Wayne State Volleyball earns their highest preseason ranking in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Preseason Poll. The Wildcats were picked fourth in the poll with 912 points. Ahead of the Wildcats was MSU Denver in third with 988 points, Concordia-St. Paul in second with 1906 points, and defending National Champion West Texas A&M in first place with 1,139 points.
            Wayne State opens the 2023 season facing #16 Nebraska-Kearney in an exhibition match at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30^th at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Volleyball Day in Nebraska and opens the regular season on Friday, September 1 at the Golden Eagle Invitational in Irvine, California facing Cal State East Bay at 4 p.m.
  

AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II WVB Preseason Poll - Aug. 22, 2023

Rank	School (First-Place Votes Adjusted)	Total Points Adjusted
1	West Texas A&M [42]	1139
2	Concordia- St. Paul [5]	1096
3	MSU Denver	988
4	Wayne State (NE)	912
5	Tampa	904
6	Barry	815
7	St. Cloud State	800
8	Minnesota Duluth	780
9	Cal State L.A.	732
10	Missouri-St. Louis	668
11	Southwest Minnesota State	593
12	West Florida	551
13	Northwest Missouri State	536
14	Alaska-Anchorage	505
15	Western Washington	487
16	Nebraska-Kearney	463
17	Washburn	374
18	Regis	327
19	Cal State San Bernardino	320
20	Wingate	270
21	Colorado Mesa	234
22	Colorado School of Mines	204
23	Cal Poly Pomona	163
24	Gannon	153
25	Lynn	122

 
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots:?Chaminade 112; Quincy 98; Harding 92; Central Oklahoma 88; Lewis 78; Ferris State 68; Central Washington 61; Wheeling 53; Clarion 48; Hillsdale 44; Dallas Baptist 31; Daemen 29; Central Missouri 28; Southern New Hampshire 23; American International 19; Eckerd 18; Grand Valley State 14; Augusta University 11; Nova Southeastern 10; Angelo State 9; Texas-Tyler 9; Point Loma 7; Oklahoma Baptist University 5; Sonoma State 5; Seattle Pacific 3