved up one spot to No. 8, while Corban University dropped to No. 14. Bushnell University continued to receive votes.
2020-21 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 1 (Feb. 3, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Jamestown (N.D.) [13] |
20-1 |
584 |
| 2 |
1 |
Park (Mo.) [5] |
19-1 |
567 |
| 3 |
3 |
Indiana Wesleyan [3] |
16-1 |
556 |
| 4 |
4 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
7-0 |
528 |
| 5 |
5 |
Missouri Baptist |
14-1 |
523 |
| 6 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
13-4 |
497 |
| 7 |
8 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
15-3 |
471 |
| 8 |
9 |
Eastern Oregon |
9-0 |
460 |
| 9 |
11 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
13-4 |
443 |
| 10 |
10 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
12-3 |
417 |
| 11 |
7 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
15-1 |
405 |
| 12 |
12 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
8-2 |
384 |
| 13 |
14 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
12-5 |
344 |
| 14 |
13 |
Corban (Ore.) |
7-1 |
333 |
| 15 |
16 |
Oklahoma City |
4-1 |
310 |
| 15 |
22 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
31-0 |
310 |
| 17 |
18 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
12-1 |
309 |
| 18 |
17 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
22-5 |
266 |
| 19 |
20 |
Midland (Neb.) |
10-8 |
220 |
| 20 |
24 |
Providence (Mont.) |
10-2 |
201 |
| 20 |
21 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
18-1 |
201 |
| 22 |
NR |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
12-2 |
190 |
| 23 |
15 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
8-1 |
176 |
| 24 |
NR |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
22-5 |
160 |
| 25 |
23 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
16-2 |
147 |
Dropped from the poll: Columbia (Mo.), Madonna (Mich.)
Receiving votes: Aquinas (Mich.) 132, Columbia (Mo.) 104, Madonna (Mich.) 41, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 40, Texas Wesleyan 22,
Bushnell (Ore.) 20, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 17, Tabor (Kan.) 14, Mayville State (N.D.) 12, Carroll (Mont.) 9, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 9, Saint Francis (Ind.) 5, IU East (Ind.) 3, Life (Ga.) 3, Ottawa (Ariz.) 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"