KANSAS CITY, Mo.
– Three Cascade Collegiate Conference teams ranked and one received votes in the latest NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
Eastern Oregon University moved up one rank while Corban University dropped a spot for the teams to sit at No. 3 and No. 6, respectively. Southern Oregon University held its No. 16 position. For the first time this season, Northwest University received votes.
2023 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Concordia (Neb.) [21] |
17-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
3 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
22-0 |
554 |
| 3 |
4 |
Eastern Oregon |
19-1 |
551 |
| 3 |
2 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
17-2 |
551 |
| 5 |
6 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
19-3 |
512 |
| 6 |
5 |
Corban (Ore.) |
18-3 |
503 |
| 7 |
7 |
Missouri Baptist |
14-3 |
474 |
| 8 |
8 |
Park (Mo.) |
16-2 |
460 |
| 9 |
11 |
College of Saint Mary (Neb.) |
18-4 |
422 |
| 10 |
9 |
Montana Tech |
15-3 |
421 |
| 11 |
12 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
19-1 |
402 |
| 12 |
14 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
16-6 |
383 |
| 13 |
13 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
19-4 |
371 |
| 14 |
17 |
Texas Wesleyan |
17-3 |
341 |
| 15 |
18 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
19-3 |
300 |
| 16 |
16 |
Southern Oregon |
16-5 |
259 |
| 17 |
10 |
Midland (Neb.) |
9-9 |
249 |
| 18 |
15 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
16-5 |
244 |
| 19 |
22 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
13-6 |
221 |
| 20 |
RV |
Bethel (Ind.) |
19-3 |
213 |
| 21 |
23 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
14-7 |
212 |
| 22 |
RV |
Saint Katherine (Calif.) |
18-2 |
200 |
| 23 |
24 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
16-2 |
184 |
| 24 |
25 |
SAGU (Texas) |
14-6 |
151 |
| 25 |
19 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
22-5 |
145 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Kansas Wesleyan, Indiana Tech
Receiving Votes: Kansas Wesleyan 136, Indiana Tech 109, Montana Western 80, CIU (S.C.) 70, Valley City State (N.D.) 47, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 26, Blue Mountain (Miss.) 17, Marian (Ind.) 16, Providence (Mont.) 6, Loyola (La.) 6, Benedictine (Kan.) 3, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 3, Oklahoma Wesleyan 3,
Northwest (Wash.) 3
Rating Methodology:
- The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents/unaffiliated groups.
- The Coaches 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 on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"