Sept. 19, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Sunbirds captured all 13 first place votes for the third straight week to continue their dominance at No. 1 in the third National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) volleyball ratings.
The Sunbirds remained perfect on the season with 12-0 record through matches of Sunday, Sept. 16. Fresno Pacific picked up three victories last week including a win against NCAA Division I Cal State-Bakersfield.
California Baptist moved up a spot to two after a big win against then-No. 2 Concordia (Calif.). CBU also defeated NCAA Division II No. 1 Cal State University-San Bernardino last week and compiled 312 total points in the poll. Concordia dropped to No. 3 with 298 points. National American (S.D.) and Biola (Calif.) stayed at No. 4 and No. 5 with 282 and 276 points respectively.
The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
2007 NAIA Volleyball Top 25 Poll - Sept. 19
|
RANK |
LAST
WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST
PLACE
VOTES |
2007
RECORD |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
13 |
12-0 |
325 |
|
2 |
3 |
California Baptist (II) |
|
10-2 |
312 |
|
3 |
2 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
|
11-1 |
298 |
|
4 |
4 |
National American (S.D.) (III) |
|
14-2 |
282 |
|
5 |
5 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
|
11-0 |
276 |
|
6 |
6 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
|
13-1 |
259 |
|
7 |
7 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
|
8-3 |
244 |
|
8 |
9 |
Westminster (Utah) (I) |
|
9-4 |
234 |
|
9 |
10 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
|
9-3 |
211 |
|
10 |
12 |
Columbia (Mo.) (V) |
|
10-3 |
201 |
|
11 |
11 |
Albertson (Idaho) (I) |
|
6-6 |
201 |
|
12 |
18 |
Morningside (Iowa) (III) |
|
14-0 |
172 |
|
13 |
13 |
Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) |
|
15-1 |
164 |
|
14 |
14 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) (V) |
|
10-4 |
156 |
|
15 |
24 |
Northwestern (Iowa) (III) |
|
10-5 |
130 |
|
16 |
15 |
Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
7-5 |
124 |
|
17 |
19 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
|
4-4 |
111 |
|
18 |
23 |
Madonna (Mich.) (VIII) |
|
10-5 |
94 |
|
19 |
8 |
Hastings (Neb.) (III) |
|
11-5 |
71 |
|
20 |
20 |
Doane (Neb.) (III) |
|
8-6 |
67 |
|
21 |
16 |
Walsh (Ohio) (IX) |
|
10-3 |
59 |
|
22 |
17 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII) |
|
15-2 |
53 |
|
23 |
NR |
Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) |
|
7-8 |
30 |
|
24 |
25 |
Texas Brownsville (VI) |
|
12-4 |
28 |
|
25 |
22 |
Great Falls (Mont.) (I) |
|
6-7 |
26 |
Others receiving votes: Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) 20; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI) 19; St. Francis (Ill.)( VII) 13; St. Mary (Neb.) (IV) 9; Taylor (Ind.) (VIII) 8; McKendree (Ill.) (V) 7; Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 6; Southern Oregon (I) 6; Montana Tech (I) 3; Campbellsville (Ky.)(XI) 2; Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) 2; Dordt (iowa) (III) 1; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX) 1.
