CIU Makes Way into NAIA Top 25
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Columbia International made its way into 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 128 total voting points to land at No. 23.
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 | 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 |
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