text: NAIA Top Ten | The Net Set Blog
  Posted by Bill Harvey on February 9, 2017
  NAIA Coaches Poll 2/7
  Pablo Ranking 2/6
  Hope (HIU) Royals
  *Conference/Group Legend
  CCAC – Chicagoland Athletic Conference
  1. The NAIA Coaches Poll (2/7/2017). The NAIA, or the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, publishes an outstanding bi-weekly poll for men's volleyball its member coaches. Thus, NAIA Coaches are voting on the teams in the NAIA poll, providing their unique insights since these are the coaches who have seen the NAIA teams up-close and personal. The latest NAIA Coaches Poll is available on the NAIA website at http://www.NAIA.org.
  2. The Pablo Rankings (2/6/2017). The Pablo Rankings are an incredibly ingenious ranking system that operates on a probabilistic, algorithmic approach and analyzes and measures the difference in abilities between two teams overall and in a match. In terms of accuracy and predictive analytics, the Pablo Rankings are the most accurate probabilistic model available today. You can find a detailed explanation of the Pablo Rankings, as well as the actual Pablo Rankings, on the MiddleHitter website at www.MiddleHitter.com.
  In this Net Set Top Ten Ranking, Grand View is the unanimous Number 1, which rarely happens. Ottawa, Park, and Missouri Baptist are numbers 2, 3, and 4 respectively, and all three teams are in UG #3. The Hope International University Royals from UG #2 round out the top 5.