KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) tops the second regular-season edition of the 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
Twelve of the 21 NAIA volleyball conferences are represented in the poll. The Great Plains Athletic Conference leads all leagues with five ranked programs – No. 4 Midland (Neb.), No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 14 Dordt (Iowa), No. 20 Hastings (Neb.) and No. 24 Doane (Neb.).
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Biola (Calif.) (17) | 10-0 | 558 |
2 | 2 | Viterbo (Wis.) (3) | 10-0 | 544 |
3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 10-1 | 521 |
4 | 4 | Midland (Neb.) | 13-0 | 510 |
5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 13-3 | 482 |
6 | 6 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 10-4 | 463 |
7 | 8 | Eastern Oregon | 9-1 | 456 |
8 | 9 | Southern Oregon | 11-0 | 438 |
T9 | 11 | Evangel (Mo.) | 14-0 | 405 |
T9 | 10 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 8-4 | 405 |
11 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 12-2 | 373 |
12 | 13 | Columbia (Mo.) | 5-4 | 353 |
13 | 14 | Coastal Georgia | 11-1 | 340 |
14 | 15 | Dordt (Iowa) | 9-1 | 327 |
15 | 16 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 9-1 | 279 |
T16 | 18 | Indiana Wesleyan | 10-2 | 278 |
T16 | 17 | Madonna (Mich.) | 11-3 | 278 |
18 | 21 | Westmont (Calif.) | 9-2 | 259 |
19 | 7 | Park (Mo.) | 5-3 | 249 |
20 | 19 | Hastings (Neb.) | 9-5 | 208 |
21 | 23 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 10-3 | 187 |
22 | 22 | Grand View (Iowa) | 6-4 | 165 |
23 | 20 | Montana Tech | 12-5 | 155 |
24 | 25 | Doane (Neb.) | 10-4 | 142 |
25 | 24 | Great Falls (Mont.) | 14-4 | 112 |
Dropped from the Top 25: None
Others receiving votes: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 87; The Master’s (Calif.) 85; Concordia (Neb.) 42; St. Thomas (Fla.) 37; St. Catharine (Ky.) 26; Cornerstone (Mich.) 26; Oklahoma City 20; Carroll (Mont.) 18; College of Idaho 15; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 12; Jamestown (N.D.) 12; Mobile (Ala.) 7; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 5; Bellevue (Neb.) 4; Ottawa (Kan.) 4; Cumberlands (Ky.) 3; Taylor (Ind.) 3.