2024 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating - No. 3 (October 2)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Northwestern (Iowa) remained in the top spot of the latest 2024 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating as the unanimous No. 1, receiving all 20 first-place votes. Jamestown (N.D.) jumped to second, up one spot from the previous rating, while Eastern Oregon, Concordia (Neb.), and Southern Oregon round out the top five this week. Montana Tech joined the top 25 this week after not being ranked in the last release, and Benedictine (Kan.) also joined at 25 this week.
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears 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 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Columbia (Mo.), Morningside (Iowa)
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
