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.
- The Pirates claimed the American Midwest Conference regular-season championship with last week’s five-set win over No. 3 Missouri Baptist.
- New to the poll this week: No. 22 Corban (Ore.), No. 23 Jamestown (N.D.) and No. 25 Bellevue (Neb.)
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the longest active streak in the Top 25 with 62 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. 5 (Oct. 30)
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Park (Mo.) [19] | 26-0 | 590 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) [2] | 28-0 | 573 |
| 3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 28-3 | 553 |
| 4 | 4 | Columbia (Mo.) | 31-3 | 531 |
| 5 | 5 | Dordt (Iowa) | 23-2 | 514 |
| 6 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 25-3 | 498 |
| 7 | 7 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 26-5 | 475 |
| 8 | 8 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 25-3 | 460 |
| 9 | 9 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 22-6 | 436 |
| 10 | 10 | Southern Oregon | 23-2 | 419 |
| 11 | 12 | Midland (Neb.) | 21-4 | 398 |
| 12 | 13 | Eastern Oregon | 21-5 | 369 |
| 13 | 11 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 25-5 | 357 |
| 14 | 14 | Hastings (Neb.) | 17-5 | 352 |
| 15 | 17 | Westmont (Calif.) | 22-4 | 328 |
| 16 | 16 | College of Idaho | 19-7 | 302 |
| 17 | 18 | McPherson (Kan.) | 28-1 | 288 |
| 18 | 15 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 24-6 | 270 |
| 19 | 19 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 25-6 | 254 |
| 20 | 20 | Providence (Mont.) | 18-8 | 213 |
| 21 | 21 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 28-5 | 179 |
| 22 | NR | Corban (Ore.) | 16-10 | 167 |
| 23 | NR | Jamestown (N.D.) | 20-7 | 151 |
| 24 | 25 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 21-9 | 137 |
| 25 | NR | Bellevue (Neb.) | 22-8 | 135 |
Dropped from the rankings: Marian (Ind.), SAGU (Texas), Trinity Christian (Ill.)
Others receiving votes: Marian (Ind.) 131, SAGU (Texas) 122, Saint Francis (Ind.) 62, Aquinas (Mich.) 57, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 37, Indiana Wesleyan 25, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 14, Webber International (Fla.) 8, Kansas Wesleyan 8, Reinhardt (Ga.) 5, Oklahoma City 3
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