Ranking History
First Ranking: 14th, 9/15/1986
First Final Ranking: 15th, 11/24/1987
Highest Ranking: First (24 weeks), 9/2/1997 - 9/30/1997 (five); 9/2/2003 (one); 9/5/2006 - 9/25/2006 (four); 11/13/2006 - 11/20/2006 (two); 8/14/2007 (one);9/17/2007 - 10/29/2007 (seven); 11/19/2007 (one); 9/13/2010-9/272010 (two), 10/24/2011 (one).
Years Ranked in AVCA Poll: 27, 1986-current
Years Ranked in AVCA Top 20: 27, 1986-current
Years Ranked in AVCA Top 15: 27, 1986-current
Years Ranked in AVCA Top 10: 21, 1988, 1991-93, 1996-current
Years Ranked in AVCA Top Five: 16, 1991, 1997-2003, 2005-current
Years Ranked in AVCA Preseason Poll: 26, 1986, 1988-current
Years Ranked in AVCA Final Poll: 24, 1987-94, 1996-current
Most Consecutive Weeks Ranked in AVCA Poll: 229, 8/27/1996-current (nation’s second longest active streak, Central Missouri)
AVCA Ranking History
| Year | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Final |
| 1986 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 18 | NR | - | - | - | - | NR |
| 1987 | NR | NR | NR | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 1988 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 1989 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | NR | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | 15 |
| 1990 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| 1991 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | - | - | - | 13 |
| 1993 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 1994 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| 1995 | 15 | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | - | - | NR |
| 1996 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 | - | - | 13 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | - | - | 7 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | - | 8 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | 6 |
| 2002 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14 | - | 14 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 |
| 2008 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | - | 10 |
| 2009 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | - | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 2 |
