Thanks to three home wins last week that included a reverse sweep over then #16 Minnesota Duluth, the Wayne State volleyball team has moved up five spots to ninth in this week's AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll announced Monday afternoon. The 11-2 Wildcats, 5-0 in the NSIC, collected 718 points in voting by various Division II coaches from across the nation.
Wayne State is at home Tuesday evening hosting Briar Cliff in a non-conference match at 6 p.m. followed by NSIC road games this weekend at Winona State Friday night (6 p.m.) and #11 Concordia-St. Paul Saturday at 5 p.m.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 4 Poll: September 29, 2025
2025 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Central Oklahoma (39) 1163 16-0 2
2 Tampa (3) 1115 10-0 3
3 Nebraska-Kearney (1) 1039 15-0 4
4 Barry (2) 1000 9-0 9
5 Point Loma (1) 978 10-1 6
6 Lynn (2) 932 11-1 1
7 Simon Fraser 826 9-1 11
8 MSU Denver 796 9-2 5
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Wayne State (Neb.) 718 11-2 14
10 Washburn 698 12-1 7
11 Concordia-St. Paul 692 9-3 13
12 Southwest Minnesota State 630 10-2 8
13 St. Cloud State 589 10-3 15
14 West Texas A&M 494 9-5 10
15 Minnesota Duluth 483 11-1 16
16 Ferris State 441 8-4 12
17 West Florida 415 10-3 17
18 Grand Valley State 360 9-2 19
19 Western Washington 298 10-1 22
20 Wingate 229 11-1 21
21 Findlay 224 9-1 23
22 Angelo State 176 8-5 20
23 Alaska-Fairbanks 158 13-1 RV
24 Northern State 140 9-4 18
25 Colorado Mesa 123 7-4 24
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Minnesota State-Mankato 111; Alaska-Anchorage 96; Missouri Western 91; Colorado-Colorado Springs 70; Fresno Pacific 37; Wayne State (Mich.) 21; Bentley 20; Cal Poly Pomona 19; Cal State L.A. 19; Central Missouri 18; Quincy 10; Cal State San Bernardino 9; Central Washington 6; Emporia State 5; Texas A&M-Kingsville 5
8 teams mentioned on only one ballot for combined 21 points
