Lexington, Ky. – In the seventh installment of the AVCA Top-25 Poll, the Northern State University Wolves sit at No. 11 overall. Northern garnered 708 points with a 16-3 record overall.
NSU is joined by eight NSIC opponents in No. 2 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 3 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 5 Minnesota Duluth, No. 15 Winona State, No. 16 Augustana, No. 20 Wayne State, (RV) Upper Iowa, and (RV) Sioux Falls. Five regional opponents have also made the list in No. 7 Nebraska-Kearney, No. 10 Central Oklahoma, No. 14 Arkansas Tech, No. 18 Central Missouri, and (RV) Washburn.
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2017 Record |
Previous
Rank |
| 1 |
Lewis (28) |
1155 |
20-1 |
1 |
| 2 |
Southwest Minnesota State (11) |
1143 |
18-1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Concordia - St. Paul |
1088 |
17-2 |
3 |
| 4 |
Palm Beach Atlantic (6) |
1069 |
17-0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Minnesota Duluth (1) |
1024 |
17-2 |
5 |
| 6 |
California Baptist (2) |
984 |
18-0 |
6 |
| 7 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
900 |
20-2 |
8 |
| 8 |
Western Washington |
793 |
15-3 |
11 |
| 9 |
Regis |
750 |
18-2 |
12 |
| 10 |
Central Oklahoma |
740 |
21-2 |
7 |
| 11 |
Northern State |
708 |
16-3 |
9 |
| 12 |
NW Nazarene |
629 |
17-1 |
10 |
| 13 |
Tarleton State |
598 |
17-4 |
15 |
| 14 |
Arkansas Tech University |
584 |
24-0 |
16 |
| 15 |
Winona State |
527 |
14-5 |
14 |
| 16 |
Augustana (SD) |
504 |
16-5 |
18 |
| 17 |
Ferris State |
422 |
15-5 |
13 |
| 18 |
Central Missouri |
352 |
16-5 |
20 |
| 19 |
Colorado School of Mines |
314 |
16-3 |
22 |
| 20 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
253 |
13-7 |
21 |
| 21 |
Wingate |
207 |
18-0 |
24 |
| 22 |
Angelo State |
159 |
13-6 |
17 |
| 23 |
Azusa Pacific |
128 |
15-3 |
25 |
| 24 |
West Florida |
86 |
17-6 |
23 |
| 25 |
Saint Leo |
65 |
12-4 |
19 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Central Washington 52; Upper Iowa 47; Wheeling Jesuit 42; Cal State San Bernardino 35; Findlay 32; Washburn 29; Sioux Falls 28; Rockhurst 26; South Carolina-Aiken 23; Florida Southern 19; UC San Diego 17; Hillsdale 16; Gannon 10; Alaska-Anchorage 8; Flagler 7; North Alabama 6; Arkansas-Fort Smith 2;
