CIU Receives Votes in NAIA Women's Volleyball Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Columbia International will open the new season just on the outside of the top 25 in the latest NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Poll, which was announced on Wednesday.
The Rams are the Appalachian Athletic Conference's (AAC) lone representative in the poll.
CIU collected 109 total voting points, missing out on making the top 25 by 19 voting points.
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 | 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