Rams Continue to Receive Votes in NAIA Poll
October 30, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Columbia International continues to receive votes in the latest NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Top 25, which was announced on Wednesday.
The Rams are the Appalachian Athletic Conference's (AAC) lone representative in the poll.
CIU collected 69 total voting points to put them two spots outside the top 25.
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 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [21] | 25-0 | 591 |
| 2 | 3 | Concordia (Neb.) | 20-2 | 542 |
| 3 | 4 | Eastern Oregon | 23-3 | 538 |
| 4 | 2 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 19-1 | 528 |
| 5 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 25-2 | 526 |
| 6 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 24-3 | 519 |
| 7 | 5 | Southern Oregon | 21-3 | 470 |
| 8 | 9 | Corban (Ore.) | 19-4 | 448 |
| 9 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 24-2 | 431 |
| 10 | 10 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 23-0 | 428 |
| 11 | 11 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 25-4 | 409 |
| 12 | 12 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 32-1 | 407 |
| 13 | 14 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 19-9 | 340 |
| 14 | 13 | Providence (Mont.) | 19-6 | 332 |
| 15 | 17 | Montana Western | 18-6 | 304 |
| 16 | 15 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 25-3 | 292 |
| 17 | 20 | McPherson (Kan.) | 23-5 | 273 |
| 18 | 16 | Grace (Ind.) | 19-6 | 257 |
| 19 | 19 | Montana Tech | 16-8 | 251 |
| 20 | 22 | Nelson (Texas) | 23-4 | 230 |
| 21 | 21 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 24-5 | 216 |
| 22 | 18 | Midland (Neb.) | 15-9 | 207 |
| 23 | 22 | College of Idaho | 15-11 | 115 |
| 24 | 25 | Marian (Ind.) | 19-6 | 92 |
| 25 | RV | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 18-4 | 83 |
Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 73, CIU (S.C.) 69, Indiana Tech 65, The Master's (Calif.) 64, Columbia (Mo.) 47, Cumberlands (Ky.) 43, Evangel (Mo.) 42, Morningside (Iowa) 42, Bushnell (Ore.) 33, Dakota State (S.D.) 26, Keiser (Fla.) 18, Bethel (Kan.) 8, Missouri Baptist 8, Mobile (Ala.) 7, Carroll (Mont.) 5, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 3