Northern State volleyball picked to finish fifth in pre-season volleyball poll

The NSIC has released is pre-season volleyball poll ahead of the 2025 volleyball season. Picked to win the conference is St. Cloud State with 8 of the 16 first place votes. Rounding off the top five includes Concordia – St. Paul, Southwest Minnesota State, Wayne State and Northern State rounding off the top five. Northern State Volleyball will open the season Friday September 5^th in Chadron Nebraska four game weekend taking on the University of Mary, Chadron State, Augustana and Black Hills State.

1.) St. Cloud State (8) 212
2.) Concordia – St. Paul (4) 208
3.) Southwest Minnesota State (4) 202
4.) Wayne State 188
5.) Northern State 170
6.) Sioux Falls 133
7.) Winona State 132
8.) Minnesota Duluth 130
9.) Minnesota State 123
10.) Augustana 110
11.) Jamestown 84
12.) MSU Moorhead 77
13.) Bemidji State 53
14.) University of Mary 42
15.) Minnesota Crookston 40
16.) Minot State 16