Two weeks remain in the regular season as the Wayne State College volleyball team increased their national ranking by one spot.
According to a release from Wayne State Athletics, the Wildcats received 674 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches nationally in this week’s AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.
#10 Wayne State College is 19-5 overall and third place in the NSIC with an 11-3 record. WSC recently split matches last week winning 3-0 at Augustana while suffering a 3-1 loss at then #10 Concordia-St. Paul.
Ferris State (24-0) moves up one spot to take over the #1 ranking with 40 first place votes. Other first place votes include #2 St. Cloud State – NSIC (21-2) up one spot with three first place votes; #3 Cal Poly Pomona (20-1) up one spot with two first place votes and #4 MSU Denver (20-2) down three spots with two first place votes.
Other NSIC teams along with #2 St. Cloud State and #10 Wayne State College include #8 Concordia-St. Paul (18-4) up one spot; #16 Southwest Minnesota State (19-4) down six spots and #21 Northern State (17-5) remained the same. Other teams receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots include Minnesota Duluth (12) and Minnesota State-Mankato (three).
#10 Wayne State College will host MSU Moorhead on Friday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. and entertain #21 Northern State on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m.
Earlier this season, WSC won in four sets at MSU Moorhead on September 20 and also swept Northern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota on September 21.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 9 Poll: Nov. 4, 2024
2024 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Ferris State (40) 1155 24-0 2
2 St. Cloud State (3) 1104 21-2 3
3 Cal Poly Pomona (2) 1060 20-1 4
4 MSU Denver (2) 1005 20-2 1
5 Nebraska-Kearney 992 24-1 5
6 West Texas A&M 925 19-3 6
7 Chaminade 882 21-4 7
8 Concordia-St. Paul 813 18-4 9
9 Tampa 744 16-2 8
10 Wayne State (Neb.) 674 19-5 11
11 Central Oklahoma 658 23-2 13
12 Grand Valley State 644 21-2 12
13 Angleo State 624 21-2 14
14 Colorado Mesa 606 19-3 16
15 Point Loma 586 19-0 15
16 Southwest Minnesota State 561 19-4 10
17 Lynn (Fla.) 340 20-2 17
18 Missouri-St. Louis 328 17-5 19
19 San Francisco State 298 18-4 20
20 Quincy 276 21-3 18
21 Northern State 247 17-5 21
22 Dallas Baptist 111 16-6 25
23 Barry (Fla.) 99 14-4 24
24 Cal State Los Angeles 83 14-7 22
25 Florida Tech 68 17-5 RV
