2021 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4
Oct 13, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jamestown (N.D.) claimed the No. 1 spot in the fourth regular-season edition of the 2021 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.
Poll Methodology
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences 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 Jamestown (N.D.) [17] 21-0 588
2 2 Viterbo (Wis.) [4] 25-1 574
3 4 Missouri Baptist 16-2 548
4 5 Park (Mo.) 17-2 518
5 6 Corban (Ore.) 19-0 515
6 3 Midland (Neb.) 18-3 501
7 7 Marian (Ind.) 24-0 487
8 8 Bellevue (Neb.) 16-3 464
9 9 Providence (Mont.) 16-2 436
10 11 Central Methodist (Mo.) 19-3 410
11 10 College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 18-3 400
12 12 Life (Ga.) 21-1 393
13 13 Eastern Oregon 16-5 366
14 15 Northwestern (Iowa) 12-6 345
15 13 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 16-5 320
16 18 Dordt (Iowa) 12-5 294
17 19 Montana Tech 15-5 256
18 17 Taylor (Ind.) 22-4 240
19 22 Columbia (Mo.) 20-4 234
20 20 Ottawa (Ariz.) 15-2 232
21 16 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 16-4 216
22 21 Indiana Wesleyan 14-3 196
23 NR Doane (Neb.) 18-5 186
24 24 Grand View (Iowa) 13-10 145
25 25 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 17-5 140
Dropped from the Poll: Concordia (Neb.)
Receiving Votes: Bushnell (Ore.) 104, Concordia (Neb.) 80, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 52, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 33, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 27, Hastings (Neb.) 26, Dakota State (S.D.) 18, Westmont (Calif.) 13, Indiana Tech 9, Bethel (Ind.) 8, Texas Wesleyan 7, IU South Bend (Ind.) 6, Loyola (La.) 5, Ottawa (Kan.) 5, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 5, Columbia International (S.C.) 3, Campbellsville (Ky.) 3