After capturing a second straight NSIC regular season title, the Wayne State College volleyball team stays #1 in the latest AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released late Monday afternoon. It's the ninth straight week the Wildcats are ranked as the top team in NCAA Division II. WSC received 43 first-place votes and 1,171 points in voting conducted by 47 various coaches in NCAA Division.
Wayne State defeated then #9 St. Cloud State Saturday 3-1 to cap an unbeaten NSIC regular season (18-0) for the first time since 2014 (Minnesota Duluth/20-0). The Wildcats host #8 seed Sioux Falls (13-14/9-9 NSIC) Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in the opening round of the NSIC Volleyball Tournament in Rice Auditorium.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 11 Poll: November 13, 2023
2023 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Wayne State (Neb.) (43) 1171 27-1 1
2 Missouri-St. Louis (4) 1122 28-0 2
3 Tampa 1060 26-1 3
4 Concordia-St. Paul 1037 25-2 4
5 Southwest Minnesota State 937 23-5 6
6 West Texas A&M 929 25-3 5
7 MSU Denver 878 21-5 8
8 St. Cloud State 781 20-7 9
9 Cal State San Bernardino 738 22-4 7
10 Colorado Mesa 721 23-3 11
11 Regis 681 20-6 12
12 Nebraska-Kearney 649 26-4 10
13 Lewis 605 23-6 13
14 Chaminade 531 28-3 15
15 Central Oklahoma 453 26-4 16
16 Minnesota Duluth 387 17-9 14
17 West Florida 378 23-7 17
18 Central Missouri 353 21-7 21
19 Seattle Pacific 324 20-4 18
20 Central Washington 278 18-6 19
21 Quincy 214 24-4 22
22 Ferris State 184 22-7 20
23 Cal Poly Pomona 128 20-6 25
23 Wingate 128 25-2 NR
25 Grand Valley State 101 24-3 NR
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Point Loma 74; Cal State L.A. 61; Rockhurst 59; Gannon 53; Spring Hill 37; Lynn 31; Augusta 29; Lander 26; Eckerd 19; Clarion 18; Angelo State 17; Dallas Baptist 13; Nova Southeastern 10; San Francisco State 8; Anderson (S.C.) 6; Washburn 6; Daemen 4; Sonoma State 2
9 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 35 combined points.
