CIU Maintains NAIA Top 25 Presence
October 2, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Columbia International continues to hold steady in 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 172 total voting points to remain 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 | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [20] | 16-0 | 560 |
| 2 | 3 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 12-0 | 531 |
| 3 | 2 | Eastern Oregon | 16-1 | 527 |
| 4 | 4 | Concordia (Neb.) | 12-2 | 490 |
| 5 | 5 | Southern Oregon | 14-1 | 485 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 17-1 | 463 |
| 7 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 16-3 | 451 |
| 8 | 7 | Corban (Ore.) | 12-2 | 441 |
| 9 | 8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 15-2 | 437 |
| 10 | 10 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 18-0 | 390 |
| 11 | 11 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 16-4 | 384 |
| 12 | 12 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 22-1 | 374 |
| 13 | 15 | Providence (Mont.) | 13-3 | 327 |
| 14 | 19 | Grace (Ind.) | 13-2 | 321 |
| 15 | 17 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 14-8 | 298 |
| 16 | 16 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 19-2 | 279 |
| 17 | 14 | Park (Mo.) | 13-5 | 251 |
| 18 | 20 | Midland (Neb.) | 9-7 | 222 |
| 19 | 13 | Montana Western (Mont.) | 10-5 | 218 |
| 20 | NR | Montana Tech (Mont.) | 10-5 | 204 |
| 21 | 18 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 16-4 | 186 |
| 22 | 22 | Marian (Ind.) | 15-3 | 185 |
| 23 | 23 | Columbia International(S.C.) | 16-1 | 172 |
| 24 | 23 | McPherson (Kan.) | 11-5 | 147 |
| 25 | RV | Benedictine (Kan.) | 14-3 | 97 |
Receiving Votes: College of Idaho 83, The Master's (Calif.) 75, Columbia (Mo.) 69, Nelson (Texas) 61, Valley City State (N.D.) 45, Cumberlands (Ky.) 29, Ottawa (Kan.) 30, Bushnell (Ore.) 24, Carroll (Mont.) 22, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 18, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 10, Dakota State (S.D.) 10, Mobile (Ala.) 7, Missouri Baptist 3, Texas Wesleyan 3