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 second weekend of GLIAC action. Ferris State dropped back to No. 4 in the nation after sweeps of Walsh and Malone before falling to No. 10 Wheeling Jesuit. The Bulldogs received seven first-place votes. Grand Valley State, despite also recording a pair of sweeps against the Cavaliers and Pioneers, fell one spot to No. 22 in the rankings.
Saginaw Valley State, Wayne State and Hillsdale were mentioned in the also receiving votes category.
|
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points Adjusted |
2015 Record |
Previous Rank |
|
1 |
Minnesota Duluth (17) |
1100 |
11-2 |
1 |
|
2 |
Tampa (9) |
1081 |
9-3 |
4 |
|
3 |
Concordia-St. Paul (5) |
1058 |
9-3 |
8 |
|
4 |
Ferris State (7) |
1038 |
12-1 |
2 |
|
5 |
Southwest Minnesota St. (1) |
970 |
10-3 |
3 |
|
6 |
Florida Southern (5) |
934 |
12-0 |
9 |
|
7 |
Wheeling Jesuit (1) |
895 |
14-3 |
10 |
|
8 |
Alaska-Anchorage (1) |
838 |
12-0 |
11 |
|
9 |
Northern State (1) |
769 |
13-0 |
19 |
|
10 |
Rockhurst |
752 |
13-1 |
13 |
|
11 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
738 |
11-2 |
5 |
|
12 |
Washburn (1) |
689 |
13-1 |
7 |
|
13 |
Central Missouri |
674 |
13-2 |
6 |
|
14 |
Central Oklahoma |
608 |
13-1 |
18 |
|
15 |
Western Washington |
495 |
10-2 |
15 |
|
16 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
449 |
12-3 |
14 |
|
17 |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
409 |
9-2 |
16 |
|
18 |
Colorado School of Mines |
388 |
9-3 |
12 |
|
19 |
Augustana (SD) |
359 |
11-2 |
22 |
|
20 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
332 |
11-2 |
17 |
|
21 |
West Florida |
266 |
11-2 |
20 |
|
22 |
Grand Valley State |
197 |
8-4 |
21 |
|
23 |
Lewis |
130 |
12-1 |
NR |
|
24 |
Angelo State |
79 |
15-3 |
NR |
|
25 |
Winona State |
65 |
7-5 |
22 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Saginaw Valley State 41; California Baptist 37; UC San Diego 35; Wayne State (Mich.) 33; Hillsdale 29; Sonoma State 22; Central Washington 17; Wingate 14; Minnesota State 13; Cal State L. A. 5; Cameron 5; Chaminade 5; Point Loma 4; Missouri Western 3; Tarleton State 3; Arkansas-Fort Smith 2;
5 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 19 combined points.
Next Poll: October 5
