Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team moved up one spot to No. 23 in the first regular season AVCA Top-25 Poll. The Wolves tallied 199 total votes after going 3-1 from the Colorado School of Mines, Oredigger Classic.
Northern is joined by six NSIC schools including No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 2 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 7 Minnesota Duluth, No. 9 Augustana, No. 12 Wayne State, and No. 13 Winona State. In addition to the conference opponents, four regional opponents also made the list in No. 5 Nebraska-Kearney, No. 16 Central Missouri, No. 18 Washburn, and No. 19 Central Oklahoma.
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2017 Record |
Previous
Rank |
| 1 |
Concordia - St. Paul (45) |
1197 |
4-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Southwest Minnesota State (3) |
1131 |
4-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lewis |
1063 |
4-0 |
8 |
| 4 |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
1032 |
3-0 |
6 |
| 5 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
967 |
3-1 |
3 |
| 6 |
Angelo State |
947 |
4-0 |
9 |
| 7 |
Minnesota Duluth |
868 |
3-1 |
7 |
| 8 |
Ferris State |
797 |
4-0 |
14 |
| 9 |
Augustana (SD) |
746 |
3-1 |
10 |
| 10 |
Western Washington |
720 |
3-1 |
12 |
| 11 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
679 |
3-1 |
15 |
| 12 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
635 |
3-1 |
13 |
| 13 |
Winona State |
555 |
2-2 |
5 |
| 14 |
Alaska-Anchorage |
517 |
2-2 |
4 |
| 15 |
Concordia (CA) |
433 |
3-0 |
22 |
| 16 |
Central Missouri |
406 |
4-0 |
21 |
| 17 |
Tarleton State |
389 |
4-0 |
25 |
| 18 |
Washburn |
334 |
3-1 |
16 |
| 19 |
Central Oklahoma |
309 |
3-1 |
18 |
| 20 |
Tampa |
293 |
2-2 |
17 |
| 21 |
Saint Leo |
262 |
4-0 |
32 |
| 22 |
Colorado School of Mines |
234 |
3-1 |
19 |
| 23 |
Northern State |
199 |
3-1 |
24 |
| 24 |
California Baptist |
173 |
3-0 |
30 |
| 25 |
Rockhurst |
113 |
3-1 |
23 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Regis 94; Wheeling Jesuit 87; NW Nazarene 62; Central Washington 61; Metro State 61; West Florida 45; Azusa Pacific 32; Arkansas Tech University 28; Wingate 28; Ashland 27; UC San Diego 20; Florida Southern 16; Wayne State (Mich.) 13; Findlay 8;
6 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 15 combined points.
Dropped Out: Wheeling Jesuit 11; Metro State 20
Next Poll: September 11
