Final Regular Season Edition of the NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
The final regular season edition of the NAIA Women's Volleyball Top 25 Poll has arrived with Eastern Oregon returning to No. 1.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The final regular season edition of the NAIA Women's Volleyball Top 25 Poll has arrived with Eastern Oregon returning to No. 1.
Nearly half of the Top 25 moved up in the poll by 1-3 spots, while nine teams remained at the same rank as the last poll.
Conference tournament play has started or will be starting in the next couple of days with all conference tournament champions being decided by Saturday, November 15.
After the conclusion of conference tournaments NAIA National Championship qualifiers will be announced on Monday, November 17 at 4 p.m. CT on the NAIA YouTube Page.
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1. Eastern Oregon Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 14, 5 p.m. PT, vs TBD Notes: Cascade Collegiate Conference regular season champion. |
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2. Providence (Mont.) Next Conference Tourney Match: Quarterfinal, Nov. 13, 12 p.m. MT, vs Montana Western Notes: Frontier Conference regular season champion. |
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3. Northwestern (Iowa) Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. CT, vs Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Notes: Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season champion. |
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4. Concordia (Neb.) Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. CT, vs Midland (Neb.) Notes: Entered the Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament as the No. 2 seed. |
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5. Corban (Ore.) Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal Nov. 14, 2 p.m. PT, vs TBD Notes: Entered the Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament as the No. 2 seed. |
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6. Bellevue (Neb.) Next Conference Tourney Match: Quarterfinal, Nov. 13, 5 p.m. MT, vs Valley City State (N.D.) Notes: Enters the Frontier Conference Tournament as the No. 2 seed. |
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7. McPherson (Kan.) Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. CT, vs Oklahoma Wesleyan Notes: Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season champion. |
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8. Indiana Wesleyan Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. ET, vs Spring Arbor (Mich.) Notes: Crossroads League regular season champion. |
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9. Oklahoma Wesleyan Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. CT, vs McPherson (Kan.) Notes: Entered the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference as the No. 4 seed. |
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10. Cumberlands (Ky.) Next Conference Tourney Match: Semifinal, Nov. 14, 3 p.m. CT, vs TBD Notes: Mid-South Conference regular season champion. |
| TREND | RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | Eastern Oregon [13] | 26-2 | 504 |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Providence (Mont.) [3] | 28-2 | 488 |
| ● | 3 | 3 | Northwestern (Iowa) [3] | 26-3 | 482 |
| ● | 4 | 4 | Concordia (Neb.) | 23-2 | 448 |
| ● | 5 | 5 | Corban (Ore.) | 23-4 | 439 |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 24-3 | 425 |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | McPherson (Kan.) | 30-1 | 415 |
| ● | 8 | 8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 25-4 | 396 |
| ● | 9 | 9 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 22-3 | 357 |
| ● | 10 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 32-0 | 347 |
| ● | 11 | 11 | The Master's (Calif.) | 21-3 | 327 |
| ● | 12 | 12 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 24-7 | 315 |
| ▲ | 13 | 14 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 23-4 | 275 |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 27-5 | 274 |
| ▲ | 15 | 17 | Missouri Baptist | 27-5 | 265 |
| ▲ | 16 | 18 | College of Idaho | 18-9 | 246 |
| ▼ | 17 | 16 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 24-6 | 229 |
| ▼ | 18 | 12 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 15-8 | 225 |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | Bushnell (Ore.) | 19-11 | 201 |
| ▼ | 20 | 19 | Midland (Neb.) | 18-9 | 199 |
| ▲ | 21 | 23 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 29-5 | 176 |
| ● | 22 | 22 | Mobile (Ala.) | 25-2 | 168 |
| ▲ | 23 | 24 | Grand View (Iowa) | 28-3 | 134 |
| ▲ | 24 | RV | Southern Oregon | 14-13 | 106 |
| ▲ | 25 | RV | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 18-10 | 65 |
Dropped from Top 25: Northwest (Wash.), MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: Northwest (Wash.) 60, Huntington (Ind.) 40, Taylor (Ind.) 38, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 28, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 28, Evangel (Mo.) 23, Cumberland (Tenn.) 21, Marian (Ind.) 21, OUAZ (Ariz.) 17, Cornerstone (Mich.) 16, Walla Walla (Wash.) 16, Montana State University-Northern 13, Dakota State (S.D.) 8, Dordt (Iowa) 5, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 3, Park (Mo.) 3
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.
Key: RV - Receiving Votes, NR - Not Ranked, ▲- Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● - Steady