KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Park (Mo.) remains in the No. 1 spot in the latest edition of the 2018 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Tuesday.
From the GPAC, Dordt jumped 3 places to 5th place, while Northwestern also made a 3 spot jump to ninth. Midland fell three spots to 12th, and Hastings remained at 14.
2018 Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4 (Oct. 16)
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Park (Mo.) [17] | 22-0 | 588 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) [4] | 22-0 | 575 |
| 3 | 5 | Missouri Baptist | 26-2 | 553 |
| 4 | 3 | Columbia (Mo.) | 27-2 | 530 |
| 5 | 8 | Dordt (Iowa) | 19-2 | 504 |
| 6 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 22-3 | 499 |
| 7 | 4 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 22-5 | 486 |
| 8 | 7 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 20-3 | 462 |
| 9 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 19-5 | 424 |
| 10 | 10 | Southern Oregon | 19-2 | 413 |
| 11 | 11 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 22-4 | 404 |
| 12 | 9 | Midland (Neb.) | 18-4 | 389 |
| 13 | 13 | Eastern Oregon | 17-5 | 357 |
| 14 | 14 | Hastings (Neb.) | 14-5 | 334 |
| 15 | 15 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 21-4 | 316 |
| 16 | 16 | College of Idaho | 16-6 | 315 |
| 17 | 17 | Westmont (Calif.) | 18-4 | 308 |
| 18 | 22 | McPherson (Kan.) | 22-1 | 238 |
| 19 | 19 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 19-6 | 236 |
| 20 | 24 | Providence (Mont.) | 16-7 | 219 |
| 21 | NR | Trinity Christian (Ill.) | 19-6 | 176 |
| 21 | 21 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 22-3 | 176 |
| 23 | 25 | SAGU (Texas) | 23-1 | 163 |
| 24 | NR | Marian (Ind.) | 22-4 | 144 |
| 25 | NR | Ottawa (Kan.) | 17-7 | 129 |
Dropped from the rankings: Bellevue (Neb.) and Saint Francis (Ind.)
Others receiving votes: Corban (Ore.) 111, Jamestown (N.D.) 96, Bellevue (Neb.) 90, Lourdes (Ohio) 67, Reinhardt (Ga.) 37, Indiana Wesleyan 33, Saint Francis (Ind.) 27, Georgetown (Ky.) 13, IU Kokomo (Ind.) 9, Kansas Wesleyan 4, Aquinas (Mich.) 4
