Concordia-St. Paul remains the top team in Division II volleyball, earning 40 of the first-place votes to boot. California Baptist, Lewis and Southwest Minnesota State follow to round out the top-four. Entering the top-five in this week’s AVCA Rankings are Western Washington, as they take over the #5 spot from #8 over Nebraska-Kearney who fell to #7.
Arkansas Tech and California Baptist continue to uphold their undefeated records for the year, with Arkansas Tech moving up to the #8 position from #9.
Augustana (SD) moves up to #16 from #18 in last weeks poll while Florida Southern moved up to #22 from #24. Falling back are Northern State from #7 to #9, Ferris State from #17 to #20 and Wheeling Jesuit from #21 to #24.
| RANK | SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
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| RANK | SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia-St. Paul (40) | 1192 | 26-2 | 1 |
| 2 | California Baptist (7) | 1149 | 26-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Lewis (1) | 1090 | 28-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Southwest Minnesota State | 1062 | 25-3 | 4 |
| 5 | Western Washington | 980 | 23-3 | 8 |
| 6 | Minnesota Duluth | 863 | 23-5 | 6 |
| 7 | Nebraska-Kearney | 848 | 30-3 | 5 |
| 8 | Arkansas Tech | 808 | 32-0 | 9 |
| 9 | Northern State | 781 | 23-5 | 7 |
| 10 | Palm Beach Atlantic | 754 | 24-3 | 10 |
| 11 | Regis | 745 | 25-3 | 11 |
| 12 | Central Oklahoma | 646 | 28-4 | 12 |
| 13 | NW Nazarene | 633 | 24-2 | 13 |
| 14 | Winona State | 615 | 21-7 | 15 |
| 15 | Tarleton State | 536 | 26-5 | 14 |
| 16 | Augustana (SD) | 463 | 22-8 | 18 |
| 17 | Colorado School of Mines | 418 | 23-4 | 16 |
| 18 | Central Missouri | 331 | 24-7 | 19 |
| 19 | West Florida | 298 | 26-6 | 20 |
| 20 | Ferris State | 265 | 20-7 | 17 |
| 21 | Wayne State (Neb.) | 204 | 19-11 | 22 |
| 22 | Florida Southern | 174 | 22-6 | 24 |
| 23 | Saint Leo | 154 | 20-5 | 23 |
| 24 | Wheeling Jesuit | 105 | 28-5 | 21 |
| 25 | Angelo State | 82 | 21-8 | 25 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Hillsdale 60; Upper Iowa 54; Cal State San Bernardino 37; Missouri Western 36; Rockhurst 36; Findlay 33; Wingate 29; Azusa Pacific 24; Metro State 21; Central Washington 18; Flagler 18; McKendree 18;
6 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 20 combined points.
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