Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team moved up five spots to No. 14 in the fourth installment of the AVCA Top-25 Poll after a 3-0 week in NSIC action. The Wolves tallied 517 points with a season record of 12-1.
The NSIC proves yet again to be the strongest conference in NCAA Division II with nine schools in the poll in No. 1 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 6 Minnesota Duluth, No. 13 Winona State, No. 17 Augustana, No. 22 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 |
13-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Concordia - St. Paul (1) |
1151 |
12-1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lewis |
1089 |
12-1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
1044 |
9-0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
990 |
13-1 |
5 |
| 6 |
Minnesota Duluth |
923 |
12-1 |
6 |
| 7 |
California Baptist |
895 |
11-0 |
8 |
| 8 |
Ferris State |
873 |
11-2 |
7 |
| 9 |
Central Oklahoma |
741 |
15-1 |
10 |
| 10 |
Western Washington |
670 |
9-3 |
13 |
| 11 |
Regis |
635 |
12-1 |
14 |
| 12 |
NW Nazarene |
582 |
12-0 |
16 |
| 13 |
Winona State |
555 |
9-4 |
9 |
| 14 |
Northern State |
517 |
12-1 |
19 |
| 15 |
Tarleton State |
497 |
10-4 |
17 |
| 16 |
Angelo State |
464 |
10-4 |
11 |
| 17 |
Augustana (SD) |
448 |
9-5 |
12 |
| 18 |
Central Missouri |
429 |
11-3 |
15 |
| 19 |
Arkansas Tech University |
289 |
16-0 |
24 |
| 20 |
Saint Leo |
268 |
6-1 |
21 |
| 21 |
Alaska-Anchorage |
250 |
9-4 |
20 |
| 22 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
233 |
7-6 |
18 |
| 23 |
Colorado School of Mines |
177 |
10-3 |
23 |
| 24 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
137 |
7-5 |
22 |
| 25 |
Rockhurst |
93 |
11-3 |
NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Washburn 69; Findlay 60; Azusa Pacific 59; Sioux Falls 37; UC San Diego 35; West Florida 31; Wingate 30; Concordia (CA) 23; Upper Iowa 22; Central Washington 19; Wheeling Jesuit 15; Northern Michigan 14; Tampa 12;
