KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) tops the first regular-season edition of the 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
Twelve of the 21 NAIA volleyball conferences are represented in the poll. The Great Plains Athletic Conference leads all leagues with five ranked programs – No. 4 Midland (Neb.), No. 12 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 15 Dordt (Iowa), No. 19 Hastings (Neb.) and No. 25 Doane (Neb.)
| 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 1 (Sept. 8) | ||||
| RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | 2 | Biola (Calif.) (12) | 492 | |
| 2 | 4 | Viterbo (Wis.) (6) | 487 | |
| 3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 467 | |
| 4 | 9 | Midland (Neb.) | 447 | |
| 5 | 7 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 420 | |
| 6 | 5 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 409 | |
| 7 | 1 | Park (Mo.) | 404 | |
| 8 | 6 | Eastern Oregon | 397 | |
| 9 | 16 | Southern Oregon | 360 | |
| 10 | 8 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 353 | |
| 11 | 18 | Evangel (Mo.) | 323 | |
| 12 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 315 | |
| 13 | 10 | Columbia (Mo.) | 303 | |
| 14 | 20 | Coastal Georgia | 280 | |
| 15 | 25 | Dordt (Iowa) | 263 | |
| 16 | 11 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 233 | |
| 17 | 15 | Madonna (Mich.) | 232 | |
| 18 | 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 231 | |
| 19 | 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 225 | |
| 20 | NR | Montana Tech | 187 | |
| 21 | RV | Westmont (Calif.) | 177 | |
| 22 | 21 | Grand View (Iowa) | 156 | |
| 23 | 19 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 141 | |
| 24 | NR | Great Falls (Mont.) | 131 | |
| 25 | NR | Doane (Neb.) | 96 | |
| Dropped from the rankings: Davenport (Mich.) (No. 13), College of Idaho (No. 14), Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (No. 23), Jamestown (N.D.) (No. 24). | ||||
| Others receiving votes: Bellevue (Neb.) 92; The Master’s (Calif.) 86; College of Idaho 44; St. Thomas (Fla.) 40; St. Catharine (Ky.) 36; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 31; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 29; Cornerstone (Mich.) 25; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 17; Concordia (Neb.) 6; Jamestown (N.D.) 6; Davenport (Mich.) 3. | ||||
