Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team comes in at No. 19 in the first regular season AVCA Top-25 Poll of the 2021 season. The Wolves earned 287 total points with a 2-2 record overall.
 
The Wolves are joined by NSIC opponents No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 11 Minnesota Duluth, No. 13 St. Cloud State, No. 14 Winona State, No. 16 Southwest Minnesota State, and No. 17 Wayne State.
 
AVCA Top-25 Poll

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points Adjusted	2021 Record	Previous Week Rank
1	Concordia - St. Paul (20)	1114	4-0	2
2	Angelo State (21)	1086	4-0	1
3	Nebraska-Kearney (2)	979	4-0	4
4	Washburn	911	5-0	8
5	Lewis	895	4-0	6
6	Cal State San Bernardino (1)	860	3-1	3
7	Tampa	718	3-1	5
8	NW Missouri State	698	4-0	16
9	Western Washington	648	3-0	14
10	Central Missouri	619	4-0	17
11	Minnesota Duluth	610	3-1	7
12	Oklahoma Baptist	594	3-1	9
13	St. Cloud State	555	4-0	19
14	Winona State	496	4-0	NR
15	Colorado School of Mines	464	3-1	12
16	Southwest Minnesota State	441	4-0	NR
17	Wayne State (Neb.)	347	3-0	24
18	Hillsdale	324	2-2	13
19	Northern State	287	2-2	15
20	MSU Denver	277	2-2	11
21	West Florida	231	4-0	NR
22	Colorado Mesa	208	2-2	10
23	Texas-Tyler	192	4-0	20
24	Simon Fraser (3)	162	4-0	NR
25	Rockhurst	146	3-1	25

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Harding 128; Ferris State 107; Texas A&M-Kingsville 98; Regis 97; Alaska-Anchorage 93; Gannon 84; Chaminade 79; Michigan Tech 62; Missouri-St Louis 50; West Texas A&M 49; Cal Poly Pomona 44; Southern Indiana 43; Wheeling 43; Lynn 39; Nova Southeastern 32; Cal State L.A. 31; Wingate 28; Hawai'i-Hilo 27; Palm Beach Atlantic 25; Northern Michigan 20; Barry 17; Grand Valley State 17; Central Oklahoma 7; Colo State-Pueblo 6; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (FL) 5.