An NPI update is in order now that teams are reaching the minimum 10-win threshold. If you have a vested interest in a particular squad, do not be too worried or confident in the micro aspects of current NPI numbers. Because of the fluid nature of NPI, we are still in a time of keeping general perspective on what is past and future. Oh, and be where your feet are at the same time.
Most QWB matches as of today (these are fluid too):
7 Juniata, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
5 Johns Hopkins, MIT
4 Emory, Millikin, Wisconsin-Whitewater
Below is the NPI top 20 followed by all Region VIII/IX teams above 49, which is roughly the current cutoff for the upper half of the division. NPI figures, through matches of Sept. 22, are courtesy of NED3vballfan (VolleyTalk handle).
| Team | NPI |
| 1. Juniata | 68.45627 |
| 2. MIT | 65.73722 |
| 3. Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 64.65364 |
| 4. Johns Hopkins | 62.72352 |
| 5. Wisconsin-Whitewater | 62.50097 |
| 6. Millikin | 62.42178 |
| 7. Marietta | 62.28708 |
| 8. Hope | 62.25072 |
| 9. Gettysburg | 61.55316 |
| 10. Case Western Reserve | 61.24310 |
| 11. Emory | 61.10794 |
| 12. Hanover | 60.79943 |
| 13. Washington and Lee | 60.71083 |
| 14. Colby | 60.67364 |
| 15. Washington-St. Louis | 60.61488 |
| 16. Franklin & Marshall | 60.36521 |
| 17. Chicago | 59.62769 |
| 18. William Smith | 59.43337 |
| 19. East Texas Baptist | 59.29087 |
| 20. Southwestern | 59.28430 |
| 26. North Park | 58.70890 |
| 36. Wisconsin-Platteville | 57.34060 |
| 41. Northwestern | 57.03952 |
| 42. Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 57.02522 |
| 45. Nebraska Wesleyan | 56.69536 |
| 46. St. Olaf | 56.56623 |
| 54. Gustavus Adolphus | 55.97579 |
| 59. North Central (Ill.) | 55.73221 |
| 62. Transylvania | 55.32129 |
| 63. Carroll | 55.31158 |
| 66. Grinnell | 54.94660 |
| 69. Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 54.90035 |
| 70. Wheaton (Ill.) | 54.85249 |
| 74. Dubuque | 54.71693 |
| 75. Coe | 54.69029 |
| 77. Illinois Wesleyan | 54.53588 |
| 87. Carthage | 54.16492 |
| 91. St. Catherine | 53.92648 |
| 92. Anderson | 53.83716 |
| 100. Wartburg | 53.34061 |
| 104. Bluffton | 52.85070 |
| 112. Manchester | 52.40909 |
| 113. Wisconsin-Stout | 52.33107 |
| 115. Carleton | 52.28912 |
| 122. Loras | 52.05527 |
| 126. Wisconsin-River Falls | 51.83681 |
| 130. Lyon | 51.55025 |
| 139. Bethel | 51.30458 |
| 152. Greenville | 50.76005 |
| 168. Elmhurst | 50.2954 |
| 170. Aurora | 50.15896 |
| 171. Wisconsin Lutheran | 50.11767 |
| 178. Edgewood | 49.88116 |
| 183. St. Norbert | 49.82426 |
| 184. Simpson | 49.81024 |
| 186. Illinois College | 49.79545 |
| 187. Berea | 49.73431 |
| 188. Cornell | 49.6731 |
| 192. Augustana | 49.60811 |
| 193. Monmouth | 49.47373 |
| 194. Macalester | 49.45927 |
| 195. Bethany Lutheran | 49.45447 |
| 199. Concordia Wisconsin | 49.39921 |
| 200. Mount St. Joseph | 49.24713 |
-Ricky Nelson
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