The Wayne State College volleyball team stayed #1 in the latest AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released late Monday afternoon. It's the eighth straight week the Wildcats are ranked #1 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 won three matches last week, all in sweeps. The 'Cats blanked #6 Southwest Minnesota State Tuesday followed by road sweeps at Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State with Saturday's win at Bemidji clinching a second straight NSIC regular season title for the Wildcats. WSC, 26-1 and a perfect 17-0 in the NSIC, hosts #9 St. Cloud State Saturday at 1 p.m. to close out the regular season.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 10 Poll: November 6, 2023
2023 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Wayne State (Neb.) (43) 1171 26-1 1
2 Missouri-St. Louis (4) 1115 26-0 3
3 Tampa 1039 24-1 2
4 Concordia-St. Paul 1036 23-2 4
5 West Texas A&M 1009 24-2 5
6 Southwest Minnesota State 930 22-4 6
7 Cal State San Bernardino 825 21-3 7
8 MSU Denver 804 18-5 8
9 St. Cloud State 753 19-6 9
10 Nebraska-Kearney 716 25-3 10
11 Colorado Mesa 677 21-3 11
12 Regis 637 18-6 12
13 Lewis 576 21-6 13
14 Minnesota Duluth 503 16-8 14
15 Chaminade 492 26-3 15
16 Central Oklahoma 416 24-4 17
17 West Florida 369 21-7 16
18 Seattle Pacific 283 19-4 18
19 Central Washington 270 16-6 21
20 Ferris State 254 21-6 19
21 Central Missouri 250 19-7 23
22 Quincy 195 23-3 20
23 Rockhurst 153 21-5 24
24 Point Loma 146 19-4 25
25 Cal Poly Pomona 119 18-6 22
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wingate 91; Grand Valley State 80; Cal State L.A. 70; Angelo State 61; Gannon 48; Lander 41; Spring Hill 27; Eckerd 24; Clarion 13; Washburn 10; Anderson (S.C.) 4; Nova Southeastern 4; San Francisco State 4; Walsh 4; Daemen 2
7 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 49 combined points
