Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team has moved up one spot in this week's AVCA Top-25 Poll to No. 13 nationally. The Wolves tallied 572 points and sit with a 13-2 record overall on the year.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 1 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 6 Minnesota Duluth, No. 14 Winona State, No. 17 Augustana, No. 21 Wayne State, (RV) Sioux Falls, and (RV) Upper Iowa.
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2017 Record |
Previous
Rank |
| 1 |
Southwest Minnesota State (47) |
1199 |
15-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Concordia - St. Paul |
1149 |
14-1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lewis |
1089 |
14-1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
1048 |
12-0 |
4 |
| 5 |
California Baptist (1) |
964 |
13-0 |
7 |
| 6 |
Minnesota Duluth |
939 |
13-2 |
6 |
| 7 |
Ferris State |
882 |
13-2 |
8 |
| 8 |
Central Oklahoma |
858 |
18-1 |
9 |
| 9 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
798 |
15-2 |
5 |
| 10 |
Regis |
707 |
14-1 |
11 |
| 11 |
Western Washington |
680 |
11-3 |
10 |
| 12 |
NW Nazarene |
657 |
14-0 |
12 |
| 13 |
Northern State |
572 |
13-2 |
14 |
| 14 |
Winona State |
548 |
11-4 |
13 |
| 15 |
Tarleton State |
496 |
13-4 |
15 |
| 16 |
Angelo State |
444 |
11-4 |
16 |
| 17 |
Augustana (SD) |
422 |
12-5 |
17 |
| 18 |
Arkansas Tech University |
393 |
18-0 |
19 |
| 19 |
Saint Leo |
332 |
9-1 |
20 |
| 20 |
Central Missouri |
259 |
13-4 |
18 |
| 21 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
216 |
10-6 |
22 |
| 22 |
Colorado School of Mines |
204 |
12-3 |
23 |
| 23 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
161 |
8-5 |
24 |
| 24 |
Azusa Pacific |
112 |
13-1 |
28 |
| 25 |
Findlay |
91 |
15-1 |
27 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wingate 56; West Florida 51; Alaska-Anchorage 49; Washburn 29; Wheeling Jesuit 26; Sioux Falls 25; Upper Iowa 25; Rockhurst 24; UC San Diego 15; Central Washington 14; McKendree 9; Drury 7; Northern Michigan 7; Concordia (CA) 6;
7 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 37 combined points
.
Dropped Out: Alaska-Anchorage 21; Rockhurst 25;
