Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team remains at No. 8 this week in the AVCA Top-25 Poll. The Wolves tallied two wins over the weekend, improving to 9-1 overall, and earned 849 points in the poll. Despite remaining in the eight pot, NSU earned 59 more points this week.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 4 Minnesota Duluth, No. 7 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 9 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 15 St. Cloud State, No. 17 Wayne State, No. 19 Sioux Falls, No. 25 Upper Iowa, (RV) Winona State, (RV) Augustana, (RV) Minnesota State. The Wolves will face Southwest and Sioux Falls this weekend on the road.
AVCA DII Top-25 Coaches Poll - Week #3: September 23
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2019 Record |
Previous
Rank |
| 1 |
Cal State San Bernardino (40) |
1143 |
9-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Western Washington (5) |
1102 |
10-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
1010 |
11-0 |
T-6 |
| 4 |
Minnesota Duluth (1) |
978 |
9-1 |
4 |
| 5 |
Washburn |
913 |
9-1 |
3 |
| 6 |
Lewis |
898 |
10-1 |
5 |
| 7 |
Concordia - St. Paul |
885 |
8-2 |
T-6 |
| 8 |
Northern State |
849 |
9-1 |
8 |
| 9 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
788 |
8-2 |
9 |
| 10 |
Tarleton State |
657 |
7-3 |
11 |
| 11 |
NW Missouri State |
644 |
9-1 |
15 |
| 12 |
Regis |
503 |
8-2 |
18 |
| 13 |
Rockhurst |
477 |
9-3 |
17 |
| 14 |
Central Missouri |
461 |
6-4 |
12 |
| 15 |
St. Cloud State |
453 |
10-0 |
22 |
| 16 |
Ferris State |
421 |
7-3 |
10 |
| 17 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
360 |
9-1 |
19 |
| 18 |
Hillsdale |
336 |
9-2 |
14 |
| 19 |
Sioux Falls |
316 |
10-0 |
24 |
| 20 |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
256 |
7-3 |
20 |
| 21 |
Wheeling |
236 |
9-3 |
21 |
| 22 |
Tampa |
152 |
5-5 |
13 |
| 23 |
Upper Iowa |
135 |
8-2 |
T-25 |
| 24 |
Wingate |
117 |
10-0 |
T-25 |
| T-25 |
Barry |
93 |
6-4 |
16 |
| T-25 |
Colorado School of Mines |
93 |
8-2 |
NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Angelo State 69; Michigan Tech 60; Winona State 54; Central Washington 53; Missouri-St Louis 51; Palm Beach Atlantic 38; Cal State L. A. 36; Chaminade 36; Metro State 36; Azusa Pacific 31; Saint Leo 31; Lynn 30; Ashland 29; Central Oklahoma 28; West Florida 25; South Carolina-Aiken 15; Augustana (SD) 11; Minnesota State 6
