Lexington, Ky. – The Northern State University volleyball team moved up one spot to No. 23 in the most recent AVCA/Taraflex Top-25 Poll. The Wolves are 11-4 on the year and earned 142 points in the October 6th edition.
Northern is joined by NSIC opponents No. 8 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 11 Wayne State, No. 10 St. Cloud State, No. 13 Minnesota Duluth, No. 17 Southwest Minnesota State, and No. 22 Minnesota State. In addition, regional opponents No. 2 Nebraska Kearney, No. 4 Central Oklahoma, No. 9 Washburn, and No. 24 Central Missouri landed in the rankings with the Central Region making up 11 of the top-25 teams in the nation.
Oct. 6 AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II WVB Poll
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) |
Total Points Adjusted |
Record |
Previous Week |
| 1 |
Tampa [37] |
1,164 |
12-0 |
2 |
| 2 |
Nebraska-Kearney [3] |
1,096 |
17-0 |
3 |
| 3 |
Barry [4] |
1,069 |
11-0 |
4 |
| 4 |
Central Oklahoma [2] |
1,004 |
17-1 |
1 |
| 5 |
Point Loma [1] |
993 |
13-1 |
5 |
| 6 |
Lynn |
964 |
13-1 |
6 |
| 7 |
Simon Fraser |
866 |
11-1 |
7 |
| 8 |
Concordia-St. Paul |
796 |
11-3 |
11 |
| 9 |
Washburn |
760 |
14-1 |
10 |
| 10 |
St. Cloud State |
711 |
12-3 |
13 |
| 11 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
646 |
13-3 |
9 |
| 12 |
MSU Denver |
639 |
10-3 |
8 |
| 13 |
Minnesota Duluth |
575 |
13-1 |
15 |
| 14 |
West Texas A&M |
516 |
11-4 |
14 |
| 15 |
Ferris State |
470 |
10-4 |
16 |
| 16 |
West Florida |
442 |
12-3 |
17 |
| 17 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
438 |
10-4 |
12 |
| 18 |
Alaska-Fairbanks |
294 |
14-1 |
23 |
| 19 |
Wingate |
274 |
14-1 |
20 |
| 20 |
Western Washington |
258 |
11-2 |
19 |
| 21 |
Grand Valley State |
231 |
10-3 |
18 |
| 22 |
Minnesota State-Mankato |
195 |
14-1 |
RV |
| 23 |
Northern State |
142 |
11-4 |
24 |
| 24 |
Central Missouri |
122 |
11-3 |
RV |
| 25 |
Findlay |
108 |
10-2 |
21 |
