AVCA -- The Ferris State University women's volleyball squad has vaulted up to No. 4 in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 Poll. The Bulldogs knocked of No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul and No. 17 Winona State in clean sweeps en route to a 4-0 start last weekend. FSU was one of four GLIAC volleyball programs to go unbeaten on the opening weekend and will head to Florida next week to face a pair of ranked foes in No. 23 Florida Southern and No. 25 Tampa.
Northern Michigan (4-0) and Wayne State (3-1) are also receiving votes in this week's poll. NMU will host the Wildcat Open this upcoming weekend and will welcome the new No. 1 Minnesota Duluth to Marquette where NMU, Northwood, Lake Superior State and Michigan Tech will all have a shot at defeating the top-ranked program. Wayne State will host the Warrior Invitational this weekend in Detroit.
| 2018 AVCA Volleyball Poll - Aug. 27 | ||||
| Rank | School | Points | W-L | Last |
| 1 | Minnesota Duluth (31) | 1147 | 4-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Concordia - St. Paul (6) | 1056 | 3-1 | 1 |
| 3 | Lewis (2) | 1003 | 4-0 | 6 |
| 4 | Ferris State (7) | 960 | 4-0 | 21 |
| 5 | Nebraska-Kearney | 912 | 4-0 | 8 |
| 6 | Rockhurst | 867 | 4-0 | 10 |
| 7 | Northern State | 838 | 4-0 | 9 |
| 8 | Southwest Minnesota State (1) | 822 | 2-2 | 2 |
| 9 | Cal State San Bernardino | 808 | 4-0 | 11 |
| 10 | Regis | 743 | 2-2 | 7 |
| 11 | Palm Beach Atlantic | 706 | 4-0 | 12 |
| 12 | Wheeling Jesuit (1) | 688 | 3-1 | 24 |
| 13 | West Florida | 597 | 2-2 | 15 |
| 14 | Central Missouri | 571 | 4-0 | 22 |
| 15 | Western Washington | 501 | 1-3 | 5 |
| 16 | Gannon | 469 | 3-0 | 13 |
| 17 | Colorado School of Mines | 402 | 4-0 | 20 |
| 18 | Tarleton State | 272 | 3-1 | 18 |
| 19 | Central Oklahoma | 236 | 2-2 | 16 |
| 20 | Wayne State (Neb.) | 213 | 4-0 | NR |
| 21 | Missouri Western | 197 | 4-0 | NR |
| 22 | Augustana (SD) | 189 | 3-1 | 23 |
| 23 | Florida Southern | 179 | 1-3 | 4 |
| 24 | Findlay | 172 | 3-1 | NR |
| 25 | Tampa | 143 | 4-0 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Angelo State 137; Cal State L. A. 110; Hillsdale 98; Arkansas Tech University 93; Truman 59; Drury 54; Winona State 51; Alaska-Anchorage 46; West Texas A&M 33; Saint Leo 30; NW Nazarene 27; Northern Michigan 19; Upper Iowa 16; Wayne State (Mich.) 12; Metro State 10; NW Missouri State 9; UC San Diego 6; Missouri-St Louis 5; Arkansas-Fort Smith 4; Wingate 4; Cal Poly Pomona 3;
17 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 79 combined points.
Dropped out: Arkansas Tech University 14; Winona State 17; NW Nazarene 19; Flagler 25;
