LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Ferris State will being the new campaign as the lone Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) volleyball program ranked inside the Top 25 of the 2015 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Preseason Coaches Poll. Findlay narrowly missed out on the Top 25 in the receiving votes category, while Grand Valley State, Ashland and Hillsdale also garnered votes.
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2016 AVCA Preseason Coaches Poll
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Rank
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School (First-Place Votes) |
Points
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2015 Record
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Rank |
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1 |
Concordia – St. Paul (25) |
1140 |
29-5 |
4 |
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2 |
Wheeling Jesuit (20) |
1120 |
38-4 |
1 |
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3 |
Palm Beach Atlantic (1) |
1093 |
28-8 |
2 |
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4 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
1067 |
26-6 |
8 |
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5 |
Western Washington |
971 |
27-6 |
6 |
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6 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
922 |
28-8 |
3 |
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7 |
Tampa (2) |
824 |
27-6 |
9 |
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8 |
Ferris State |
801 |
33-3 |
7 |
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9 |
Central Missouri |
760 |
30-5 |
11 |
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10 |
Minnesota Duluth |
739 |
23-8 |
10 |
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11 |
Rockhurst |
682 |
34-4 |
5 |
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12 |
Central Oklahoma |
618 |
31-5 |
12 |
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13 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
581 |
29-7 |
15 |
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14 |
Alaska-Anchorage |
555 |
27-3 |
13 |
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15 |
Florida Southern |
499 |
25-9 |
16 |
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16 |
Washburn |
472 |
28-6 |
18 |
|
17 |
Northern State |
411 |
25-4 |
14 |
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18 |
Lewis |
383 |
31-5 |
20 |
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19 |
Arkansas-Fort Smith |
348 |
29-4 |
17 |
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20 |
Cal State Sam Bernardino |
310 |
28-6 |
19 |
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21 |
Winona State |
277 |
20-10 |
22 |
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22 |
Angelo State |
231 |
33-6 |
21 |
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23 |
West Florida |
135 |
28-7 |
25 |
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24 |
Sonoma State |
110 |
26-4 |
24 |
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25 |
Colorado School of Mines |
85 |
27-6 |
23 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Findlay 72; California Baptist 45; Central Washington 45; Augustana (SD) 30; Dixie State-Utah 25; Indianapolis 24; Carson Newman 22; UC San Diego 21; Grand Valley State 19; Colorado Mesa University 15; Metro State 14; Ashland 11; Tarleton State 9; Missouri Western 8; Hillsdale 7; North Alabama 6; Wingate 6; Saint Leo 5; New York Inst of Tech 3; NW Nazarene 3; Concordia (CA) 2
11 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 71 combined points.
Next Poll: September 5
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