Lexington, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) released this afternoon to 2018 Coaches Top-25 Preseason Poll, with the Northern State Wolves debuting at No. 9. NSU tallied 729 total points, after a 23-7 record a season ago and No. 12 final season ranking.
 
NSIC foe Concordia-St. Paul was picked No. 1, earning 47 first place votes, while Southwest Minnesota State came in at No. 2. Northern is also joined by NSIC opponents No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, No. 17 Winona State, No. 23 Augustana, (RV) Wayne State, and (RV) Upper Iowa.
 

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points Adjusted	2017 Record	2017 Final Rank
1	Concordia - St. Paul (47)	1198	34-3	1
2	Southwest Minnesota State	1077	29-4	3
3	Minnesota Duluth	1015	26-7	4
4	Florida Southern	983	30-7	2
5	Western Washington	922	27-4	7
6	Lewis (1)	914	33-3	5
7	Regis	879	31-4	8
8	Nebraska-Kearney	837	33-4	9
9	Northern State	729	23-7	12
10	Rockhurst	713	32-8	11
11	Cal State San Bernardino	682	24-8	13
12	Palm Beach Atlantic	638	26-4	15
13	Gannon	567	31-7	10
14	Arkansas Tech	536	35-1	14
15	West Florida	454	30-7	16
16	Central Oklahoma	419	29-6	18
17	Winona State	397	21-8	19
18	Tarleton State	349	29-6	20
19	NW Nazarene	272	25-5	17
20	Colorado School of Mines	259	25-6	21
21	Ferris State	234	24-8	23
22	Central Missouri	223	25-8	RV
23	Augustana (SD)	215	23-9	16
24	Wheeling Jesuit	147	33-6	RV
25	Flagler	133	27-4	24

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Missouri Western 112; Wayne State (Neb.) 98; Hillsdale 67; Saint Leo 51; Tampa 45; Angelo State 39; West Texas A&M 37; Wingate 33; Azusa Pacific 29; Metro State 26; Arkansas-Fort Smith 23; Alaska-Anchorage 20; Findlay 17; Sonoma State 16; Anderson (S.C.) 15; Cal State L. A. 15; Central Washington 14; Molloy 14; UC San Diego 7; Biola 4; Upper Iowa 4; Colorado Mesa 2
15 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 120 combined points.