KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the first time in conference history, the Cascade Collegiate Conference has a team in the No. 1 spot on the NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Eastern Oregon University took the top spot to lead four CCC teams represented on the list after earning 18 first-place votes. The Mounties have had a hot start to the season, boasting a 16-1 record with their only loss coming in the first match of the year.
Corban University also sits in the top five, moving up a spot to No. 5 on the list, while Southern Oregon University moved to No. 23 to round out the ranked CCC teams. Bushnell University continues to receive votes on the poll, sitting outside the top-25 rankings.
2022 NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Sept. 28, 2022
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Eastern Oregon [18] |
16-1 |
589 |
| 2 |
4 |
Jamestown (N.D.) [3] |
15-1 |
574 |
| 3 |
1 |
Midland (Neb.) |
15-2 |
546 |
| 4 |
5 |
Missouri Baptist |
12-2 |
534 |
| 5 |
6 |
Corban (Ore.) |
15-2 |
520 |
| 6 |
8 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
14-1 |
495 |
| 7 |
7 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
11-4 |
454 |
| 8 |
9 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
14-5 |
453 |
| 9 |
10 |
SAGU (Texas) |
16-0 |
444 |
| 10 |
11 |
Park (Mo.) |
12-3 |
428 |
| 11 |
12 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
13-3 |
404 |
| 12 |
14 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
8-4 |
375 |
| 13 |
19 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
17-4 |
345 |
| 14 |
15 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
12-5 |
331 |
| 15 |
18 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
11-3 |
330 |
| 16 |
16 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
11-4 |
324 |
| 17 |
3 |
Marian (Ind.) |
14-1 |
306 |
| 18 |
13 |
College of Saint Mary (Neb.) |
13-3 |
254 |
| 19 |
20 |
Montana Tech |
13-6 |
216 |
| 20 |
21 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
15-5 |
213 |
| 21 |
22 |
CIU (S.C.) |
17-6 |
196 |
| 22 |
23 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
15-3 |
191 |
| 23 |
17 |
Southern Oregon |
11-5 |
184 |
| 24 |
25 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
13-7 |
176 |
| 25 |
24 |
Texas Wesleyan |
14-2 |
156 |
Dropped from the Poll: None
Receiving Votes: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 115, Indiana Tech 67, Saint Francis (Ind.) 29, Kansas Wesleyan 26, Westmont (Calif.) 26, Hastings (Neb.) 22, IU Kokomo (Ind.) 15, Westcliff (Calif.) 14, William Carey (Miss.) 12, Ottawa (Kan.) 11,
Bushnell (Ore.) 11, Bethel (Ind.) 11, Campbellsville (Ky.) 9, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 9, Xavier (La.) 6, John Brown (Ark.) 6, Dakota State (S.D.) 3
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) 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 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 ratings calendar, click here