AVCA Volleyball Rankings - Oct. 12

AVCA Volleyball Rankings - Oct. 12

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) volleyball teams are ranked inside the Top 25 of the 2015 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Poll after the fourth weekend of GLIAC play. Ferris State improved one spot to No. 3 after a pair of road sweeps at Ashland and Lake Erie, while Grand Valley State dropped two spots after a 3-0 win at Lake Erie followed by a 3-1 loss at Ashland.

Findlay is the first team outside the rankings in the others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots category. Ashland, Saginaw Valley and Hillsdale also appear on the list.

2015 AVCA NCAA Division II Volleyball Poll - October 12, 2015

Rank 

School (First-Place Votes) 

Total Points Adjusted 

2015 Record 

Previous Rank    

Concordia-St. Paul (23) 

  1147    

14-3    

3  

Tampa  (11) 

1121  

13-3    

2  

Ferris State (6) 

1062  

17-1   

4  

Southwest Minnesota State  

1041  

14-3   

5  

Minnesota Duluth (1)  

988  

14-4  

1  

Northern State  (6)

944  

17-0  

8  

Wheeling Jesuit (1)

923  

17-3  

6  

Rockhurst  

871  

18-1  

9  

Wayne State (Neb.)  

802  

14-3  

10  

10 

Alaska-Anchorage   

764  

15-1  

7  

11 

Central Oklahoma  

715  

18-1  

13  

12 

Nebraska-Kearney  

606  

16-4  

16  

13 

Central Missouri    

582  

17-3  

11  

14 

Florida Southern    

566  

13-3  

14 

15 

Washburn    

549  

18-2  

12  

16 

Western Washington   

535  

14-2  

15  

17 

Palm Beach Atlantic    

423  

12-3  

18  

18 

West Florida  

373  

17-2  

19  

19 

Lewis  

295  

18-1  

21  

20 

Augustana (SD)    

282  

13-4  

20  

21 

Colorado School of Mines   

258  

12-4  

17  

22 

Cal State San Bernardino  

200  

15-3  

23  

23  

Grand Valley State    

118  

11-6  

21  

24 

Sonoma State   

84  

12-3 

NR  

25 

Winona State   

70  

9-7  

24  

 

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots:  Findlay 39; Angelo State 31; California Baptist 28; Ashland 25; Minnesota State 25; Central Washington 22; Arkansas-Fort Smith 17; Saginaw Valley State 16; Missouri Western 14; Tarleton State 14; Texas Woman's 10; BYU-Hawai'i 6; Wingate 6; Hillsdale 5;

4 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 23 combined points. 

Dropped Out: Saginaw Valley State 25;

Next Poll: October 12