KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams ranked and one receive votes in the 2024 NAIA Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
After taking the top spot in the
CCC preseason poll, Eastern Oregon University claimed the No. 3 spot on the poll. Southern Oregon University came in at No. 10 while Corban University landed at No. 12. College of Idaho received votes.
The CCC teams are preparing for the conference season which will kick off on August 22nd.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Indiana Wesleyan [20] |
38-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
1 |
Northwestern (Iowa) [1] |
31-3 |
571 |
| 3 |
3 |
Eastern Oregon |
34-2 |
554 |
| 4 |
4 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
25-4 |
508 |
| 5 |
5 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
34-5 |
506 |
| 6 |
15 |
Midland (Neb.) |
18-12 |
479 |
| 7 |
12 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
32-7 |
453 |
| 8 |
6 |
Park (Mo.) |
32-3 |
437 |
| 9 |
9 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
25-11 |
432 |
| 10 |
12 |
Southern Oregon |
28-7 |
428 |
| 11 |
8 |
Missouri Baptist |
27-7 |
407 |
| 12 |
7 |
Corban (Ore.) |
28-7 |
372 |
| 13 |
25 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
28-6 |
329 |
| 14 |
18 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
26-10 |
326 |
| 15 |
NR |
Montana Western |
22-8 |
326 |
| 16 |
14 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
34-4 |
266 |
| 17 |
16 |
College of Saint Mary (Neb.) |
22-9 |
244 |
| 18 |
21 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
22-11 |
236 |
| 19 |
22 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
27-3 |
229 |
| 20 |
20 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
31-9 |
214 |
| 21 |
11 |
Montana Tech |
24-6 |
164 |
| 22 |
RV |
Valley City State (N.D.) |
23-11 |
157 |
| 23 |
NR |
Providence (Mont.) |
15-11 |
152 |
| 24 |
RV |
Kansas Wesleyan |
26-10 |
146 |
| 25 |
RV |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
22-12 |
138 |
Receiving Votes: Columbia International (S.C.) 109, Morningside (Iowa) 95, Nelson (Texas) 94, Bethel (Ind.) 62, Texas Wesleyan 59, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 51, Benedictine (Kan.) 43,
College of Idaho 29, St Ambrose (Iowa) 29, Marian (Ind.) 21, Loyola (La.) 20, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 17, Bethel (Kan.) 14, Xavier (La.) 14, Indiana Tech 12, IU East (Ind.) 12, Aquinas (Mich.) 11, Dakota state (S.D.) 9, Talladega (Ala.) 8, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 7, McPherson (Kan.) 5, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 4
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".