Oct. 31, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Sunbirds captured all 14 first place votes to continue their dominance at No. 1 in the ninth National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic (NAIA) Volleyball Ratings.
The Sunbirds remained perfect on the season with 25-0 record and swept two more teams last week to extend their streak to 13 straight matches with out losing a game.
California Baptist, Concordia (Calif.) and Biola (Calif.) all held their spots at No. 2, 3 and 4 respectively for the fifth consecutive week. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) moved up a spot to No. 5 to round the Top 5.
The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
2007 NAIA Volleyball Top 25 Poll - Oct. 31
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
2007 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
14 |
25-0 |
350 |
|
2 |
2 |
California Baptist (II) |
0 |
21-3 |
336 |
|
3 |
3 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
21-3 |
322 |
|
4 |
4 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
24-4 |
308 |
|
5 |
6 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
17-8 |
289 |
|
6 |
9 |
Columbia (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
23-6 |
276 |
|
7 |
10 |
The College of Idaho (I) |
0 |
17-7 |
244 |
|
8 |
8 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
15-10 |
241 |
|
9 |
5 |
National American (S.D.) (III) |
0 |
20-9 |
229 |
|
10 |
7 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
0 |
24-3 |
214 |
|
T11 |
11 |
Dordt (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
30-6 |
180 |
|
T11 |
14 |
Southern Oregon (I) |
0 |
21-4 |
180 |
|
13 |
15 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX) |
0 |
34-1 |
177 |
|
14 |
12 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
32-6 |
155 |
|
15 |
13 |
Morningside (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
29-2 |
152 |
|
T16 |
18 |
Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
35-5 |
141 |
|
T16 |
16 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
9-12 |
141 |
|
18 |
17 |
Northwestern (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
24-7 |
110 |
|
19 |
20 |
Texas Brownsville (VI) |
0 |
27-6 |
108 |
|
20 |
23 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) |
0 |
16-5 |
69 |
|
21 |
24 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
28-6 |
62 |
|
22 |
22 |
Taylor (Ind.) (VIII) |
0 |
29-8 |
51 |
|
23 |
25 |
Westminster (Utah) (I) |
0 |
18-6 |
36 |
|
24 |
NR |
Walsh (Ohio) (IX) |
0 |
25-7 |
29 |
|
25 |
NR |
Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII) |
0 |
35-3 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV) 21; Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) 17; Westmont (Calif.) (II) 16; Hastings (Neb.) (III) 14; Madonna (Mich.) (VIII) 13: Briar Cliff (Iowa) (III) 11; Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) 8; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI) 5; Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 4; Montana Tech (I) 4; Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI) 3; Union (Ky.) (XII) 3; Webber International (Fla.) (XIV) 3; Texas Wesleyan (VI) 2; Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) 1.
* Records through Sunday, Oct. 28th
