For Immediate Release
Monday, August 14, 2017
AVCA Release
Lexington, Ky. – The preseason Division II Coaches Top-25 Poll was released Monday afternoon by the AVCA and the NSIC had seven teams ranked in the top 25 in the nation, including the top two teams. Defending National Champions of Concordia-St. Paul were ranked number one, while Southwest Minnesota State was second in the preseason ranking. Those two teams shared the NSIC regular season title in 2016.
CSP and SMSU are joined by No. 5 Winona State, No. 7 Minnesota Duluth, No. 10 Augustana, No. 13 Wayne State and No. 24 Northern State.
The 2017 NSIC Volleyball season will begin with non-conference matches on Thursday, August 31 while the NSIC schedule begins Thursday, September 14. The 2017 NSIC regular season champion will be determined by the 20-game conference schedule. The top eight teams will play in the single elimination NSIC Volleyball Tournament on November 15, 18-19. Quarterfinals will be hosted on campus by the top four seeds while the semifinals and championship will be hosted by the highest remaining seed following the first round of play.
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2016 Record |
2016 Final Rank |
| 1 |
Concordia - St. Paul (38) |
1149 |
35-2 |
1 |
| 2 |
Southwest Minnesota St. (4) |
1125 |
28-6 |
2 |
| 3 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
1040 |
35-2 |
5 |
| 4 |
Alaska-Anchorage (1) |
1002 |
34-3 |
3 |
| 5 |
Winona State (3) |
987 |
27-6 |
4 |
| 6 |
Palm Beach Atlantic (2) |
965 |
32-4 |
6 |
| 7 |
Minnesota Duluth |
937 |
25-5 |
7 |
| 8 |
Lewis |
824 |
29-8 |
10 |
| 9 |
Angelo State |
752 |
34-4 |
11 |
| 10 |
Augustana (SD) |
709 |
27-6 |
8 |
| 11 |
Wheeling Jesuit |
667 |
41-3 |
9 |
| 12 |
Western Washington |
631 |
23-8 |
14 |
| 13 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
602 |
24-8 |
12 |
| 14 |
Ferris State |
570 |
30-6 |
16 |
| 15 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
495 |
25-5 |
17 |
| 16 |
Washburn |
432 |
28-6 |
13 |
| 17 |
Tampa |
415 |
23-9 |
24 |
| 18 |
Central Oklahoma |
395 |
30-4 |
15 |
| 19 |
Colorado School of Mines |
358 |
25-7 |
20 |
| 20 |
Metro State |
287 |
27-5 |
18 |
| 21 |
Central Missouri |
262 |
23-10 |
19 |
| 22 |
Concordia (CA) |
171 |
26-3 |
22 |
| 23 |
Rockhurst |
145 |
27-7 |
23 |
| 24 |
Northern State |
122 |
16-12 |
21 |
| 25 |
Tarleton State |
110 |
27-7 |
25 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Florida Southern 75; NW Nazarene 69; West Florida 44; North Alabama 39; California Baptist 31; Grand Valley State 25; Saint Leo 22; South Carolina-Aiken 20; Central Washington 16; Wingate 12; NW Missouri State 10; American International 9; Flagler 8; Arkansas-Fort Smith 6; Ashland 6; Cedarville 4
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