KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Viterbo (Wis.) takes over the No. 1 spot for the first time this season in sixth edition of the 2015 Tachikara – NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
The Great Plains Athletic Conference has the most schools appearing in the Top 25 Poll including: No. 2 Midland (Neb.), No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 13 Dordt (Iowa), No. 17 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 21 Hastings (Neb.)
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 2 | Viterbo (Wis.) (19) | 26-0 | 590 |
2 | 4 | Midland (Neb.) | 22-0 | 563 |
3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 22-2 | 545 |
4 | 1 | Biola (Calif.) (2) | 16-1 | 531 |
5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 22-3 | 520 |
6 | 6 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 19-4 | 486 |
7 | 7 | Eastern Oregon | 18-1 | 469 |
8 | 10 | Columbia (Mo.) | 17-5 | 456 |
9 | 9 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 15-4 | 452 |
10 | 9 | Evangel (Mo.) | 27-1 | 442 |
11 | 11 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 18-5 | 397 |
12 | 12 | Southern Oregon | 17-2 | 389 |
13 | 14 | Dordt (Iowa) | 16-3 | 349 |
14 | 15 | Park (Mo.) | 16-5 | 335 |
15 | 16 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 17-3 | 311 |
16 | 18 | Westmont (Calif.) | 13-5 | 286 |
17 | 17 | Concordia (Neb.) | 19-6 | 272 |
18 | 13 | Coastal Georgia | 18-3 | 269 |
T19 | 20 | Loudes (Ohio) | 17-0 | 253 |
T19 | 19 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 16-8 | 253 |
21 | 21 | Hastings (Neb.) | 16-6 | 209 |
22 | 22 | Madonna (Mich.) | 22-4 | 180 |
23 | 23 | Oklahoma City | 13-5 | 171 |
24 | 24 | Indiana Wesleyan | 18-5 | 121 |
25 | RV | Grand View (Iowa) | 15-8 | 109 |
Dropped from the Top 25: No. 25 Carroll (Mont.)
Others receiving votes: Carroll (Mont.) 71, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 69, The Master’s (Calif.) 67, Jamestown (N.D.) 57, St. Thomas (Fla.) 46, College of Idaho 32, Mobile (Ala.) 28, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 24, IU Kokomo 17, Doane (Neb.) 10, Great Falls (Mont.) 9, Bellevue (Neb.) 8, Ottawa (Kan.) 7, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 6