GVSU Rises to Third in the Latest Bison / AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll

GVSU Rises to Third in the Latest Bison / AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll

Lexington, Ky. -- The Grand Valley State University volleyball team rose to number three in in the latest Bison/AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll. The Lakers downed Ferris State University, Wayne State University and Saginaw Valley State University en route to winning the 2008 GLIAC Tournament Championship.

2008 Poll #12: November 17, 2008

Rank

School (First-Place Votes)

Total Points

2008 Record

Last Week

1

Concordia-St. Paul (36)

900

30-1

1

2

Cal State San Bernardino

857

24-3

2

3

Grand Valley State

804

27-3

4

4

West Texas A&M

779

33-4

3

5

Emporia State

745

32-3

6

6

Tampa

714

26-4

7

7

Southwest Minnesota State

681

27-5

8

8

Truman

634

29-7

9

9

Nebraska-Kearney

608

31-3

5

10

Washburn

592

30-5

10

11

Pittsburg State

498

28-7

12

T-12

Central Missouri

464

28-9

14

T-12

UC San Diego

464

21-6

11

14

Florida Southern

433

25-8

13

15

Minnesota Duluth

391

24-8

17

16

West Florida

360

23-6

15

17

California (Pa.)

343

38-1

16

18

Cal Poly Pomona

263

18-7

21

19

Western Washington

247

21-3

18

20

Western Oregon

230

22-2

20

21

Cal State L.A.

187

20-7

19

22

Augustana (S.D.)

149

23-10

22

23

Lewis

112

32-7

25

24

Wayne State (Neb.)

79

23-9

23

25

Sonoma State

52

18-6

NR

Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wingate 20; Saginaw Valley State 16; New Haven 15; Northern Kentucky 14; Dowling 12; Chico State 11; Michigan Tech 11; Indianapolis 8; BYU-Hawai'i 6; Nova Southeastern 4

Four teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 11 combined points.

Dropped Out: Northern Kentucky (24)

Next Poll: November 24, 2008