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
| TREND | RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| ● | 1 | 1 | Eastern Oregon [19] | 16-0 | 510 |
| ● | 2 | 2 | Concordia (Neb.) | 13-1 | 493 |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Providence (Mont.) | 16-1 | 475 |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Corban (Ore.) | 12-3 | 440 |
| ▲ | 5 | 9 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 13-1 | 427 |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.) | 12-3 | 425 |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 14-3 | 415 |
| ▼ | 8 | 5 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 11-3 | 412 |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | McPherson (Kan.) | 19-1 | 380 |
| ▲ | 10 | 14 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 17-0 | 350 |
| ● | 11 | 11 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 11-2 | 310 |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 11-3 | 287 |
| ▲ | 13 | 16 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 15-5 | 279 |
| ▲ | 14 | 17 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 9-2 | 276 |
| ▼ | 15 | 12 | College of Idaho | 10-5 | 272 |
| ▼ | 16 | 15 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 13-5 | 270 |
| ▼ | 17 | 10 | Missouri Baptist | 16-4 | 241 |
| ▼ | 18 | 17 | Midland (Neb.) | 10-6 | 236 |
| ▲ | 19 | RV | Grand View (Iowa) | 18-1 | 201 |
| ● | 20 | 20 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 14-5 | 190 |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | Taylor (Ind.) | 14-6 | 148 |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-5 | 117 |
| ▲ | 23 | RV | Northwest (Wash.) | 10-4 | 111 |
| ▲ | 24 | RV | Carroll (Mont.) | 11-6 | 84 |
| ▲ | 25 | RV | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 17-5 | 81 |
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
