KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams remain ranked in the top 10 and two received votes in the latest NAIA Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
Eastern Oregon University moved to No. 3 in the poll. Southern Oregon University held its No. 5 rank. Corban University fell one spot to No. 8. College of Idaho and Bushnell University received votes.
2024 NAIA Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating – No. 3
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Northwestern (Iowa) [20] |
16-0 |
560 |
| 2 |
3 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
12-0 |
531 |
| 3 |
2 |
Eastern Oregon |
16-1 |
527 |
| 4 |
4 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
12-2 |
490 |
| 5 |
5 |
Southern Oregon |
14-1 |
485 |
| 6 |
6 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
17-1 |
463 |
| 7 |
8 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
16-3 |
451 |
| 8 |
7 |
Corban (Ore.) |
12-2 |
441 |
| 9 |
8 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
15-2 |
437 |
| 10 |
10 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
18-0 |
390 |
| 11 |
11 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
16-4 |
384 |
| 12 |
12 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
22-1 |
374 |
| 13 |
15 |
Providence (Mont.) |
13-3 |
327 |
| 14 |
19 |
Grace (Ind.) |
13-2 |
321 |
| 15 |
17 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
14-8 |
298 |
| 16 |
16 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
19-2 |
279 |
| 17 |
14 |
Park (Mo.) |
13-5 |
251 |
| 18 |
20 |
Midland (Neb.) |
9-7 |
222 |
| 19 |
13 |
Montana Western (Mont.) |
10-5 |
218 |
| 20 |
NR |
Montana Tech (Mont.) |
10-5 |
204 |
| 21 |
18 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
16-4 |
186 |
| 22 |
22 |
Marian (Ind.) |
15-3 |
185 |
| 23 |
23 |
Columbia International(S.C.) |
16-1 |
172 |
| 24 |
23 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
11-5 |
147 |
| 25 |
RV |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
14-3 |
97 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Columbia (Mo.), Morningside (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: College of Idaho 83, The Master's (Calif.) 75, Columbia (Mo.) 69, Nelson (Texas) 61, Valley City State (N.D.) 45, Cumberlands (Ky.) 29, Ottawa (Kan.) 30,
Bushnell (Ore.) 24, Carroll (Mont.) 22, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 18, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 10, Dakota State (S.D.) 10, Mobile (Ala.) 7, Missouri Baptist 3, Texas Wesleyan 3
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".