2024 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating – Preseason (August 14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Indiana Wesleyan, the defending national champions, enters the 2024 season at No. 1 and looks to continue its undefeated streak into the new year. Northwestern (Iowa) follows closely behind at No. 2 while ranks three through five remained the same as the 2023 final regular season rating, with Eastern Oregon, Concordia (Neb.) and Viterbo (Wis.) following, respectively.
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 INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD POINTS
1 2 Indiana Wesleyan [20] 38-0 591
2 1 Northwestern (Iowa) [1] 31-3 571
3 3 Eastern Oregon 34-2 554
4 4 Concordia (Neb.) 25-4 508
5 5 Viterbo (Wis.) 34-5 506
6 15 Midland (Neb.) 18-12 479
7 12 Columbia (Mo.) 32-7 453
8 6 Park (Mo.) 32-3 437
9 9 Jamestown (N.D.) 25-11 432
10 12 Southern Oregon 28-7 428
11 8 Missouri Baptist 27-7 407
12 7 Corban (Ore.) 28-7 372
13 25 Oklahoma Wesleyan 28-6 329
14 18 Bellevue (Neb.) 26-10 326
15 NR Montana Western 22-8 326
16 14 IU Kokomo (Ind.) 34-4 266
17 16 College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 22-9 244
18 21 Central Methodist (Mo.) 22-11 236
19 22 St. Thomas (Fla.) 27-3 229
20 20 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 31-9 214
21 11 Montana Tech 24-6 164
22 RV Valley City State (N.D.) 23-11 157
23 NR Providence (Mont.) 15-11 152
24 RV Kansas Wesleyan 26-10 146
25 RV Ottawa (Kan.) 22-12 138
Receiving Votes: Columbia International (S.C.) 109, Morningside (Iowa) 95, Nelson (Texas) 94, Bethel (Ind.) 62, Texas Wesleyan 59, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 51, Benedictine (Kan.) 43, College of Idaho 29, St Ambrose (Iowa) 29, Marian (Ind.) 21, Loyola (La.) 20, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 17, Bethel (Kan.) 14, Xavier (La.) 14, Indiana Tech 12, IU East (Ind.) 12, Aquinas (Mich.) 11, Dakota state (S.D.) 9, Talladega (Ala.) 8, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 7, McPherson (Kan.) 5, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 4