2021 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Poll - No. 5
Oct 27, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jamestown (N.D.) at No. 1 in the fifth regular-season edition of the 2021 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
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 | 1 | Jamestown (N.D.) [16] | 26-0 | 557 |
| 2 | 2 | Viterbo (Wis.) [4] | 31-1 | 545 |
| 3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 20-2 | 524 |
| 4 | 4 | Park (Mo.) | 22-2 | 505 |
| 5 | 6 | Midland (Neb.) | 21-4 | 474 |
| 6 | 7 | Marian (Ind.) | 28-0 | 471 |
| 7 | 5 | Corban (Ore.) | 23-1 | 462 |
| 8 | 9 | Providence (Mont.) | 19-2 | 431 |
| 9 | 11 | College of Saint Mary (Neb.) | 23-3 | 406 |
| 10 | 12 | Life (Ga.) | 26-1 | 394 |
| 11 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 18-5 | 393 |
| 12 | 13 | Eastern Oregon | 21-5 | 354 |
| 13 | 10 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 24-5 | 352 |
| 14 | 14 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 16-7 | 333 |
| 15 | 15 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 21-7 | 292 |
| 16 | 16 | Dordt (Iowa) | 15-7 | 266 |
| 17 | 17 | Montana Tech | 17-8 | 259 |
| 18 | 19 | Columbia (Mo.) | 25-7 | 250 |
| 19 | 20 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 18-2 | 238 |
| 20 | 24 | Grand View (Iowa) | 20-12 | 226 |
| 21 | 22 | Indiana Wesleyan | 19-3 | 222 |
| 22 | 21 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 18-5 | 168 |
| 23 | NR | Bushnell (Ore.) | 17-5 | 156 |
| 24 | 25 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 20-5 | 124 |
| 25 | 18 | Taylor (Ind.) | 24-6 | 122 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Doane (Neb.)
Receiving Votes: Concordia (Neb.) 116, Dakota State (S.D.) 52, Oregon Tech 46, Texas Wesleyan 38, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 36, Doane (Neb.) 29, Westmont (Calif.) 24, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 19, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 10, IU South Bend (Ind.) 9, Ottawa (Kan.) 5, St. Thomas (Fla.) 5
