Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team continues their time on the AVCA/Taraflex Top-25 Poll heading into week 7 action ranked at No. 22. The Wolves are 13-4 overall this season and earned 189 points in this week's poll, moving up one spot from No. 23 last week.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 7 Wayne State, No. 10 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 11 St. Cloud State, No. 15 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 17 Minnesota Duluth, and No. 25 Minnesota State. In addition, NCAA Central Region foes landed on the list including No. 2 Washburn, No. 4 Central Oklahoma, No. 5 Nebraska Kearney, and No. 24 Central Missouri.
Oct. 13 AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II WVB Poll
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) |
Total Points Adjusted |
Record |
Previous Week |
| 1 |
Tampa [47] |
1,175 |
14-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Washburn |
1,060 |
17-1 |
9 |
| 3 |
Barry |
1,045 |
13-1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Central Oklahoma |
924 |
18-2 |
4 |
| 5 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
914 |
18-2 |
2 |
| 6 |
Point Loma |
905 |
14-2 |
5 |
| 7 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
866 |
15-3 |
11 |
| 8 |
Lynn |
851 |
15-2 |
6 |
| 9 |
Simon Fraser |
798 |
12-2 |
7 |
| 10 |
Concordia-St. Paul |
723 |
12-4 |
8 |
| 11 |
St. Cloud State |
699 |
13-4 |
10 |
| 12 |
MSU Denver |
637 |
13-3 |
12 |
| 13 |
West Texas A&M |
544 |
13-4 |
14 |
| 14 |
Ferris State |
499 |
13-4 |
15 |
| 15 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
490 |
12-4 |
17 |
| 16 |
West Florida |
464 |
15-3 |
16 |
| 17 |
Minnesota Duluth |
410 |
14-2 |
13 |
| 18 |
Western Washington |
360 |
13-2 |
20 |
| 19 |
Fresno Pacific |
319 |
15-0 |
RV |
| 20 |
Wingate |
304 |
17-1 |
19 |
| 21 |
Alaska-Fairbanks |
197 |
14-3 |
18 |
| 22 |
Northern State |
189 |
13-4 |
23 |
| 23 |
Grand Valley State |
178 |
12-3 |
21 |
| 24 |
Central Missouri |
153 |
14-3 |
24 |
| 25 |
Minnesota State |
139 |
15-2 |
22 |
