Nov. 7, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fresno Pacific (Calif.) still owns the top spot in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic (NAIA) Volleyball Ratings. The Sunbirds dropped their first match of the season last week but still received all 14 first place votes for 350 total points to continue their dominance in the top spot.
California Baptist, Concordia (Calif.) and Biola (Calif.) all held their spots at No. 2, 3 and 4 respectively for the sixth consecutive week, while No. 5 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) and No. 6 Columbia (Mo.) stayed in their spots for the second straight week.
Dickinson State (N.D.) climbed three spots to No. 7 while The College of Idaho and Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) each dropped a spot to No. 8 and No. 9 respectively. Southern Oregon moved up a spot from No. 11 to round out Top 10.
No. 22 Madonna (Mich.) and No. 25 Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) both moved back into the Top 25 this week.
The final regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
2007 NAIA Volleyball Top 25 Poll - Nov. 7
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
|
2007 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
14 |
|
26-1 |
350 |
|
2 |
2 |
California Baptist (II) |
0 |
|
23-3 |
336 |
|
3 |
3 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
|
24-3 |
322 |
|
4 |
4 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
|
26-5 |
308 |
|
5 |
5 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
|
20-8 |
290 |
|
6 |
6 |
Columbia (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
|
25-6 |
273 |
|
7 |
10 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
0 |
|
27-3 |
252 |
|
8 |
7 |
The College of Idaho (I) |
0 |
|
20-7 |
244 |
|
9 |
8 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
|
15-12 |
240 |
|
10 |
T11 |
Southern Oregon (I) |
0 |
|
23-4 |
204 |
|
11 |
9 |
National American (S.D.) (III) |
0 |
|
20-10 |
195 |
|
12 |
14 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) (V) |
0 |
|
34-6 |
171 |
|
13 |
13 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX) |
0 |
|
35-2 |
165 |
|
T14 |
T16 |
Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
|
36-5 |
156 |
|
T14 |
18 |
Northwestern (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
|
26-7 |
156 |
|
16 |
T11 |
Dordt (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
|
31-7 |
134 |
|
17 |
T16 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
0 |
|
10-13 |
114 |
|
18 |
19 |
Texas Brownsville (VI) |
0 |
|
27-7 |
113 |
|
19 |
15 |
Morningside (Iowa) (III) |
0 |
|
31-2 |
101 |
|
20 |
20 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) |
0 |
|
23-6 |
76 |
|
21 |
24 |
Walsh (Ohio) (IX) |
0 |
|
28-7 |
69 |
|
22 |
NR |
Madonna (Mich.) (VIII) |
0 |
|
29-10 |
66 |
|
23 |
21 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI) |
0 |
|
31-6 |
58 |
|
24 |
23 |
Westminster (Utah) (I) |
0 |
|
19-7 |
40 |
|
25 |
NR |
Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
0 |
|
21-10 |
23 |
Others receiving votes: Hastings (Neb.) (III) 21; Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) 16; Westmont (Calif.) (II) 14; Union (Ky.) (XII) 7; Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) 6; Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) 6; Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 4; Lubbock Christina (Texas) (VI) 4; St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII) 4; Taylor (Ind.) (VIII) 3; Webber International (Fla.) (XIV) 3; Briar Cliff (Iowa) (III) 2; Montana Tech (I) 2; Texas Wesleyan (VI) 2.
* Records through Sunday, Nov. 4th
