2021 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Rating

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2021 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Rating

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Baptist remains at No. 1 in the preseason edition of the 2021 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll after winning the 2020 national title.

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 on the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”

RANK LAST TIME SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD POINTS
1 1 Missouri Baptist [19] 26-4 529
2 3 Jamestown (N.D.) 30-2 510
3 2 Midland (Neb.) 16-19 492
4 6 Park (Mo.) 22-4 473
5 4 Dordt (Iowa) 18-7 470
6 7 Eastern Oregon 19-2 435
7 8 Concordia (Neb.) 18-7 423
8 9 Grand View (Iowa) 18-5 412
9 10 Westmont (Calif.) 0-0 390
10 5 Northwestern (Iowa) 22-5 372
11 11 Central Methodist (Mo.) 15-7 360
12 11 Indiana Wesleyan 0-0 333
13 16 Viterbo (Wis.) 0-0 312
14 13 Providence (Mont.) 22-3 310
15 14 Corban (Ore.) 14-5 299
16 15 Marian (Ind.) 0-0 277
17 18 Bellevue (Neb.) 0-0 271
18 21 Ottawa (Kan.) 0-0 224
19 20 Oklahoma City 15-4 196
20 19 Keiser (Fla.) 36-2 192
21 17 IU Kokomo (Ind.) 24-6 166
22 RV Madonna (Mich.) 14-6 128
23 NR College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 13-10 121
24 24 Bethel (Ind.) 0-0 111
25 NR Southern Oregon 0-0 106

Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 104, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 77, Aquinas (Mich.) 63, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 50, Texas Wesleyan 41, Columbia (Mo.) 37, The Master’s (Calif.) 33, Reinhardt (Ga.) 27, McPherson (Kan.) 27, Evangel (Mo.) 21, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 19, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 14, Cornerstone (Mich.) 9, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 3

 

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