KANSAS CITY, Mo. –Biola reemerges as the No. 1 team in the seventh 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. 6 Dordt (Iowa), No. 10 Midland (Neb.), No. 12 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 15 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 21 Hastings (Neb.). Midland dropped a poll-high eight spots this week from No. 2 to No. 10 after losing to then No. 13 Dordt and then No. 17 Concordia last week.
Dordt (Iowa) made a significant jump this week, moving seven spots from No. 13 last week to No. 6.
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 4 | Biola (Calif.) (12) | 19-2 | 581 |
2 | 3 | Missouri Baptist (8) | 25-3 | 579 |
3 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 23-3 | 548 |
4 | 6 | Rocky Mountian (Mont.) | 21-4 | 509 |
5 | 8 | Columbia (Mo.) | 18-5 | 505 |
6 | 13 | Dordt (Iowa) | 19-3 | 492 |
7 | 1 | Viterbo (Wis.) (1) | 28-3 | 470 |
8 | 6 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 19-5 | 447 |
9 | 15 | Park (Mo.) | 17-4 | 446 |
10 | 2 | Midland (Neb.) | 22-2 | 441 |
11 | 7 | Eastern Oregon | 19-2 | 422 |
12 | 11 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 21-5 | 367 |
13 | 10 | Evangel (Mo.) | 30-3 | 365 |
14 | 12 | Southern Oregon | 19-2 | 351 |
15 | 17 | Concordia (Neb.) | 20-5 | 330 |
16 | 16 | Westmont (Calif.) | 15-5 | 281 |
17 | 19 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 20-0 | 266 |
18 | 15 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 18-3 | 265 |
19 | 19 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 17-8 | 249 |
20 | 18 | Coastal Georgia | 20-3 | 238 |
21 | 21 | Hastings (Neb.) | 18-6 | 232 |
22 | 22 | Madonna (Mich.) | 22-5 | 183 |
23 | 24 | Indiana Wesleyan | 21.5 | 171 |
24 | 23 | Oklahoma City | 15-5 | 127 |
25 | 25 | Grand View (Iowa) | 17-11 | 108 |
Dropped from the Top 25: none
Others receiving votes: Carroll (Mont.) 84, The Master’s (Calif.) 71, College of Idaho 58, Jamestown (N.D.) 54,
Bellevue (Neb.) 49, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 33, IU Kokomo 11, Great Falls (Mont.) 11, Mobile (Ala.) 10,
Wayland Baptist (Texas) 10, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 9, Warner (Fla.) 8, Ottawa (Kan.) 6, Ashford (Iowa) 5, Cornerstone (Mich.) 4, Doane (Neb.) 3, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 3