CIU Receives Votes in NAIA Coaches' Postseason Poll
(Story provided by NAIA Athletic Communications)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 2025 NAIA Women's Volleyball Postseason Poll is topped by Indiana Wesleyan after the Wildcats won their third Red Banner in three years.
The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) is represented by Columbia International, which garnered 14 voting points to land eight spots outside the top 25.
| TREND | RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| ▲ | 1 | 8 | 
Indiana Wesleyan |
33-4 | 510 |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | 
Northwestern (Iowa) |
33-4 | 490 |
| ▼ | 3 | 1 | 
Eastern Oregon |
32-3 | 476 |
| ● | 4 | 4 | 
Concordia (Neb.) |
28-4 | 450 |
| ● | 5 | 5 | 
Corban (Ore.) |
27-6 | 439 |
| ▼ | 6 | 2 | 
Providence (Mont.) |
34-3 | 421 |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | 
Bellevue (Neb.) |
29-5 | 409 |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | 
McPherson (Kan.) |
34-3 | 399 |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | 
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
36-1 | 365 |
| ▲ | 10 | 12 | 
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
27-9 | 333 |
| ▲ | 11 | 15 | 
Missouri Baptist |
31-6 | 324 |
| ▲ | 12 | 14 | 
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
32-6 | 299 |
| ▼ | 13 | 9 | 
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
26-5 | 293 |
| ▼ | 14 | 13 | 
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
27-5 | 281 |
| ▲ | 15 | 19 | 
Bushnell (Ore.) |
22-13 | 251 |
| ▼ | 16 | 11 | 
The Master's (Calif.) |
24-5 | 244 |
| ▲ | 17 | 21 | 
Aquinas (Mich.) |
33-7 | 224 |
| ▲ | 18 | 25 | 
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
20-12 | 223 |
| ▼ | 19 | 18 | 
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
17-10 | 196 |
| ▼ | 20 | 16 | 
College of Idaho |
19-12 | 191 |
| ▼ | 21 | 20 | 
Midland (Neb.) |
19-12 | 180 |
| ● | 22 | 22 | 
Mobile (Ala.) |
30-5 | 120 |
| ▲ | 23 | RV | 
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
27-9 | 110 |
| ▲ | 24 | RV | 
Huntington (Ind.) |
25-10 | 100 |
| ▼ | 25 | 17 | 
Viterbo (Wis.) |
27-7 | 83 |
Receiving Votes: Northwest (Wash.) 44, Park (Mo.) 43, Taylor (Ind.) 35, Southern Oregon 29, Walla Walla (Wash.) 28, Marian (Ind.) 20, Montana-Northern 19, Nelson (Texas) 14, Columbia International (S.C.) 14, Grand View (Iowa) 12, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 3, OUAZ(Ariz.) 3, Bethel (Kan.) 2
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as "receiving votes."
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.
Key: RV - Receiving Votes, NR - Not Ranked, ▲- Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● - Steady