Raiders Keep Top-10 Spot in NAIA Volleyball Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Taking a 14-3 record into the month of October, the Red Raider volleyball team has been ranked No. 7 in this week’s edition of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll. Northwestern has been ranked in 64 consecutive NAIA top 25 polls dating back to the 2016 season, which is second in the nation behind Eastern Oregon.

The Raiders are well into conference play now, sitting in a tie for the GPAC lead with their 6-0 conference mark.

Eastern Oregon remained in the top spot, followed by Concordia (Neb.), Providence (Mont.), Corban (Ore.), and Oklahoma Wesleyan.

GPAC IN THE TOP 25

No. 2 Concordia (Neb.) Bulldogs

No. 7 Northwestern Red Raiders

No. 18 Midland Warriors

RV Dakota Wesleyan Tigers

TRENDRANKLAST TIMESCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]RECORDPOINTS
11Eastern Oregon [19]16-0510
22Concordia (Neb.)13-1493
34Providence (Mont.)16-1475
43Corban (Ore.)12-3440
59Oklahoma Wesleyan13-1427
67Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.)12-3425
76Northwestern (Iowa)14-3415
85Bellevue (Neb.)11-3412
98McPherson (Kan.)19-1380
1014Cumberlands (Ky.)17-0350
1111The Master’s (Calif.)11-2310
1213St. Thomas (Fla.)11-3287
1316Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)15-5279
1417Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)9-2276
1512College of Idaho10-5272
1615Viterbo (Wis.)13-5270
1710Missouri Baptist16-4241
1817Midland (Neb.)10-6236
19RVGrand View (Iowa)18-1201
2020IU Kokomo (Ind.)14-5190
2122Taylor (Ind.)14-6148
2221Marian (Ind.)12-5117
23RVNorthwest (Wash.)10-4111
24RVCarroll (Mont.)11-684
25RVLindsey Wilson (Ky.)17-581

Dropped from the Top 25: Southern Oregon, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), Spring Arbor (Mich.), Montana Tech

Receiving Votes: Montana Tech 55, Walla Walla (Wash.) 53, Bushnell (Ore.) 51, Cornerstone (Mich.) 48, Aquinas (Mich.) 45, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 42, Huntington (Ind.) 30, Mobile (Ala.) 24, Dakota State (S.D.) 15, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 11, Southern Oregon 9, Cumberland (Tenn.) 7, Bethel (Kan.) 5, Texas Wesleyan 3, OUAZ (Ariz.) 2

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