The California State University-San Marcos volleyball team fell five spots to No. 16 this week in the Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 poll released Tuesday.

CSUSM (18-10), the top-ranked team in the Association of Independent Institutions Conference poll, received 330 points in the latest poll.

Jamestown (N.D.) was the only other A.I.I. school to receive votes in the weekly poll with 5.

CSUSM and Jamestown are the top two ranked schools in the A.I.I., followed by Ashford (Iowa) at No. 3, La Sierra at No. 4 and Mayville St. (N.D.) at No. 5.

UT-Brownsville collected 22 of the 23 first-place votes and held the top spot for the ninth consecutive week with 653 points, while Concordia (California) was close behind at No. 2 with 632 points and the other first-place vote. Columbia (Mo.) is ranked No. 3, Biola (Calif.) is No. 4 and Lee (Tenn.) is No. 5.