KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) is the No. 1 ranked team in the fifth regular season edition of the 2015 Tachikara 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. 4 Midland (Neb.), No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 14 Dordt (Iowa), No. 17 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 21 Hastings (Neb.).
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Biola (Calif.) (17) | 15-0 | 588 |
2 | 2 | Viterbo (Wis.) (3) | 21-0 | 573 |
3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 18-1 | 553 |
4 | 4 | Midland (Neb.) | 20-0 | 534 |
5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 18-3 | 507 |
6 | 6 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 15-4 | 490 |
7 | 7 | Eastern Oregon | 15-1 | 484 |
8 | 9 | Evangel (Mo.) (1) | 23-0 | 459 |
9 | 10 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 13-4 | 429 |
10 | 11 | Columbia (Mo.) | 13-4 | 414 |
11 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 17-4 | 400 |
12 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 15-2 | 398 |
13 | 13 | Coastal Georgia | 17-2 | 361 |
14 | 14 | Dordt (Iowa) | 14-3 | 311 |
15 | 18 | Park (Mo.) | 14-5 | 303 |
16 | 17 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 15-3 | 301 |
17 | 18 | Concordia (Neb.) | 18-4 | 279 |
18 | 16 | Westmont (Calif.) | 12-5 | 275 |
19 | 21 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 16-7 | 258 |
20 | RV | Lourdes (Ohio) | 16-0 | 229 |
21 | 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 15-6 | 185 |
22 | NR | Madonna (Mich.) | 19-4 | 175 |
23 | 23 | Oklahoma City | 11-5 | 159 |
24 | 24 | Indiana Wesleyan | 16-3 | 156 |
25 | RV | Carroll (Mont.) | 11-7 | 124 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Montana Tech No. 20 and Doane (Neb.) No. 25.
Others receiving votes: Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 53, Jamestown (N.D.) 51, The Master’s (Calif.) 46, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 42, Doane (Neb.) 42, Grand View (Iowa) 41, St. Thomas (Fla.) 31, Great Falls (Mont.) 27, College of Idaho 26, Montana Tech 22, IU Kokomo 13, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 11, Mobile (Ala.) 10, Bellevue (Neb.) 9, Cumberlands (Ky.) 9, Ottawa (Kan.) 7, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 3.