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;