Lexington, Ky. – In the sixth installment of the 2017 AVCA Top-25 Poll, the Northern State University Wolves have broken into the top-10. Northern sits No. 9 overall with 763 points and a 15-2 record overall. The Wolves jump from No. 13 a week ago, comes after downing the then No. 1 team in the nation Southwest Minnesota State.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 2 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 3 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 5 Minnesota Duluth, No. 14 Winona State, No. 18 Augustana, No. 21 Wayne State, (RV) Upper Iowa, and (RV) Sioux Falls.
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2017 Record |
Previous
Rank |
| 1 |
Lewis (22) |
1138 |
17-1 |
3 |
| 2 |
Southwest Minnesota State (14) |
1123 |
16-1 |
1 |
| 3 |
Concordia - St. Paul |
1072 |
15-2 |
2 |
| 4 |
Palm Beach Atlantic (7) |
1046 |
14-0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Minnesota Duluth (1) |
1025 |
15-2 |
6 |
| 6 |
California Baptist (3) |
999 |
16-0 |
5 |
| 7 |
Central Oklahoma (1) |
882 |
20-1 |
8 |
| 8 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
840 |
18-2 |
9 |
| 9 |
Northern State |
763 |
15-2 |
13 |
| 10 |
NW Nazarene |
727 |
16-0 |
12 |
| 11 |
Western Washington |
686 |
13-3 |
11 |
| 12 |
Regis |
668 |
16-2 |
10 |
| 13 |
Ferris State |
630 |
14-3 |
7 |
| 14 |
Winona State |
531 |
13-4 |
14 |
| 15 |
Tarleton State |
514 |
15-4 |
15 |
| 16 |
Arkansas Tech University |
462 |
20-0 |
18 |
| 17 |
Angelo State |
438 |
13-4 |
16 |
| 18 |
Augustana (SD) |
376 |
14-5 |
17 |
| 19 |
Saint Leo |
358 |
11-1 |
19 |
| 20 |
Central Missouri |
271 |
15-4 |
20 |
| 21 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
231 |
12-6 |
21 |
| 22 |
Colorado School of Mines |
203 |
14-3 |
22 |
| 23 |
West Florida |
118 |
15-4 |
NR |
| 24 |
Wingate |
98 |
15-0 |
NR |
| 25 |
Azusa Pacific |
74 |
14-2 |
24 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Cal State San Bernardino 61; Findlay 46; Upper Iowa 39; Washburn 33; UC San Diego 30; McKendree 23; Wheeling Jesuit 22; Rockhurst 17; Central Washington 10; Sioux Falls 8; Alaska-Anchorage 7; Concordia (CA) 5; South Carolina-Aiken 4; Flagler 3;
