The Wayne State College volleyball team is ranked second in the final regular season AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon.  The Wildcats received two first-place votes and 1,065 points in voting from coaches across the country.
            Wayne State is 29-2 on the season and the #1 seed and host for the NCAA Central Region Volleyball Tournament starting Friday at Rice Auditorium in Wayne.  The Wildcats meet 24^th ranked and 30-1 Harding of Arkansas in Friday's first round at 7:30 p.m.
  
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 12 Poll: November 14, 2022
                                                            2022    Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes)          Points    Record   Rank
1          MSU Denver [44]                       1172     28-1      1
2          Wayne State (Neb.) [2]             1065     29-2      2
3          Concordia-St. Paul                    1039     26-5      3
4          Alaska Anchorage [1]                 988       27-2      5
5          Tampa                                     940       27-3      6
6          Minnesota Duluth                      925       26-4      4
7          St. Cloud State                         849       26-5      9
8          Western Washington                 805       21-5      8
9          West Texas A&M                      757       27-4      11
10        Southwest Minnesota State        750       23-6      7
11        West Florida                             652       27-5      13
12        NW Missouri State                     638       24-6      10
13        Nebraska-Kearney                    612       28-5      12
14        Regis                                        531       22-7      14
15        Washburn                                 500       24-7      20
16        Cal State San Bernardino          428       20-6      15
17        Barry                                        369       25-5      16
18        Colorado Mesa                         361       21-6      17
19        Cal State L.A.                            321       21-6      18
20        Cal Poly Pomona                      300       23-5      23
21        Quincy                                     235       27-2      19
22        Colorado School of Mines          214       21-7      22
23        Central Oklahoma                     187       24-7      21
24        Harding                                     158       30-1      24
25        Wingate                                    105       29-2      25

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots:  Lewis 79; Chaminade 72; Lynn 39; Central Washington 27; Eckerd 24; Sonoma State 22; American International 16; Ferris State 16; Dallas Baptist 14; Augustana (SD) 11; Sioux Falls 11; Central Missouri 10; Hillsdale 10; Missouri-St Louis 10; Gannon 4; Daemen 3
2 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 6 combined points