KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw four teams remain ranked and one received votes in the latest NAIA Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
Eastern Oregon University moved up one spot to No. 3 in the poll. Southern Oregon University dropped to No. 7 while Corban University jumped one position to No. 8. College of Idaho rounded out the ranked teams at No. 23. Bushnell University received votes. The next rating will be the final one of the 2024 season.
2024 NAIA Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating – No. 5
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Northwestern (Iowa) [21] |
25-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
3 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
20-2 |
542 |
| 3 |
4 |
Eastern Oregon |
23-3 |
538 |
| 4 |
2 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
19-1 |
528 |
| 5 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
25-2 |
526 |
| 6 |
8 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
24-3 |
519 |
| 7 |
5 |
Southern Oregon |
21-3 |
470 |
| 8 |
9 |
Corban (Ore.) |
19-4 |
448 |
| 9 |
6 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
24-2 |
431 |
| 10 |
10 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
23-0 |
428 |
| 11 |
11 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
25-4 |
409 |
| 12 |
12 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
32-1 |
407 |
| 13 |
14 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
19-9 |
340 |
| 14 |
13 |
Providence (Mont.) |
19-6 |
332 |
| 15 |
17 |
Montana Western |
18-6 |
304 |
| 16 |
15 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
25-3 |
292 |
| 17 |
20 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
23-5 |
273 |
| 18 |
16 |
Grace (Ind.) |
19-6 |
257 |
| 19 |
19 |
Montana Tech |
16-8 |
251 |
| 20 |
22 |
Nelson (Texas) |
23-4 |
230 |
| 21 |
21 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
24-5 |
216 |
| 22 |
18 |
Midland (Neb.) |
15-9 |
207 |
| 23 |
22 |
College of Idaho |
15-11 |
115 |
| 24 |
25 |
Marian (Ind.) |
19-6 |
92 |
| 25 |
RV |
Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) |
18-4 |
83 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Benedictine (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 73, CIU (S.C.) 69, Indiana Tech 65, The Master's (Calif.) 64, Columbia (Mo.) 47, Cumberlands (Ky.) 43, Evangel (Mo.) 42, Morningside (Iowa) 42,
Bushnell (Ore.) 33, Dakota State (S.D.) 26, Keiser (Fla.) 18, Bethel (Kan.) 8, Missouri Baptist 8, Mobile (Ala.) 7, Carroll (Mont.) 5, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 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".