The Wayne State volleyball team is ranked third in this week's AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon. The 11-0 Wildcats collected 1067 points and seven first-place votes in this week's poll after posting home wins last weekend over previous #3 Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota State to open NSIC play.
The Wildcats are at home this evening (Tuesday) hosting Peru State at 6 p.m. followed by NSIC road matches this weekend at Upper Iowa Friday at 6 p.m. and Winona State Saturday at 2 p.m.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 3 Poll: September 13, 2022
2022 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Tampa (39) 1155 9-0 1
2 Washburn 1109 10-0 2
3 Wayne State (Neb) (7) 1067 11-0 5
4 MSU Denver 990 9-1 4
5 Concordia-St. Paul 981 8-2 3
6 St. Cloud State 952 10-0 6
7 Southwest Minnesota St. (1) 851 10-0 9
8 Nebraska-Kearney 803 10-1 7
9 Western Washington 745 7-3 11
10 Minnesota Duluth 710 10-0 14
11 West Florida 650 8-3 8
12 Cal State San Bernardino 602 7-2 10
13 Northwest Missouri State 551 7-3 12
14 Alaska-Anchorage 502 12-1 16
15 Lewis (Ill.) 439 8-4 17
16 Central Missouri 401 6-4 18
17 West Texas A&M 389 7-4 13
18 Barry (Fla.) 381 9-0 22
19 Colorado School of Mines 279 6-4 15
20 Regis (Colo.) 260 6-4 23
21 Colorado Mesa 243 6-3 21
22 Hillsdale 235 9-2 20
23 Augustana (S.D.) 181 9-1 24
24 Wingate 93 10-1 NR
25 Cal Poly Pomona 67 7-1 NR
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Michigan Tech 54; Rockhurst 53; Cal State L.A. 52; Colorado State-Pueblo 44; Nova Southeastern 38; Quincy 34; Central Oklahoma 31; Central Washington 30; Harding 26; American International 23; Texas-Tyler 17; Azusa Pacific 15; Northern Michigan 15; Point Loma 15; Ferris State 14; Augusta University 10; Gannon 10; Grand Valley State 10; Northern State 10; Chaminade 9; Dallas Baptist 9; Davenport 9; Alaska Fairbanks 8; Clarion 8; Biola 7; Ashland 6; Eckerd 6; Sonoma State 5; Winona State 5; Oklahoma Baptist 4
10 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 62 combined points
