The Wayne State volleyball team stayed second in the latest AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Volleyball Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon. The Wildcats received two first-place votes and 1,105 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches across the nation following an NSIC road sweep over the weekend at Minnesota State and #8 St. Cloud State.
Wayne State improved to 10-1 Monday evening with a 3-0 win over Briar Cliff and the Wildcats will be at home this weekend for NSIC games hosting Winona State Friday at 6 p.m. and #5 Concordia-St. Paul Saturday at 1 p.m.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 3 Poll: September 14, 2026
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Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Ferris State (44) 1170 10-0 1
2 Wayne State (Neb.) (3) 1105 9-1 2
3 Tampa 1068 8-1 3
4 Fresno Pacific 981 9-0 5
5 Concordia-St. Paul 974 7-2 5
6 Angelo State 864 10-1 9
7 Nebraska-Kearney 852 11-1 7
8 Missouri Western 786 10-1 10
9 Cal State San Bernardino (1) 770 9-0 14
10 St. Cloud State 708 7-3 8
11 Barry (Fla.) 654 5-2 11
12 Lynn (Fla.) 641 8-1 15
13 Washburn 623 10-2 4
14 Southwest Minnesota State 549 7-2 12
15 Cal Poly Pomona 542 8-1 17
16 Point Loma 393 5-3 13
17 Grand Valley State 357 8-2 19
18 Emporia State 332 12-1 25
19 Alaska Fairbanks 284 9-3 16
19 MSU Denver 284 5-4 18
21 Simon Fraser 265 5-3 23
22 Central Oklahoma 190 10-3 22
23 Minnesota Duluth 101 9-1 RV
24 Indianapolis 92 10-1 RV
25 Central Missouri 84 7-4 RV
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Central Washington 79; Western Washington 70; Wingate 57; Oklahoma Baptist 53; Wisconsin-Parkside 44; Alaska-Anchorage 40; Missouri-St Louis 37; Biola 33; Harding 26; University of Texas Tyler 24; Concordia (CA) 22; Colorado Mesa 16; Anderson (S.C.) 15; Dallas Baptist 14; West Texas A&M 10; Gannon 7; Hawai'i-Hilo 7; Colorado-Colorado Springs 6; Jamestown 5; Alabama-Huntsville 3; American International 3
8 teams mentioned on only one ballot for combined 38 points.
