Courtesy: NAIA
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.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- Park is one of two undefeated teams in the Top 25 poll. What sets the Pirates apart is that they have not dropped a set this season.
- The Pirates will play six matches before the next poll. The team will face two conference opponents and four non-conference opponents which will include No. 23 Montana Tech, RV Georgetown (Ky.) and RV Ottawa (Kan.)
- New to the poll this week: No. 24 Providence (Mont.) and No. 25 SAGU (Texas)
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the longest active streak in the Top 25 with 60 total appearances.
- There has only been one program that has been able to maintain the No. 1 ranking for an entire season, with former member Fresno Pacific (Calif.) accomplishing the feat in 2004, 2008 and 2009.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- The frequency of polls occurs bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
- For the complete rating calendar, click here.
2018 Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3 (Oct. 2)
| LAST | ||||
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Park (Mo.) [20] | 17-0 | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) [1] | 15-0 | 572 |
| 3 | 3 | Columbia (Mo.) | 21-1 | 553 |
| 4 | 5 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 18-3 | 516 |
| 5 | 8 | Missouri Baptist | 19-2 | 503 |
| 6 | 4 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 18-3 | 502 |
| 7 | 6 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 17-1 | 496 |
| 8 | 10 | Dordt (Iowa) | 14-2 | 459 |
| 9 | 7 | Midland (Neb.) | 16-3 | 431 |
| 10 | 9 | Southern Oregon | 17-1 | 414 |
| 11 | 14 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 18-3 | 411 |
| 12 | 15 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 16-4 | 379 |
| 13 | 17 | Eastern Oregon | 14-4 | 359 |
| 14 | 13 | Hastings (Neb.) | 10-5 | 333 |
| 15 | 21 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 17-3 | 320 |
| 16 | 12 | College of Idaho | 12-6 | 302 |
| 17 | 11 | Westmont (Calif.) | 13-4 | 267 |
| 18 | 16 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 20-3 | 266 |
| 19 | 19 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 16-6 | 232 |
| 20 | 22 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 14-4 | 213 |
| 21 | 24 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 19-2 | 196 |
| 22 | 24 | McPherson (Kan.) | 19-1 | 195 |
| 23 | 20 | Montana Tech | 12-8 | 149 |
| 24 | NR | Providence (Mont.) | 12-6 | 135 |
| 25 | NR | SAGU (Texas) | 18-1 | 113 |
Dropped from the rankings: Georgetown (Ky.) and Madonna (Mich.)
Others receiving votes: Georgetown 98, Lourdes (Ohio) 94, Corban (Ore.) 89, Jamestown (N.D.) 85, Ottawa 41, Reinhardt (Ga.) 29, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 27, Marian (Ind.) 24, Aquinas (Mich.) 8, Carroll (Mont.) 7
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