Concordia-St. Paul took over the #1 position this week after they took down Southwest Minnesota State in a four-set match up. California Baptist jumped up to #3 from #5 along with Lewis to #4 from #6. Nebraska Kearney snuck their way into the top-five once again after being #7 last week.
Falling out of the top-five are Palm Beach Atlantic from #3 to #6 and Minnesota Duluth from #4 to #9.
Arkansas Tech continues to climb up in the rankings, entering into the top-10 as the only unbeaten squad in the top-25. Central Oklahoma and Regis also moved up in this week’s rankings from #13 and #14 to #11 and #12, respectively. In the back half, West Florida jumped up two spots to #20 while Wheeling Jesuit moved from #23 to #21.
Making an appearance in this week’s top-25 are Saint Leo and Upper Iowa at #24 and #25, respectively.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia-St. Paul (40) | 1191 | 21-2 | 2 |
| 2 | Southwest Minnesota State | 1130 | 21-2 | 1 |
| 3 | California Baptist (7) | 1100 | 21-0 | 5 |
| 4 | Lewis | 1035 | 22-2 | 6 |
| 5 | Nebraska-Kearney | 989 | 26-2 | 7 |
| 6 | Palm Beach Atlantic (1) | 943 | 21-1 | 3 |
| 7 | Northern State | 882 | 20-3 | 9 |
| 8 | Western Washington | 865 | 19-3 | 8 |
| 9 | Minnesota Duluth | 831 | 19-4 | 4 |
| 10 | Arkansas Tech | 711 | 28-0 | 12 |
| 11 | Central Oklahoma | 684 | 25-3 | 13 |
| 12 | Regis | 675 | 22-3 | 14 |
| 13 | NW Nazarene | 609 | 20-2 | 10 |
| 14 | Tarleton State | 549 | 22-5 | 11 |
| 15 | Winona State | 520 | 16-7 | 17 |
| 16 | Augustana (SD) | 452 | 18-7 | 15 |
| 17 | Colorado School of Mines | 375 | 19-4 | 18 |
| 18 | Ferris State | 356 | 17-6 | 19 |
| 19 | Central Missouri | 282 | 20-7 | 16 |
| 20 | West Florida | 268 | 22-6 | 22 |
| 21 | Wheeling Jesuit | 227 | 23-4 | 23 |
| 22 | Wayne State (Neb.) | 150 | 15-10 | 20 |
| 23 | Angelo State | 124 | 16-8 | 21 |
| 24 | Saint Leo | 105 | 16-5 | NR |
| 25 | Upper Iowa | 83 | 18-6 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Azusa Pacific 58; Findlay 55; Wingate 42; Hillsdale 41; Alaska-Anchorage 32; Florida Southern 29; Metro State 27; Cal State San Bernardino 26; Central Washington 26; McKendree 26; Rockhurst 17; Missouri Western 13; Flagler 12; Sioux Falls 9; West Texas A&M 2.
10 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 49 combined points.
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