2021 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 1

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 [20] 4-0 591
2 2 Jamestown (N.D.) 4-0 572
3 3 Midland (Neb.) 4-0 552
4 4 Park (Mo.) 0-0 534
5 5 Dordt (Iowa) 0-0 516
6 7 Concordia (Neb.) 0-0 487
7 15 Corban (Ore.) 6-0 455
8 10 Northwestern (Iowa) 0-0 447
9 13 Viterbo (Wis.) 6-0 439
10 14 Providence (Mont.) 4-0 428
11 11 Central Methodist (Mo.) 0-0 397
12 17 Bellevue (Neb.) 3-0 374
13 16 Marian (Ind.) 4-0 361
14 6 Eastern Oregon 2-2 350
15 9 Westmont (Calif.) 4-2 346
16 12 Indiana Wesleyan 0-0 323
17 NR Montana Tech 6-1 262
18 18 Ottawa (Kan.) 0-0 251
19 19 Oklahoma City 0-0 237
20 NR Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 3-1 201
21 8 Grand View (Iowa) 0-4 164
21 25 Southern Oregon 1-0 164
23 23 College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 4-0 160
24 21 IU Kokomo (Ind.) 0-0 144
25 24 Bethel (Ind.) 3-1 130
25 NR Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 3-1 130

Dropped from the poll: Madonna (Mich.), Keiser (Fla.)

Receiving Votes: Life (Ga.) 121, Columbia (Mo.) 58, Ottawa (Ariz.) 42, Madonna (Mich.) 37, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 31, Carroll (Mont.) 25, CIU (S.C.) 20, Texas Wesleyan 11, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 10, Loyola (La.) 9, Bushnell (Ore.) 8, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 7, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 6, Ave Maria (Fla.) 6, Kansas Wesleyan 5, Life Pacific (Calif.) 5, Evangel (Mo.) 4, Aquinas (Mich.) 3