KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Montana Tech's volleyball team remained at No. 19 in the latest NAIA top 25, the national office announced Wednesday.

The Orediggers (16-8, 8-3 Frontier Conference) posted a 3-1 record over the two weeks since the last ratings, including an active three-match win streak that included victories over Carroll, MSU-Northern, and Providence. 

Montana Tech is one of three Frontier teams in the poll. They are joined by No. 14 Providence and No. 15 Montana Western; Carroll received votes in the ballot.

It's not the only national recognition that Montana Tech volleyball earned this week. Sophomore Rhys Layton won the NAIA and Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference setter of the week awards earlier in the week.

The Orediggers continue the 2024 season tonight at 7 p.m. at home against Carroll College, when they will look to extend their win streak to four.

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".

NAIA Volleyball Rankings - Oct. 30, 2024

RANK	INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	POINTS
1	Northwestern (Iowa) [21]	25-0	591
2	Concordia (Neb.)	20-2	542
3	Eastern Oregon	23-3	538
4	Jamestown (N.D.)	19-1	528
5	Indiana Wesleyan	25-2	526
6	Bellevue (Neb.)	24-3	519
7	Southern Oregon	21-3	470
8	Corban (Ore.)	19-4	448
9	Oklahoma Wesleyan	24-2	431
10	St. Thomas (Fla.)	23-0	428
11	IU Kokomo (Ind.)	25-4	409
12	Aquinas (Mich.)	32-1	407
13	Viterbo (Wis.)	19-9	340
14	Providence (Mont.)	19-6	332
15	Montana Western	18-6	304
16	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)	25-3	292
17	McPherson (Kan.)	23-5	273
18	Grace (Ind.)	19-6	257
19	Montana Tech	16-8	251
20	Nelson (Texas)	23-4	230
21	Central Methodist (Mo.)	24-5	216
22	Midland (Neb.)	15-9	207
23	College of Idaho	15-11	115
24	Marian (Ind.)	19-6	92
25	Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.)	18-4	83

Dropped from the Top 25: Benedictine (Kan.)

Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 73, CIU (S.C.) 69, Indiana Tech 65, The Master's (Calif.) 64, Columbia (Mo.) 47, Cumberlands (Ky.) 43, Evangel (Mo.) 42, Morningside (Iowa) 42, Bushnell (Ore.) 33, Dakota State (S.D.) 26, Keiser (Fla.) 18, Bethel (Kan.) 8, Missouri Baptist 8, Mobile (Ala.) 7, Carroll (Mont.) 5, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 3

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