For the third straight week the Wayne State College volleyball team is ranked #1 in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon.  The 14-1 Wildcats received 44 first-place votes and 1,172 points in voting conducted by 47 various coaches in NCAA Division II.
            Wayne State is coming off three wins last week, beating Peru State 3-0 in Wayne followed by a pair of top 10 NSIC road sweeps at then #6 St. Cloud State and then #10 Minnesota Duluth over the weekend.  The 'Cats play three NSIC home matches this week, starting Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. hosting Winona State (11-3, 4-2 NSIC) followed by weekend home contests vs. Bemidji State Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday against Minnesota Crookston at 4 p.m.
  
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 5 Poll: October 2, 2023
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Rank School (First-Place Votes)         Points    Record   Rank
1          Wayne State (Neb.) (44)           1172     14-1       1
2          Concordia-St. Paul (2)               1123     14-1       2
3          Tampa (1)                                 1080     13-0       3
4          Missouri-St. Louis                      1017     15-0       4
5          West Texas A&M                      978      14-2       5
6          St. Cloud State                          905      12-3       6
7          MSU Denver                             892      11-3       7
8          Southwest Minnesota State        816      11-2      8
9          Nebraska-Kearney                     790      15-1      9
10        Colorado Mesa                          719      14-1      11
11        Minnesota Duluth                      600      10-4      10
12        Regis                                        590      10-3      13
13        Cal Poly Pomona                      571      14-1      14
14        Cal State San Bernardino           504      11-3      12
15        West Florida                             498      11-4      16
16        Lewis                                        402      12-4      19
17        Central Washington                   391      10-4      18
18        Chaminade                                380      13-2      17
19        Washburn                                 323      10-3      15
20        Ferris State                               286      12-3      21
21        Seattle Pacific                           178      12-2      24
22        Central Oklahoma                     164      14-3      20
23        Cal State Los Angeles               134      7-7       25
24        Wingate                                    125      11-2      22
25        Rockhurst                                 117      11-3      23
 
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots:  Walsh 81; Central Missouri 77; Quincy 72; Angelo State 55; Dallas Baptist 26; Northwest Missouri State 25; Barry 21; Point Loma 20; Clarion 18; Winona State 14; Biola University 12; Spring Hill 12; Anderson (S.C.) 10; Northern State 10; Gannon 9; Hillsdale 8; Lander 8; Simon Fraser 4; Sonoma State 4
                                                                10 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 34 combined points