Following NSIC road wins over the weekend at Northern State (3-2) and MSU Moorhead (3-0), the Wayne State College volleyball team remained #1 in the latest AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon. The Wildcats received 43 first-place votes and 1,169 points in voting conducted by 47 various coaches in NCAA Division II and marks the sixth straight week that WSC has been ranked #1 in NCAA Division II.
Wayne State is 21-1 overall and 12-0 in the NSIC and will host Minot State Friday at 6 p.m. and the University of Mary Saturday in a 3 p.m. contest at Rice Auditorium.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 8 Poll: October 23, 2023
2023 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Wayne State (Neb.) (43) 1169 21-1 1
2 Tampa (2) 1117 20-0 3
3 Missouri-St. Louis (2) 1065 22-0 4
4 Concordia-St. Paul 1013 19-2 2
5 West Texas A&M 1001 20-2 5
6 Southwest Minnesota State 917 18-3 7
7 MSU Denver 802 15-4 6
8 Cal State San Bernardino 764 18-3 11
9 St. Cloud State 710 16-6 13
10 Nebraska-Kearney 668 21-3 8
11 Colorado Mesa 656 19-2 9
12 Regis 651 15-4 12
13 Lewis 583 17-5 14
14 Minnesota Duluth 504 14-7 10
15 Chaminade 495 22-2 16
16 Ferris State 444 18-4 17
17 Central Oklahoma 407 20-3 19
18 West Florida 367 17-6 15
19 Seattle Pacific 281 16-3 22
20 Central Washington 219 13-6 18
21 Quincy 210 21-1 24
22 Cal Poly Pomona 181 15-5 20
23 Cal State Los Angeles 175 13-7 23
24 Rockhurst 140 18-4 25
25 Washburn 100 14-6 21
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Angelo State 80; Central Missouri 76; Wingate 63; Lander 62; Point Loma 49; Clarion 47; Walsh 41; Spring Hill 34; Gannon 33; Grand Valley State 32; Eckerd 25; Northwest Missouri State 17; Biola 13; Anderson (S.C.) 10; Nova Southeastern 8; Simon Fraser 5; Bentley 2
8 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 39 combined points
