KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) clinches top spot again in the eighth 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 Dordt (Iowa), No. 11 Midland (Neb.), No. 12 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 16 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 20 Hastings (Neb.)
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Biola (Calif.) (17) | 22-2 | 588 |
2 | 2 | Missouri Baptist (4) | 28-3 | 575 |
3 | 3 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 25-3 | 553 |
4 | 7 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 31-4 | 522 |
5 | 4 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 23-5 | 495 |
6 | 5 | Columbia (Mo.) | 21-7 | 482 |
7 | 8 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 17-4 | 480 |
8 | 6 | Dordt (Iowa) | 20-4 | 462 |
9 | 9 | Park (Mo.) | 19-6 | 441 |
10 | 11 | Eastern Oregon | 21-2 | 430 |
11 | 10 | Midland (Neb.) | 23-3 | 391 |
12 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 23-5 | 371 |
13 | 13 | Evangel (Mo.) | 33-3 | 366 |
T14 | 18 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 23-4 | 350 |
T14 | 14 | Southern Oregon | 20-2 | 350 |
16 | 15 | Concorida (Neb.) | 23-3 | 305 |
17 | 16 | Westmont (Calif.) | 17-5 | 273 |
18 | 17 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 22-0 | 268 |
19 | 19 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 20-8 | 246 |
20 | 21 | Hastings (Neb.) | 20-6 | 243 |
21 | 20 | Coastal Georgia | 21-3 | 216 |
22 | 22 | Madonna (Mich.) | 25-5 | 174 |
23 | 23 | Indiana Wesleyan | 24-7 | 162 |
24 | 25 | Grand View (Iowa) | 20-11 | 140 |
25 | RV | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 23-6 | 87 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Oklahoma City
Others receiving votes: College of Idaho 63, The Master’s (Calif.) 61, Oklahoma City 57, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 56, Jamestown (N.D.) 40, Doane (Neb.) 36, IU Kokomo 34, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 19, Mobile (Ala.) 17, Bellevue (Neb.) 13, Great Falls (Mont.) 12, St. Catharine (Ky.) 11, Ashford (Iowa) 10, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 7, Warner (Fla.) 3, Carroll (Mont.) 3
^Based off Coaches’ Poll from Oct. 20, 2015