DWU VOLLEYBALL RECEIVES VOTES IN FIRST NAIA POLL OF THE SEASON
Mitchell, S.D. – The NAIA released this morning the volleyball preseason top-25 poll. The Tigers received 50 points in the first national volleyball poll of 2021-22. DWU closed out the 2020-21 season receiving votes after going 12-9 overall and 8-8 in league play. The Tigers join five other conference opponents in the poll with No.2 Jamestown, No.3 Midland, No.5 Dordt, No.10 Northwestern, and No. 23 Saint Mary.
Coach Wilber and company will face four teams through the first half of their season, who are in the top-25 or receiving votes in the national poll.
|
RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Missouri Baptist [19] |
26-4 |
529 |
|
2 |
3 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
30-2 |
510 |
|
3 |
2 |
Midland (Neb.) |
16-19 |
492 |
|
4 |
6 |
Park (Mo.) |
22-4 |
473 |
|
5 |
4 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
18-7 |
470 |
|
6 |
7 |
Eastern Oregon |
19-2 |
435 |
|
7 |
8 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
18-7 |
423 |
|
8 |
9 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
18-5 |
412 |
|
9 |
10 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
0-0 |
390 |
|
10 |
5 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
22-5 |
372 |
|
11 |
11 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
15-7 |
360 |
|
12 |
11 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
0-0 |
333 |
|
13 |
16 |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
0-0 |
312 |
|
14 |
13 |
Providence (Mont.) |
22-3 |
310 |
|
15 |
14 |
Corban (Ore.) |
14-5 |
299 |
|
16 |
15 |
Marian (Ind.) |
0-0 |
277 |
|
17 |
18 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
0-0 |
271 |
|
18 |
21 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
0-0 |
224 |
|
19 |
20 |
Oklahoma City |
15-4 |
196 |
|
20 |
19 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
36-2 |
192 |
|
21 |
17 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
24-6 |
166 |
|
22 |
RV |
Madonna (Mich.) |
14-6 |
128 |
|
23 |
NR |
College of Saint Mary (Neb.) |
13-10 |
121 |
|
24 |
24 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
0-0 |
111 |
|
25 |
NR |
Southern Oregon |
0-0 |
106 |
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 104, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 77, Aquinas (Mich.) 63, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 50, Texas Wesleyan 41, Columbia (Mo.) 37, The Master's (Calif.) 33, Reinhardt (Ga.) 27, McPherson (Kan.) 27, Evangel (Mo.) 21, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 19, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 14, Cornerstone (Mich.) 9, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 3
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
