2021 NAIA Women's Volleyball Preseason Coaches' Top 25 Rating
Aug 10, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Missouri Baptist remains at No. 1 in the preseason edition of the 2021 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll after winning the 2020 national title.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions 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 | Missouri Baptist [19] | 26-4 | 529 |
| 2 | 3 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 30-2 | 510 |
| 3 | 2 | Midland (Neb.) | 16-19 | 492 |
| 4 | 6 | Park (Mo.) | 22-4 | 473 |
| 5 | 4 | Dordt (Iowa) | 18-7 | 470 |
| 6 | 7 | Eastern Oregon | 19-2 | 435 |
| 7 | 8 | Concordia (Neb.) | 18-7 | 423 |
| 8 | 9 | Grand View (Iowa) | 18-5 | 412 |
| 9 | 10 | Westmont (Calif.) | 0-0 | 390 |
| 10 | 5 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 22-5 | 372 |
| 11 | 11 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 15-7 | 360 |
| 12 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 0-0 | 333 |
| 13 | 16 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 0-0 | 312 |
| 14 | 13 | Providence (Mont.) | 22-3 | 310 |
| 15 | 14 | Corban (Ore.) | 14-5 | 299 |
| 16 | 15 | Marian (Ind.) | 0-0 | 277 |
| 17 | 18 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 0-0 | 271 |
| 18 | 21 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 0-0 | 224 |
| 19 | 20 | Oklahoma City | 15-4 | 196 |
| 20 | 19 | Keiser (Fla.) | 36-2 | 192 |
| 21 | 17 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 24-6 | 166 |
| 22 | RV | Madonna (Mich.) | 14-6 | 128 |
| 23 | NR | College of Saint Mary (Neb.) | 13-10 | 121 |
| 24 | 24 | Bethel (Ind.) | 0-0 | 111 |
| 25 | NR | Southern Oregon | 0-0 | 106 |
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 104, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 77, Aquinas (Mich.) 63, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 50, Texas Wesleyan 41, Columbia (Mo.) 37, The Master's (Calif.) 33, Reinhardt (Ga.) 27, McPherson (Kan.) 27, Evangel (Mo.) 21, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 19, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 14, Cornerstone (Mich.) 9, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 3
