Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team held down the No. 22 spot on this week's AVCA/Taraflex Top-25 Poll, garnering 187 points with their 10-2 record. This is now the third straight week where the Wolves are named to the top-25.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 4 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 6 Wayne State, No. 8 St. Cloud State, No. 12 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 15 Minnesota Duluth, and (RV) Minnesota State. The Wolves will host the Minnesota State Mavericks on Friday at 6 p.m. from Wachs Arena.
| Rank |
School (1st-Place Votes Adjusted) |
Total Points Adjusted |
Record |
Previous Week |
| 1 |
Tampa [43] |
1,168 |
8-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
MSU Denver [1] |
1,101 |
11-1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
1,034 |
14-0 |
3 |
| 4 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
999 |
13-0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Ferris State |
936 |
11-0 |
7 |
| 6 |
Wayne State (NE) |
862 |
10-2 |
8 |
| 7 |
Cal Poly Pomona [3] |
812 |
10-1 |
11 |
| 8 |
St. Cloud State |
791 |
9-2 |
12 |
| 9-T |
Chaminade |
778 |
10-4 |
6 |
| 9-T |
West Texas A&M |
778 |
9-3 |
10 |
| 11 |
Missouri-St. Louis |
720 |
10-2 |
5 |
| 12 |
Concordia-St. Paul |
662 |
8-4 |
9 |
| 13 |
Central Oklahoma |
653 |
15-0 |
13 |
| 14 |
Angelo State |
586 |
12-1 |
14 |
| 15 |
Minnesota Duluth |
486 |
8-2 |
15 |
| 16 |
Grand Valley State |
475 |
11-1 |
16 |
| 17 |
Lynn |
414 |
12-0 |
19 |
| 18 |
Colorado Mesa |
358 |
9-3 |
18 |
| 19 |
Cal State L.A. |
334 |
7-4 |
17 |
| 20 |
Point Loma |
314 |
10-0 |
20 |
| 21 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
193 |
7-4 |
21 |
| 22 |
Northern State |
187 |
10-2 |
22 |
| 23 |
Dallas Baptist |
153 |
8-4 |
23 |
| 24-T |
Nova Southeastern |
89 |
11-1 |
NR |
| 24-T |
Quincy |
89 |
13-1 |
NR |