KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) tops the third regular-season edition of the 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
Eleven of the 21 NAIA volleyball conferences are represented in the poll. The Great Plains Athletic Conference leads all leagues with six ranked programs – No. 4 Midland (Neb.), No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 14 Dordt (Iowa), Concordia, No. 21 Hastings (Neb.) and No. 24 Doane (Neb.)
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Biola (Calif.) (16) | 12-0 | 557 |
2 | 2 | Viterbo (Wis.) (4) | 13-0 | 545 |
3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 14-1 | 524 |
4 | 4 | Midland (Neb.) | 15-0 | 506 |
5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 14-3 | 484 |
6 | 6 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 12-4 | 470 |
7 | 7 | Eastern Oregon | 11-1 | 453 |
8 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 13-0 | 434 |
9 | T9 | Evangel (Mo.) | 16-0 | 412 |
10 | T9 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 9-4 | 393 |
11 | 11 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 14-3 | 382 |
12 | 12 | Columbia (Mo.) | 10-4 | 368 |
13 | 13 | Coastal Georgia | 13-1 | 334 |
14 | 14 | Dordt (Iowa) | 11-1 | 330 |
15 | T16 | Madonna (Mich.) | 12-3 | 295 |
16 | 18 | Westmont (Calif.) | 11-2 | 292 |
17 | 15 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 12-2 | 250 |
18 | RV | Concordia (Neb.) | 14-3 | 231 |
19 | 19 | Park (Mo.) | 7-4 | 210 |
20 | 21 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 13-3 | 197 |
T21 | 23 | Montana Tech | 13-6 | 186 |
T21 | 20 | Hastings (Neb.) | 10-6 | 186 |
23 | RV | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 11-6 | 171 |
24 | 24 | Doane (Neb.) | 10-6 | 108 |
25 | RV | The Master’s (Calif.) | 11-5 | 92 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Indiana Wesleyan (No. 16); Grand View (Iowa) (No. 22); Great Falls (Mont.) (No. 25).
Others receiving votes: Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 82; Carroll (Mont.) 69; Indiana Wesleyan 66; Grand View (Iowa) 57; Cornerstone (Mich.) 46; Oklahoma City 43; Great Falls (Mont.) 40; St. Thomas (Fla.) 34; Cumberlands (Ky.) 14; Ottawa (Kan.) 12; Mobile (Ala.) 11; Jamestown (N.D.) 10; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 10; College of Idaho 7; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 7; Bellevue (Neb.) 5; Davenport (Mich.) 3.