Kansas City, Mo. - The Central Methodist Volleyball program moved three spots to No. 21 in the latest NAIA Coaches' Top 25 poll, which was announced by the national office Wednesday.
Other Heart programs featured in the Top 25 are No. 17 Park, No. 25 Benedictine and (RV) MidAmerica Nazarene.
Central posts a 16-5 record through their first 21 games including a 5-2 record in the Heart of America. The Eagles have picked up keys wins over Missouri Baptist, Columbia College and Ottawa so far this season.
Central will next host No. 17 Park Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7:00 p.m. inside Puckett Field House.
To view the poll methodology and the complete Top 25 poll, please see below.
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [20] | 16-0 | 560 |
| 2 | 3 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 12-0 | 531 |
| 3 | 2 | Eastern Oregon | 16-1 | 527 |
| 4 | 4 | Concordia (Neb.) | 12-2 | 490 |
| 5 | 5 | Southern Oregon | 14-1 | 485 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 17-1 | 463 |
| 7 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 16-3 | 451 |
| 8 | 7 | Corban (Ore.) | 12-2 | 441 |
| 9 | 8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 15-2 | 437 |
| 10 | 10 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 18-0 | 390 |
| 11 | 11 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 16-4 | 384 |
| 12 | 12 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 22-1 | 374 |
| 13 | 15 | Providence (Mont.) | 13-3 | 327 |
| 14 | 19 | Grace (Ind.) | 13-2 | 321 |
| 15 | 17 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 14-8 | 298 |
| 16 | 16 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 19-2 | 279 |
| 17 | 14 | Park (Mo.) | 13-5 | 251 |
| 18 | 20 | Midland (Neb.) | 9-7 | 222 |
| 19 | 13 | Montana Western (Mont.) | 10-5 | 218 |
| 20 | NR | Montana Tech (Mont.) | 10-5 | 204 |
| 21 | 18 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 16-4 | 186 |
| 22 | 22 | Marian (Ind.) | 15-3 | 185 |
| 23 | 23 | Columbia International(S.C.) | 16-1 | 172 |
| 24 | 23 | McPherson (Kan.) | 11-5 | 147 |
| 25 | RV | Benedictine (Kan.) | 14-3 | 97 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Columbia (Mo.), Morningside (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: College of Idaho 83, The Master's (Calif.) 75, Columbia (Mo.) 69, Nelson (Texas) 61, Valley City State (N.D.) 45, Cumberlands (Ky.) 29, Ottawa (Kan.) 30, Bushnell (Ore.) 24, Carroll (Mont.) 22, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 18, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 10, Dakota State (S.D.) 10, Mobile (Ala.) 7, Missouri Baptist 3, Texas Wesleyan 3
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