MOORHEAD, Minn.-- Concordia held on to their spot at #12 in the national rankings. The Cobbers, who went 3-0 last week, are ranked 12th in the latest CSTV/AVCA Division III national poll that was released on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

Concordia did improve in overall rankings points from last week. The Cobbers currently have 327 points, up from 277 last week.

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 six polls in 2005 and have been nationally ranked for the past 17 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 14th and St. Ben's is 22nd.

CSTV/AVCA National Rankings - October 18
Rk Team                     Pts Record
1 Washington (Mo.) 600 23-0
2 Juniata 576 23-1
3 Emory 552 21-2
4 New York U. 498 23-4
5 UW-Whitewater 485 24-2
6 Wittenberg 478 22-4
7 UW-Oshkosh 432 25-2
8 Elmhurst 386 22-4
9 La Verne 384 12-8
10 Ohio Northern 353 18-6
11 Mount St. Joseph 340 19-6
12 Concordia 327 20-2
13 Carleton 321 18-3
14 St. Thomas 256 21-4
15 Linfield 238 15-3
16 UW-Eau Claire 236 17-3
17 Central (Iowa) 231 18-8
18 Whitworth 199 15-2
19 Cal. Lutheran 173 11-0
20 Trinity (Texas) 150 14-11
21 Eastern (Pa.) 139 23-3
22 St. Benedict 127 16-4
23 Capital 104 22-2
24 UW-Platteville 70 19-6
25 Austin 58 23-2

Others receiving points: Southwestern (Texas) 27; Carthage 24; Wisconsin-La Crosse 11; Colby 7; Millikin 7

Dropped Out: None