OUAZ (Ariz.) Remains No. 1 in Third NAIA Women's Beach Volleyball Top 10 Rating
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The top four teams in the NAIA Women's Beach Volleyball Coaches' Top 10 Rating remained at the same rank heading into the third rating of the season.
New College of Florida moved up into the Top 5 this week at No. 5, while Wayland Baptist (Texas) moved from No. 9 to No. 7, and Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) improved from No. 10 to No. 9.
No teams dropped out of the rating from the last edition, and Ave Maria (Fla.) is the only team in the top ten without a loss this season.
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1. OUAZ (Ariz.) Matches Prior to Next Rating: March 19 Life Pacific (Calif.), March 20 Hope International (Calif.), March 27 Park Gilbert (Ariz.). |
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2. Corban (Ore.) Matches Prior to Next Rating: March 20-21 College of Idaho Tournament (College of Idaho and Northwest (Wash.)), March 27-28 SOU Tournament (Southern Oregon and Simpson (Calif.)). |
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3. The Master's (Calif.) Matches Prior to Next Rating: March 18 Arizona Christian, March 19 Benedictine (Kan.), March 20 Park Gilbert (Ariz.), March 24 La Sierra (Calif.), March 27 Hope International (Calif.), March 31 Life Pacific (Calif.). |
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4. Southern Oregon Matches Prior to Next Rating: March 27 Corban (Ore.), March 27 Bushnell (Ore.), March 28 Corban (Ore.). |
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5. New College of Florida Matches Prior to Next Rating: March 20 Ave Maria (Fla.), March 28 Webber International (Fla.), March 28 Warner (Fla.). |
| TREND | RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| ● | 1 | 1 | OUAZ (Ariz.) [4] | 14-1 | 78 |
| ● | 2 | 2 | Corban (Ore.) [2] | 14-3 | 76 |
| ● | 3 | 3 | The Master's (Calif.) | 9-6 | 72 |
| ● | 4 | 4 | Southern Oregon | 10-2 | 66 |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | New College of Florida | 7-1 | 60 |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | Hope International (Calif.) | 6-9 | 54 |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 13-2 | 48 |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 8-0 | 47 |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 8-4 | 39 |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | College of Idaho | 4-4 | 35 |
Receiving Votes: Loyola (La.) 25, Texas A&M -Texarkana (Texas) 21, Arizona Christian 16, Mobile (Ala.) 15, Texas Wesleyan 5, Oklahoma Wesleyan 4, St. Thomas (Fla.) 2.
Ratings Methodology
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.
- The Top 10 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 15 points for each first-place vote, 14 for second-place, 13 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
Key: RV - Receiving Votes, NR - Not Ranked, ▲- Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● - Steady
