Oct. 17, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fresno Pacific (Calif.) earned all 14 first-place votes to stay on top in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) volleyball ratings.
The Sunbirds defeated No. 5 Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 3-0, on the road and No. 2 California Baptist, 3-0, at home last week and have won all 21 matches this season. Fresno Pacific, the only undefeated team in the NAIA, has won nine straight matches with out losing a game.
California Baptist remains in the second position with 336 total points while Concordia (Calif.) stayed at No. 3 with 322 points. Biola (Calif.) with 308 points and Azusa Pacific with 289 points stayed in the same spots at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.
No. 21 Taylor (Ind.) moved into top-25 this week after wins against two ranked teams last week. No. 17 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) climbed six spots from No. 23 after five impressive wins during the week.
The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Oct. 24.
2007 NAIA Volleyball Top 25 Poll - Oct. 17
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
2007 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
14 |
21-0 |
350 |
|
2 |
2 |
California Baptist (II) |
0 |
17-3 |
336 |
|
3 |
3 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
19-2 |
322 |
|
4 |
4 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
17-3 |
308 |
|
5 |
5 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
14-6 |
289 |
|
6 |
7 |
National American (S.D.) (III) |
0 |
18-6 |
274 |
|
7 |
6 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
0 |
20-3 |
256 |
|
8 |
8 |
Albertson (Idaho) (I) |
0 |
14-6 |
251 |
|
9 |
9 |
Columbia (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
15-6 |
235 |
|
10 |
10 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
13-8 |
226 |
|
11 |
11 |
Westminster (Utah) (I) |
0 |
15-5 |
223 |
|
12 |
12 |
Morningside (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
24-1 |
193 |
|
13 |
13 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
26-5 |
178 |
|
14 |
14 |
Dordt (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
26-6 |
156 |
|
15 |
15 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
7-10 |
145 |
|
16 |
16 |
Hastings (Neb.) (III) |
0 |
19-6 |
128 |
|
17 |
23 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX) |
0 |
25-1 |
102 |
|
18 |
19 |
Northwestern (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
14-6 |
91 |
|
19 |
17 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
21-3 |
84 |
|
20 |
21 |
Southern Oregon (I) |
0 |
17-4 |
82 |
|
21 |
NR |
Taylor (Ind.) (VIII) |
0 |
25-5 |
70 |
|
22 |
18 |
Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
28-4 |
69 |
|
23 |
22 |
Texas Brownsville (VI) |
0 |
21-5 |
62 |
|
24 |
24 |
Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
0 |
14-6 |
45 |
|
25 |
NR |
Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII) |
0 |
31-3 |
19 |
Others receiving votes: Walsh (Ohio) (IX) 13; Madonna (Mich.) (VIII) 10; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) 9; Webber International (Fla.) (XIV) 7; Westmont (Calif.) (II) 6; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI) 5; Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) 3; Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) 1; Montana Tech (I) 1; St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII) 1.
* Records through Sunday, Oct. 14th
