KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Baptist is still in control in this 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. 8 Midland (Neb.), No. 10 Hastings (Neb.), No. 14 Dordt (Iowa), No. 17 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 20 Northwestern (Iowa).
Previous No. 7 Dordt (Iowa) drops seven spots to No.14 after falling to Saint Mary (Neb.) in three sets (3-0) in a crucial Great Plains Athletic Conference Quarterfinal contest.
Hastings (Neb.) makes their way back up the rankings, moving five spots after a good week beating RV Doane (Neb.) in three sets and National Championship host Briar Cliff (Iowa) also in three sets.
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Missouri Baptist (21) | 32-3 | 591 |
2 | 2 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 29-3 | 572 |
3 | 3 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 34-4 | 552 |
4 | 4 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 21-4 | 533 |
5 | 5 | Columbia (Mo.) | 24-7 | 514 |
6 | 6 | Biola (Calif.) | 24-3 | 499 |
7 | 8 | Park (Mo) | 23-7 | 474 |
8 | 10 | Midland (Neb.) | 29-3 | 463 |
9 | 12 | Eastern Oregon | 23-3 | 416 |
10 | 15 | Hastings (Neb.) | 25-7 | 405 |
11 | 13 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 26-5 | 383 |
12 | 14 | Westmont (Calif.) | 20-6 | 367 |
13 | 9 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 24-7 | 366 |
14 | 7 | Dordt (Iowa) | 23-5 | 354 |
15 | 16 | Southern Oregon | 24-3 | 336 |
16 | 11 | Evangel (Mo.) | 36-4 | 330 |
17 | 20 | Concordia (Neb.) | 25-7 | 279 |
18 | 18 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 28-0 | 265 |
19 | 21 | MidAmercia Nazarene (Kan.) | 23-9 | 242 |
20 | 17 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 24-8 | 240 |
21 | 19 | Coastal Georgia | 25-3 | 229 |
22 | 22 | Indiana Wesleyan | 29-7 | 180 |
23 | 23 | Madonna (Mich.) | 31-5 | 154 |
24 | 24 | Grand View (Iowa) | 24-12 | 148 |
25 | 25 | College of Idaho | 18-10 | 115 |
Dropped from the Top 25: None
Others receiving votes: Carroll (Mont.) 91, The Master’s (Calif.) 74, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 64, Jamestown (N.D.) 54, Doane (Neb.) 27, Bellevue (Neb.) 18, Mobile (Ala.) 14, IU Kokomo 14, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 12, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 12, Ottawa (Kan.) 11, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 10, Ashford (Iowa) 10, St. Catharine (Ky.) 5, Oklahoma City 3, Warner (Fla.) 3,