Lexington, Ky. – In the first regular season AVCA Top-25 Poll of the year, the Northern State University volleyball team is ranked No. 9. The Wolves fall season was canceled due to COVID-19.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 3 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 6 Minnesota Duluth, No. 12 Wayne State, No. 14 St. Cloud State, No. 16 Winona State, No. 21 Upper Iowa, and No. 23 Southwest Minnesota State. In addition, the Wolves are joined by regional foes No. 1 Nebraska-Kearney, No. 4 Washburn, and No. 8 Central Missouri.
| Rank |
School |
Points |
2021 Rec |
Prev |
| 1 |
Nebraska-Kearney (39) |
1069 |
0-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Hillsdale (4) |
1013 |
4-0 |
11 |
| 3 |
Concordia - St. Paul (2) |
976 |
0-0 |
2 |
| 4 |
Washburn |
940 |
0-0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Lewis (1) |
890 |
2-0 |
14 |
| 6 |
Minnesota Duluth |
833 |
0-0 |
6 |
| 7 |
Angelo State |
807 |
3-0 |
15 |
| 8 |
Central Missouri |
770 |
0-0 |
10 |
| 9 |
Northern State |
718 |
0-0 |
8 |
| 10 |
Rockhurst |
691 |
0-0 |
7 |
| 11 |
Western Washington |
660 |
0-0 |
9 |
| 12 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
612 |
0-0 |
12 |
| 13 |
MSU Denver (1) |
530 |
3-0 |
NR |
| 14 |
St. Cloud State |
494 |
0-0 |
13 |
| 15 |
Ferris State |
458 |
0-0 |
17 |
| T-16 |
Colorado School of Mines |
408 |
2-1 |
19 |
| T-16 |
Winona State |
408 |
0-0 |
18 |
| 18 |
Missouri - St. Louis |
335 |
2-0 |
NR |
| 19 |
Azusa Pacific |
308 |
0-0 |
16 |
| 20 |
Colorado Mesa |
280 |
4-0 |
NR |
| 21 |
Upper Iowa |
236 |
0-0 |
20 |
| 22 |
Gannon |
208 |
0-0 |
24 |
| 23 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
182 |
0-0 |
22 |
| 24 |
Regis |
156 |
0-2 |
5 |
| 25 |
Wheeling |
117 |
0-0 |
25 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Drury 90; Saint Leo 84; St. Cloud State University 84; Quincy 69; Michigan Tech 64; Indianapolis 60; Texas A&M-Kingsville 59; Walsh 59; NW Missouri State 54; Harding 48; Arkansas Tech University 45; Tampa 45; Colo State - Pueblo 41; Tiffin 41; Oklahoma Baptist University 36; Southern Indiana 28; Findlay 25; Cedarville 19; Colorado-Colorado Springs 19; West Texas A&M 19; Alaska-Anchorage 18; Lynn 17; Westminster 16; Central Oklahoma 14; Texas A&M-Commerce 13; Truman 13; West Florida 13; St. Mary's (Tx.) 12; Southern Nazarene University 10; Northwestern Oklahoma State 7; Wingate 7; Lubbock Christian 6; Illinois-Springfield 3;
