AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll Release 8/29/22
The Wayne State College volleyball team moved up two spots to 15th in the first regular season AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday by the coaches association. WSC received 476 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the country.
The 4-0 Wildcats opened the season last weekend with four 3-0 sweeps in New York. WSC travels to Denver this weekend for the Colorado Premier Challenge, facing Azusa Pacific (Calif.) and #5 West Florida Friday.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 1 Poll: August 29, 2022
2022 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Tampa (39) 1141 4-0 1
2 Washburn (1) 1077 4-0 2
3 Western Washington (5) 1052 4-0 3
4 MSU Denver (1) 1011 4-0 4
5 West Florida (1) 965 4-0 5
6 Concordia-St. Paul 931 4-0 6
7 Cal State San Bernardino 890 4-0 7
8 St. Cloud State 850 4-0 9
9 Nebraska-Kearney 775 4-0 10
10 Northwest Missouri State 729 4-0 12
11 Central Missouri 663 2-1 8
12 West Texas A&M 541 3-1 14
13 Southwest Minnesota State 518 4-0 22
14 Colorado School of Mines 508 3-1 11
15 Wayne State (Neb.) 476 4-0 17
16 Angelo State 416 3-1 13
17 Gannon 403 3-0 18
18 Lewis (Ill.) 330 3-1 21
19 Michigan Tech 295 4-0 23
20 Alaska-Anchorage 269 8-0 NR
21 Minnesota Duluth 232 4-0 NR
22 Hillsdale 220 3-1 16
23 Nova Southeastern 164 4-0 24
24 Colorado Mesa 140 3-1 NR
25 Winona State 90 2-2 15
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Colorado State-Pueblo 73; Barry 60; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (FL) 48; Cal State L. A. 47; Central Washington 40; Augustana (SD) 30; Wingate 27; Texas-Tyler 25; Cal Poly Pomona 24; Biola University 23; Rockhurst 23; Chaminade 17; Harding 16; Northern State 16; Clarion 14; American International 13; Sonoma State 8; Azusa Pacific 7; Missouri S&T 6; Palm Beach Atlantic 5; Ashland 4.15 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 63 combined points.
