2023 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating - Final (November 8)
Nov 08, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Northwestern (Iowa) remains at No. 1 in the final edition of the 2023 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Rating, while Indiana Wesleyan followed with 11-of-21 of the first-place votes. SAGU (Texas) made the most significant jump up in the rating as the team moved five spots from No. 24 to No. 19.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unaffiliated groups.
- The Coaches 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"
- For the complete women's volleyball ratings calendar, CLICK HERE.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [10] | 24-2 | 580 |
| 2 | 1 | Indiana Wesleyan [11] | 30-0 | 579 |
| 3 | 3 | Eastern Oregon | 28-1 | 558 |
| 4 | 4 | Concordia (Neb.) | 22-2 | 534 |
| 5 | 5 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 28-4 | 509 |
| 6 | 7 | Park (Mo.) | 28-2 | 499 |
| 7 | 6 | Corban (Ore.) | 25-5 | 450 |
| 8 | 9 | Missouri Baptist | 23-5 | 449 |
| 9 | 12 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 23-8 | 443 |
| 10 | 11 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 26-1 | 428 |
| 11 | 10 | Montana Tech | 22-4 | 417 |
| 12 | 15 | Columbia (Mo.) | 26-6 | 355 |
| 12 | 16 | Southern Oregon | 25-5 | 355 |
| 14 | 14 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 29-3 | 344 |
| 15 | 18 | Midland (Neb.) | 15-10 | 340 |
| 16 | 8 | College of Saint Mary (Neb.) | 22-8 | 297 |
| 17 | 19 | Saint Katherine (Calif.) | 28-2 | 279 |
| 18 | 20 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 22-8 | 260 |
| 19 | 24 | SAGU (Texas) | 22-6 | 235 |
| 20 | 23 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 29-6 | 225 |
| 21 | 21 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 21-9 | 224 |
| 22 | 22 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 23-2 | 213 |
| 23 | 13 | Texas Wesleyan | 23-5 | 181 |
| 24 | 17 | Bethel (Ind.) | 26-5 | 164 |
| 25 | NR | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 24-4 | 117 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Ottawa (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: Valley City State (N.D.) 66; Indiana Tech 60; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 59; CIU (S.C.) 48; Kansas Wesleyan 45; Marian (Ind.) 34; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 24; Judson (Ill.) 20; Ottawa (Kan.) 18; Loyola (La.) 15; Morningside (Iowa) 6; Indiana East (Ind.) 5; Menlo (Calif.) 3
