Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team has moved up two spots to No. 7 in the recent AVCA Top-25 Poll. The Wolves garnered 882 total points with a 20-3 record overall this season.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 2 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 9 Minnesota Duluth, No. 15 Winona State, No. 16 Augustana, and No. 22 Wayne State. The University of Sioux Falls is also receiving votes. The Wolves will face the No. 1 Golden Bears this Friday on the road. The NCAA will also release the first installment of volleyball regional rankings on Wednesday.
| RANK |
SCHOOL |
POINTS |
RECORD |
PREVIOUS |
| 1 |
Concordia-St. Paul (40) |
1191 |
21-2 |
2 |
| 2 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
1130 |
21-2 |
1 |
| 3 |
California Baptist (7) |
1100 |
21-0 |
5 |
| 4 |
Lewis |
1035 |
22-2 |
6 |
| 5 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
989 |
26-2 |
7 |
| 6 |
Palm Beach Atlantic (1) |
943 |
21-1 |
3 |
| 7 |
Northern State |
882 |
20-3 |
9 |
| 8 |
Western Washington |
865 |
19-3 |
8 |
| 9 |
Minnesota Duluth |
831 |
19-4 |
4 |
| 10 |
Arkansas Tech |
711 |
28-0 |
12 |
| 11 |
Central Oklahoma |
684 |
25-3 |
13 |
| 12 |
Regis |
675 |
22-3 |
14 |
| 13 |
NW Nazarene |
609 |
20-2 |
10 |
| 14 |
Tarleton State |
549 |
22-5 |
11 |
| 15 |
Winona State |
520 |
16-7 |
17 |
| 16 |
Augustana (SD) |
452 |
18-7 |
15 |
| 17 |
Colorado School of Mines |
375 |
19-4 |
18 |
| 18 |
Ferris State |
356 |
17-6 |
19 |
| 19 |
Central Missouri |
282 |
20-7 |
16 |
| 20 |
West Florida |
268 |
22-6 |
22 |
| 21 |
Wheeling Jesuit |
227 |
23-4 |
23 |
| 22 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
150 |
15-10 |
20 |
| 23 |
Angelo State |
124 |
16-8 |
21 |
| 24 |
Saint Leo |
105 |
16-5 |
NR |
| 25 |
Upper Iowa |
83 |
18-6 |
NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Azusa Pacific 58; Findlay 55; Wingate 42; Hillsdale 41; Alaska-Anchorage 32; Florida Southern 29; Metro State 27; Cal State San Bernardino 26; Central Washington 26; McKendree 26; Rockhurst 17; Missouri Western 13; Flagler 12; Sioux Falls 9; West Texas A&M 2.
