Lexington, Ky. – After a 2-0 weekend on the road, the Northern State University volleyball team has once again broken into the AVCA Top-10 with a No. 9 ranking overall. The Wolves tallied 790 total points with an 18-3 record overall, after moving from No. 11 a week ago.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 1 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 4 Minnesota Duluth, No. 15 Augustana, No. 17 Winona State, No. 20 Wayne State, (RV) Upper Iowa, and (RV) Sioux Falls. The Wolves will face the No. 4 Bulldogs this Saturday from Wachs Arena at 2 p.m. in the annual Pink Game.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top-25 Poll
Week #8: October 23, 2017
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2017 Record |
Previous
Rank |
| 1 |
Southwest Minnesota State (30) |
1170 |
20-1 |
2 |
| 2 |
Concordia - St. Paul (2) |
1115 |
19-2 |
3 |
| 3 |
Palm Beach Atlantic (8) |
1102 |
19-0 |
4 |
| 4 |
Minnesota Duluth (1) |
1041 |
19-2 |
5 |
| 5 |
California Baptist (5) |
1017 |
19-0 |
6 |
| 6 |
Lewis (2) |
993 |
20-2 |
1 |
| 7 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
916 |
23-2 |
7 |
| 8 |
Western Washington |
829 |
17-3 |
8 |
| 9 |
Northern State |
790 |
18-3 |
11 |
| 10 |
NW Nazarene |
712 |
19-1 |
12 |
| 11 |
Tarleton State |
644 |
20-4 |
13 |
| 12 |
Arkansas Tech |
635 |
26-0 |
14 |
| 13 |
Central Oklahoma |
624 |
22-3 |
10 |
| 14 |
Regis |
584 |
20-3 |
9 |
| 15 |
Augustana (SD) |
505 |
17-6 |
16 |
| 16 |
Central Missouri |
454 |
19-5 |
18 |
| 17 |
Winona State |
421 |
14-7 |
15 |
| 18 |
Colorado School of Mines |
385 |
18-3 |
19 |
| 19 |
Ferris State |
301 |
16-6 |
17 |
| 20 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
251 |
15-8 |
20 |
| 21 |
Angelo State |
218 |
15-6 |
22 |
| 22 |
West Florida |
165 |
20-6 |
24 |
| 23 |
Wheeling Jesuit |
119 |
19-4 |
NR |
| 24 |
Wingate |
95 |
18-1 |
21 |
| 25 |
Central Washington |
87 |
15-5 |
NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Azusa Pacific 65; Upper Iowa 62; Findlay 50; Sioux Falls 38; Cal State San Bernardino 28; Hillsdale 24; Florida Southern 23; Saint Leo 22; South Carolina-Aiken 18; Rockhurst 16; McKendree 14; Metro State 13; Bellarmine 6; Flagler 6; Missouri Western 5; UC San Diego 4;
