KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Baptist claims top spot in this 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. 7 Dordt (Iowa), No. 10 Midland (Neb.), No. 17 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 20 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 15 Hastings (Neb.)
2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 9 (Nov. 3)
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 2 | Missouri Baptist (19) | 31-3 | 560 |
2 | 3 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 27-3 | 539 |
3 | 4 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 33-4 | 524 |
4 | 7 | Vanguard (Calif.) (1) | 19-4 | 498 |
5 | 6 | Columbia (Mo.) | 22-7 | 489 |
6 | 1 | Biola (Calif.) | 23-3 | 464 |
7 | 8 | Dordt (Iowa) | 22-4 | 457 |
8 | 9 | Park (Mo.) | 21-7 | 424 |
9 | 5 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 24-6 | 409 |
10 | 11 | Midland (Neb.) | 25-3 | 406 |
11 | 13 | Evangel (Mo.) | 35-3 | 370 |
12 | 10 | Eastern Oregon | 22-3 | 347 |
13 | T14 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 25-4 | 341 |
14 | 17 | Westmont (Calif.) | 18-6 | 328 |
15 | 20 | Hastings (Neb.) | 21-7 | 315 |
16 | T14 | Southern Oregon | 22-3 | 301 |
17 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 24-6 | 282 |
18 | 18 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 25-0 | 247 |
19 | 21 | Coastal Georgia | 23-3 | 229 |
20 | 16 | Concordia (Neb.) | 23-7 | 227 |
21 | 19 | MidAmercia Nazarene (Kan.) | 21-9 | 193 |
22 | 23 | Indiana Wesleyan | 27-7 | 176 |
23 | 22 | Madonna (Mich.) | 28-5 | 174 |
24 | 24 | Grand View (Iowa) | 22-12 | 136 |
25 | RV | College of Idaho | 17-10 | 88 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Wayland Baptist (Texas)
Others receiving votes: Wayland Baptist (Texas) 80, The Master’s (Calif.) 67, Doane (Neb.) 54, Carroll (Mont.) 45, Jamestown (N.D.) 41, Mobile (Ala.) 17, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 12, IU Kokomo 10, Ashford (Iowa) 9, Oklahoma City 9, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 8, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8, Warner (Fla.) 7, St. Catharine (Ky.) 6, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 4, Great Falls (Mont.) 3, Bellevue (Neb.) 3