AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Final Poll Release 12/13/21

The Wayne State College volleyball team finished the 2021 season ranked 18^th in the final AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon.  The Wildcats received 333 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the nation.  It's the 12th time in the last 15 years Wayne State ended the season with a Top 25 national ranking.
            The Wildcats finished the regular season at 22-8 and were fourth in the NSIC with a 14-6 league record.  WSC was ranked in every AVCA poll this season, starting the year 24th and ranked as high as fifth two different times. 
 
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Final Poll: December 13, 2021
                                                                         2021   Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes)         Points    Record   Rank
1          Tampa (46)                                1165     34-2       9
2          Washburn                                 1125     31-6       6
3          MSU Denver (1)                          968      28-4      3
4          Central Missouri                         937      29-4      1
5          West Florida                              897      35-2       5
6          Western Washington                  866      26-5      13
7          Concordia-St. Paul                     759      24-9      15
8          Cal State San Bernardino           734       26-4      2
9          Winona State                            715       28-5      10
10        St. Cloud State                          690       27-5       7
11        Nebraska-Kearney                     671       26-7      12
12        NW Missouri State                    661       26-6       4
13         Angelo State                            603       24-5      11
14         Colorado School of Mines          577       26-4      8
15         Hillsdale                                  526       30-5      16
16         West Texas A&M                     502       25-5      NR
17         Gannon                                   432       30-7      NR
18        Wayne State (Neb.)                 333       22-8      14
19        Nova Southeastern                    268       25-6      21
20        Texas-Tyler                               238       20-4      22
21        Ferris State                              220       25-5      23
22         Michigan Tech                         209       25-7      20
23         Southwest Minn. State             193       21-8      17
24         Cal State Los Angeles              172      21-11    NR
25        Oklahoma Baptist                     154       23-5      18
 
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Lewis 135; Augusta University 84; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (FL) 57; Oklahoma Baptist University 49; Central Washington 40; Daemen 37; Chaminade 33; Arkansas Tech University 30; Colorado Mesa University 30; Regis 21; American International 20; Lenoir-Rhyne 18; Missouri-St Louis 17; Wheeling 17; Lynn 14; Wingate 12; Wayne State (Mich.) 11; Palm Beach Atlantic 8; Alaska-Anchorage 6
 
10 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 21 combined points