Oct. 3, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Sunbirds beat three top-25 teams last week and garnered all 14 first place votes to continue as the No. 1 team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) volleyball ratings.
Fresno Pacific defeated Biola (Calif.) at home before knocking off National American (S.D.) on a neutral site and Vanguard (Calif.) on the road. The Sunbirds have won all 17 matches this season.
California Baptist remains in the second position with 336 total points after out-lasting Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) and San Diego Christian. Concordia (Calif.) stayed at No. 3 with 322 points. Biola moved up a spot to No. 4 from last week after a victory over then-No. 4 National American and compiled 308. National American fell to No. 5 with 281 points.
The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Oct. 10.
2007 NAIA Volleyball Top 25 Poll - Oct. 3
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
2007 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
14 |
17-0 |
350 |
|
2 |
2 |
California Baptist (II) |
0 |
14-2 |
336 |
|
3 |
3 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
16-1 |
322 |
|
4 |
5 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
14-2 |
308 |
|
5 |
4 |
National American (S.D.) (III) |
0 |
15-5 |
281 |
|
6 |
8 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
12-4 |
275 |
|
7 |
6 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
0 |
17-1 |
262 |
|
8 |
7 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
10-6 |
257 |
|
9 |
10 |
Columbia (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
12-4 |
233 |
|
10 |
12 |
Albertson (Idaho) (I) |
0 |
10-6 |
230 |
|
11 |
9 |
Westminster (Utah) (I) |
0 |
11-5 |
206 |
|
12 |
19 |
Hastings (Neb.) (III) |
0 |
17-5 |
181 |
|
13 |
13 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
17-5 |
169 |
|
14 |
11 |
Morningside (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
17-1 |
160 |
|
15 |
15 |
Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
23-3 |
157 |
|
16 |
14 |
Northwestern (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
15-6 |
128 |
|
17 |
18 |
Madonna (Mich.) (VIII) |
0 |
17-5 |
119 |
|
18 |
16 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
6-7 |
114 |
|
19 |
20 |
Walsh (Ohio) (IX) |
0 |
16-3 |
94 |
|
20 |
21 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII) |
0 |
23-2 |
62 |
|
21 |
NR |
Webber International (Fla.) (XIV) |
0 |
15-1 |
54 |
|
22 |
22 |
Texas Brownsville (VI) |
0 |
16-5 |
49 |
|
23 |
23 |
Doane (Neb.) (III) |
0 |
10-7 |
39 |
|
24 |
NR |
Southern Oregon (I) |
0 |
13-4 |
31 |
|
25 |
17 |
Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
0 |
10-6 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI) 23; Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) 20; Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI) 17; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX) 15; Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) 12; Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) 7; Montana Tech (I) 4; Dordt Iowa (III) 3; St. Mary (Neb.) (IV) 3; Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 2; Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI) 1; McKendree (Ill.) (V) 1.
* Records through Sunday, Sept. 30
