Southwest Minnesota State took over the #1 ranking of the AVCA Division II rankings this week, receiving 30 of the first-place vote to boot. Falling back out of the #1 spot is Lewis, who now sits at #6. Lewis fell back to #6 after being upset by Bellarmine, a team not having any votes in the previous week’s rankings in five sets.
Rounding out the top-five are Concordia-St. Paul (#2), Palm Beach Atlantic (#3), Minnesota Duluth (#4) and California Baptist (#5) – all moving up one position this week. Also moving up two positions this week are Northern State to #9, NW Nazarene to #10, Tarleton State to #11 and Arkansas Tech to #12. Central Oklahoma fell back to #13 from #10 while Regis plummeted to #14 from #9.
Joining this weeks poll are Wheeling Jesuit at #23 and Central Washington at #25.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest Minnesota State (30) | 1170 | 20-1 | 2 |
| 2 | Concordia-St. Paul (2) | 1115 | 19-2 | 3 |
| 3 | Palm Beach Atlantic (8) | 1102 | 19-0 | 4 |
| 4 | Minnesota Duluth (1) | 1041 | 19-2 | 5 |
| 5 | California Baptist (5) | 1017 | 19-0 | 6 |
| 6 | Lewis (2) | 993 | 20-2 | 1 |
| 7 | Nebraska-Kearney | 916 | 23-2 | 7 |
| 8 | Western Washington | 829 | 17-3 | 8 |
| 9 | Northern State | 790 | 18-3 | 11 |
| 10 | NW Nazarene | 712 | 19-1 | 12 |
| 11 | Tarleton State | 644 | 20-4 | 13 |
| 12 | Arkansas Tech | 635 | 26-0 | 14 |
| 13 | Central Oklahoma | 624 | 22-3 | 10 |
| 14 | Regis | 584 | 20-3 | 9 |
| 15 | Augustana (SD) | 505 | 17-6 | 16 |
| 16 | Central Missouri | 454 | 19-5 | 18 |
| 17 | Winona State | 421 | 14-7 | 15 |
| 18 | Colorado School of Mines | 385 | 18-3 | 19 |
| 19 | Ferris State | 301 | 16-6 | 17 |
| 20 | Wayne State (Neb.) | 251 | 15-8 | 20 |
| 21 | Angelo State | 218 | 15-6 | 22 |
| 22 | West Florida | 165 | 20-6 | 24 |
| 23 | Wheeling Jesuit | 119 | 19-4 | NR |
| 24 | Wingate | 95 | 18-1 | 21 |
| 25 | Central Washington | 87 | 15-5 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Azusa Pacific 65; Upper Iowa 62; Findlay 50; Sioux Falls 38; Cal State San Bernardino 28; Hillsdale 24; Florida Southern 23; Saint Leo 22; South Carolina-Aiken 18; Rockhurst 16; McKendree 14; Metro State 13; Bellarmine 6; Flagler 6; Missouri Western 5; UC San Diego 4;
7 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 33 combined points.
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