2024 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating – No. 2
Sep 04, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwestern (Iowa) claimed the top spot in the latest edition of the 2024 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating. After the first couple weeks of regular season action, no team remained at the same rank as the preseason rating. Oklahoma Wesleyan made the most significant leap in the rating from No. 13 up seven spots to No. 6. Six teams made their way into the Top 25 for the first time this season: Aquinas (Mich.), Morningside (Iowa), Grace (Ind.), Columbia International (S.C.), Marian (Ind.) and McPherson (Kan.).
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 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 on the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) [19] | 10-0 | 590 |
| 2 | 3 | Eastern Oregon [2] | 8-0 | 573 |
| 3 | 4 | Concordia (Neb.) | 7-1 | 530 |
| 4 | 9 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 4-0 | 520 |
| 5 | 10 | Southern Oregon | 7-0 | 513 |
| 6 | 13 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 11-1 | 501 |
| 7 | 1 | Indiana Wesleyan | 7-2 | 487 |
| 8 | 14 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 7-2 | 469 |
| 9 | 12 | Corban (Ore.) | 4-1 | 426 |
| 10 | 16 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 8-4 | 398 |
| 11 | 19 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 12-0 | 393 |
| 12 | RV | Aquinas (Mich.) | 9-1 | 366 |
| 13 | 15 | Montana Western | 8-2 | 328 |
| 14 | 8 | Park (Mo.) | 4-2 | 296 |
| 15 | 23 | Providence (Mont.) | 9-2 | 292 |
| 15 | RV | Morningside (Iowa) | 11-2 | 292 |
| 17 | 5 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 5-6 | 279 |
| 18 | 7 | Columbia (Mo.) | 4-5 | 244 |
| 19 | 18 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 3-0 | 221 |
| 20 | 6 | Midland (Neb.) | 4-6 | 215 |
| 21 | RV | Grace (Ind.) | 6-1 | 204 |
| 22 | 20 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 12-0 | 169 |
| 23 | RV | Columbia International (S.C.) | 10-1 | 128 |
| 24 | RV | Marian (Ind.) | 9-1 | 114 |
| 25 | RV | McPherson (Kan.) | 6-2 | 106 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Missouri Baptist, Valley City State (N.D.), College of Saint Mary (Neb.), Montana Tech, Ottawa (Kan.), Kansas Wesleyan
Receiving Votes: Missouri Baptist 103, College of Idaho 100, Valley City State (N.D.) 86, Cumberlands (Ky.) 83, Keiser (Fla.) 56, Benedictine (Kan.) 44, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 32, College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 32, Montana Tech 32, Ottawa (Kan.) 29, Dakota State (S.D.) 19, Nelson (Texas) 17, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 15, Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 11, Carroll (Mont.) 11, Bethel (Kan.) 10, Hastings (Neb.) 9, Kansas Wesleyan 5, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 5, Mobile (Ala.) 2, Oregon Tech 2