MOORHEAD, Minn.-- Following their 4-0 performance at the Minnesota/Iowa Border Battle Tournament over the weekend, Concordia jumped all the way up to 12th in the latest CSTV/AVCA Division III national rankings that were released on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

The ranking represents the highest a Cobber volleyball team has ever been ranked in program history. Earlier this year, Concordia was ranked as high as 13th.

Overall, the Cobbers have been in the top 25 of the nation in all five polls in 2005 and have been nationally ranked for the past 16 weeks of the CSTV/AVCA Division III poll. That streak is the longest in program history and ties St. Ben’s for the MIAC team with the longest stretch of being ranked nationally.

Concordia is the highest ranked team in the conference. Overall there are four teams from the MIAC ranked in the top 25. Carleton is ranked 13th, St. Thomas is 16th and St. Ben's is 22nd.

CSTV/AVCA National Rankings - October 11
Rk Team                     Pts Record
1 Washington, Mo. (24) 600 19-0 1
2 Juniata 576 18-1 2
3 Emory 550 17-1 3
4 New York University 516 20-2 6
5 UW-Whitewater 469 18-2 7
6 La Verne 456 11-6 4
7 Wittenberg 440 17-4 5
8 UW-Oshkosh 378 22-2 10
9 Elmhurst 346 19-4 9
10 Ohio Northern 343 17-6 11
11 Mount St. Joseph 320 15-6 12
12 Concordia 277 17-2 17
13 Carleton 276 15-3 13
14 UW-Eau Claire 260 17-2 19
15 Linfield 259 13-3 8
16 St. Thomas 243 19-4 15
17 Central (Iowa) 197 13-8 16
18 Trinity (Texas) 192 13-9 14
19 Eastern (Pa.) 187 22-0 21
20 Whitworth 177 12-2 23
21 California Lutheran 154 11-0 NR
22 St. Benedict 137 15-4 22
23 UW-Platteville 125 15-5 18
24 Austin 105 19-1 20
25 Capital 85 21-2 25

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Wisconsin-La Crosse 49; Southwestern (Texas) 43; Carthage 35; Millikin 7;Colby 3

Dropped Out: Wisconsin-La Crosse (24)