KANSAS CITY, Mo.
– Three CCC teams remain ranked above the top 20 in the latest NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
After suffering its first loss of the season, Eastern Oregon University dropped down to No. 4 but still received one first-place vote. Corban University was then pushed to No. 5 and Southern Oregon University moved up one spot to No. 16.
2023 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Concordia (Neb.) [20] |
13-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
3 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
13-1 |
559 |
| 3 |
5 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
15-0 |
541 |
| 4 |
1 |
Eastern Oregon [1] |
15-1 |
536 |
| 5 |
4 |
Corban (Ore.) |
15-2 |
516 |
| 6 |
6 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
16-2 |
515 |
| 7 |
7 |
Missouri Baptist |
12-2 |
481 |
| 8 |
8 |
Park (Mo.) |
11-2 |
458 |
| 9 |
11 |
Montana Tech |
12-2 |
434 |
| 10 |
13 |
Midland (Neb.) |
8-6 |
426 |
| 11 |
9 |
College of Saint Mary (Neb.) |
15-3 |
385 |
| 12 |
14 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
15-1 |
378 |
| 13 |
10 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
14-3 |
365 |
| 14 |
16 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
13-5 |
336 |
| 15 |
12 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
14-4 |
335 |
| 16 |
17 |
Southern Oregon |
14-3 |
284 |
| 17 |
19 |
Texas Wesleyan |
13-3 |
283 |
| 18 |
21 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
14-3 |
234 |
| 19 |
25 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
17-4 |
222 |
| 20 |
NR |
Kansas Wesleyan |
14-7 |
217 |
| 21 |
22 |
Indiana Tech |
18-2 |
206 |
| 22 |
20 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
11-5 |
189 |
| 23 |
18 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
11-6 |
165 |
| 24 |
RV |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
11-2 |
157 |
| 25 |
23 |
SAGU (Texas) |
10-6 |
108 |
Dropped from the Rating: Bethel (Ind.), Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Receiving Votes: Marian (Ind.) 107, Montana Western 101, Saint Katherine (Calif.) 73, CIU (S.C.) 56, Bethel (Ind.) 50, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 34, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 31, Oklahoma Wesleyan 20, Blue Mountain (Miss.) 19, Valley City State (N.D.) 12, Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 6, Loyola (La.) 5, Life Pacific (Calif.) 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"