The Wayne State volleyball team moved up two spots back to second in the latest AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Volleyball Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon. The Wildcats, 28-2 on the season, collected 1,086 points in voting conducted by a group of national coaches.
Wayne State won a pair of NSIC road matches last weekend to clinch their fourth NSIC regular season title in the last five seasons, sweeping #8 Concordia-St. Paul and Winona State.
The Wildcats are the top seed for this week's NSIC Volleyball Tournament and will host #8 seed Augustana Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in Rice Arena.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 10 Poll: November 9, 2026
2026 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Ferris State (47) 1175 27-0 1
2 Wayne State (Neb.) 1086 28-2 4
3 Angelo State 1041 27-1 5
4 Tampa 1035 24-2 2
5 Fresno Pacific 989 24-1 3
6 Nebraska-Kearney 937 27-2 6
7 Cal State San Bernardino 906 23-2 7
8 Barry (Fla.) 787 20-4 11
8. Lynn (Fla.) 787 23-3 9
10 Concordia-St. Paul 756 22-6 8
11 Cal Poly Pomona 666 21-4 14
12 Missouri Western 644 22-4 10
13 Emporia State 585 24-4 12
14 St. Cloud State 548 21-8 15
15 Southwest Minnesota State 514 21-6 13
16 Point Loma 431 21-5 17
17 Central Washington 423 18-4 17
18 Washburn 411 23-6 16
19 Colorado School of Mines 289 23-3 20
20 Grand Valley State 223 22-6 21
21 Simon Fraser 189 16-6 22
22 Indianapolis 175 24-4 19
23 Minnesota Duluth 128 21-7 23
24 Central Oklahoma 118 21-7 24
25 Anderson (SC) 84 27-3 RV
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Seattle Pacific 64; Concordia University Irvine 52; Alabama-Huntsville 36; Flagler 32; Dallas Baptist 31; MSU Denver 20; Colorado Mesa 19; Oklahoma Baptist 19; Northern State 17; Alaska-Anchorage 14; Missouri-St Louis 11; Biola 7; Bentley 4; American International 3; Hawai'i-Hilo 3
5 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 21 points.
