Lexington, Ky. – Following the final week of the regular season, the Northern State University volleyball team dropped two spots to No. 9 overall in the recent AVCA Top-25 poll. The Wolves tallied 781 points with a 23-5 record overall.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 4 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 6 Minnesota Duluth, No. 14 Winona State, No. 16 Augustana, No. 21 Wayne State, and (RV) Upper Iowa. The Wolves will face the No. 16 Vikings in the NSIC Tournament opener on Wednesday from Wachs Arena.
| RANK |
SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) |
POINTS |
RECORD |
PREVIOUS |
| 1 |
Concordia-St. Paul (40) |
1192 |
26-2 |
1 |
| 2 |
California Baptist (7) |
1149 |
26-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lewis (1) |
1090 |
28-2 |
3 |
| 4 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
1062 |
25-3 |
4 |
| 5 |
Western Washington |
980 |
23-3 |
8 |
| 6 |
Minnesota Duluth |
863 |
23-5 |
6 |
| 7 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
848 |
30-3 |
5 |
| 8 |
Arkansas Tech |
808 |
32-0 |
9 |
| 9 |
Northern State |
781 |
23-5 |
7 |
| 10 |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
754 |
24-3 |
10 |
| 11 |
Regis |
745 |
25-3 |
11 |
| 12 |
Central Oklahoma |
646 |
28-4 |
12 |
| 13 |
NW Nazarene |
633 |
24-2 |
13 |
| 14 |
Winona State |
615 |
21-7 |
15 |
| 15 |
Tarleton State |
536 |
26-5 |
14 |
| 16 |
Augustana (SD) |
463 |
22-8 |
18 |
| 17 |
Colorado School of Mines |
418 |
23-4 |
16 |
| 18 |
Central Missouri |
331 |
24-7 |
19 |
| 19 |
West Florida |
298 |
26-6 |
20 |
| 20 |
Ferris State |
265 |
20-7 |
17 |
| 21 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
204 |
19-11 |
22 |
| 22 |
Florida Southern |
174 |
22-6 |
24 |
| 23 |
Saint Leo |
154 |
20-5 |
23 |
| 24 |
Wheeling Jesuit |
105 |
28-5 |
21 |
| 25 |
Angelo State |
82 |
21-8 |
25 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Hillsdale 60; Upper Iowa 54; Cal State San Bernardino 37; Missouri Western 36; Rockhurst 36; Findlay 33; Wingate 29; Azusa Pacific 24; Metro State 21; Central Washington 18; Flagler 18; McKendree 18;
