For Immediate Release
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019
NSIC Media Relations
Full NCAA Rankings
INDIANAPOLIS- The second NCAA Volleyball Regional Rankings have been released and the NSIC continues to have six of the top ten teams in the central region. Minnesota Duluth remains second followed by Concordia-St. Paul in third and Northern State in fourth. St. Cloud State dropped a spot to sixth while Wayne State remainedninth while Winona State was tenth in the second of three rankings. The rankings incllude games through November 10th.
The
NSIC, the
Mid-America Athletic Association (MIAA) and the
Great American Conference (GAC) make up the 39-team NCAA Central Region. The top eight teams in the region will advance to the NCAA region tournament on December 5-7. Automatic bids are granted to the winners of the MIAA, GAC and NSIC postseason tournaments, with the remaining five spots awarded on an at-large basis.
The NCAA Volleyball selection show will be streamed online on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 6:30 p.m. on NCAA.com.
The championship quarterfinals, semifinals and final match will take place Thursday-Saturday, December 12-14, at the Auraria Event Center in Denver, hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Central Region
| Rank |
School (Conf) |
In-Reg |
DII |
LW |
| 1 |
Nebraska-Kearney (MIAA) |
25-0 |
26-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Minnesota Duluth (NSIC) |
20-2 |
23-3 |
2 |
| 3 |
Concordia-St. Paul (NSIC) |
16-5 |
20-6 |
3 |
| 4 |
Northern State (NSIC) |
22-4 |
22-4 |
4 |
| 5 |
Washburn (MIAA) |
20-2 |
24-2 |
6 |
| 6 |
St. Cloud State (NSIC) |
16-5 |
21-5 |
5 |
| 7 |
Central Missouri (MIAA) |
16-5 |
20-7 |
7 |
| 8 |
Northwest Missouri State (MIAA) |
17-7 |
19-7 |
8 |
| 9 |
Wayne State (NSIC) |
18-5 |
22-5 |
9 |
| 10 |
Winona State (WSU) |
13-6 |
20-6 |
10 |
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