Sept. 26, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fresno Pacific (Calif.) continues to dominate the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) volleyball ratings as the Sunbirds captured all 14 first place votes for the fourth straight week to keep the top spot.
Fresno Pacific has won all 14 matches this season including a victory over No. 7 Point Loma Nazarene on the road last week.
California Baptist remained No. 2 for the second straight week with 336 points while Concordia (Calif.) stayed at No. 3 with 322 points. National American (S.D.) and Biola (Calif.) stayed at No. 4 and No. 5 with 302 and 297 points respectively.
The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
2007 NAIA Volleyball Top 25 Poll - Sept. 26
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
2007 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
14 |
14-0 |
350 |
|
2 |
2 |
California Baptist (II) |
0 |
12-2 |
336 |
|
3 |
3 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
13-1 |
322 |
|
4 |
4 |
National American (S.D.) (III) |
0 |
14-2 |
302 |
|
5 |
5 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
12-1 |
297 |
|
6 |
6 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
0 |
15-1 |
280 |
|
7 |
7 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
10-4 |
264 |
|
8 |
9 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
9-3 |
241 |
|
9 |
8 |
Westminster (Utah) (I) |
0 |
9-5 |
235 |
|
10 |
10 |
Columbia (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
11-4 |
226 |
|
11 |
12 |
Morningside (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
15-0 |
207 |
|
12 |
11 |
Albertson (Idaho) (I) |
0 |
8-6 |
200 |
|
13 |
14 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
15-5 |
168 |
|
14 |
15 |
Northwestern (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
13-5 |
162 |
|
15 |
13 |
Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
20-3 |
138 |
|
16 |
17 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
5-5 |
121 |
|
17 |
16 |
Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
0 |
8-5 |
118 |
|
18 |
18 |
Madonna (Mich.) (VIII) |
0 |
15-5 |
110 |
|
19 |
19 |
Hastings (Neb.) (III) |
0 |
15-5 |
101 |
|
20 |
21 |
Walsh (Ohio) (IX) |
0 |
14-3 |
99 |
|
21 |
22 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII) |
0 |
17-2 |
51 |
|
22 |
24 |
Texas Brownsville (VI) |
0 |
14-5 |
41 |
|
23 |
20 |
Doane (Neb.) (III) |
0 |
8-7 |
39 |
|
24 |
23 |
Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) |
0 |
9-8 |
30 |
|
25 |
NR |
Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
11-1 |
20 |
Others receiving votes: Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) 18; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX) 14; Southern Oregon (I) 14; Illinois Tech (VII) 7; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI) 6; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) 6; Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) 5; Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 3; Montana Tech (I) 3; St. Mary (Neb.) (IV) 3; Taylor (Ind.) (VIII) 3; Union (Ky.) (XII) 3; Dordt (Iowa) (III) 2; Webber International (Fla.) (XIV) 2; Berry (Ga.) (XIII) 1; Cedarville (Ohio) (IX) 1; Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI) 1.
* Records through Sunday, Sept. 23