KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwestern (Iowa) remains at No. 1 for the second consecutive week in the latest edition of the 2024 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Ratings. The Raiders also hold all 21 first-place votes. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) had the most significant move up in the rating, with a move of six spots from 22 to 16. Additionally, there are no new teams that broke into the Top 25.
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”.
| POSITION | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [21] | 13-0 | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Eastern Oregon | 11-1 | 542 |
| 3 | 4 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 8-0 | 541 |
| 4 | 3 | Concordia (Neb.) | 10-1 | 539 |
| 5 | 5 | Southern Oregon | 10-1 | 515 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 15-1 | 492 |
| 7 | 9 | Corban (Ore.) | 9-1 | 473 |
| 8 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 11-2 | 466 |
| 8 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 11-2 | 466 |
| 10 | 11 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 15-0 | 413 |
| 11 | 10 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 11-4 | 402 |
| 12 | 12 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 16-1 | 399 |
| 13 | 13 | Montana Western | 9-2 | 349 |
| 14 | 14 | Park (Mo.) | 10-3 | 336 |
| 15 | 15 | Providence (Mont.) | 10-2 | 327 |
| 16 | 22 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 16-0 | 291 |
| 17 | 17 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 11-8 | 291 |
| 18 | 19 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 8-2 | 219 |
| 19 | 21 | Grace (Ind.) | 9-2 | 209 |
| 20 | 20 | Midland (Neb.) | 6-7 | 199 |
| 21 | 15 | Morningside (Iowa) | 13-5 | 195 |
| 22 | 24 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-2 | 163 |
| 23 | 23 | Columbia International (S.C.) | 13-1 | 144 |
| 23 | 25 | McPherson (Kan.) | 10-3 | 144 |
| 25 | 18 | Columbia (Mo.) | 7-7 | 126 |
Dropped from the Top 25: None
Receiving Votes: College of Idaho 96, Cumberlands (Ky.) 89, Keiser (Fla.) 68, Benedictine (Kan.) 55, Valley City State (N.D.) 53, Ottawa (Kan.) 49, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 39, College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 29, The Master’s (Calif.) 19, Mobile (Ala.) 16, Carroll (Mont.) 9, Dakota State (S.D.) 7, Missouri Baptist 7, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 6, Nelson (Texas) 3
