2025-26 NSIC Preseason Coaches Polls

[wscsuperfan]

https://northernsun.org/news/2025/10...ches-poll.aspx

MEN

Overall
1. Southwest Minnesota State (11) - 219 pts
2. St. Cloud State (2) - 194
3. Minnesota State-Mankato (1) - 189
4. Concordia-St. Paul (1) - 176
5t. Augustana (1) - 174
5t. Minnesota-Duluth - 174
7. Minnesota State-Moorhead 138
8. Sioux Falls - 120
9. Winona State - 115
10. Wayne State - 101
11. Minot State - 79
12. Bemidji State - 71
13. Northern State - 58
14. Jamestown - 54
15. Minnesota-Crookston - 30
16. Mary - 28

North
1. Minnesota-Duluth (5) - 47
2. Minnesota State-Moorhead (2) - 43
3. Minot State - 35
4. Bemidji State (1) - 30
5. Northern State - 24
6. Jamestown - 22
7. Minnesota-Crookston - 12
8. Mary - 11

South
1. Southwest Minnesota State (6) - 48
2. St. Cloud State (2) - 44
3t. Augustana - 31
3t. Minnesota State-Mankato - 31
5. Concordia-St. Paul - 30
6. Sioux Falls - 15
7. Winona State - 14
8. Wayne State - 11

Preseason North Division Player of the Year
Caleb Siwek, Minnesota-Duluth

Preseason South Division Player of the Year
Jakob Braaten, Southwest Minnesota State

[wscsuperfan]

https://northernsun.org/news/2025/10...ches-poll.aspx

WOMEN

Overall
1. Minnesota State-Mankato (8) - 215 pts
2t. Concordia-St. Paul (4) - 202
2t. Sioux Falls (3) - 202
4. Southwest Minnesota State - 172
5. St. Cloud State (1) - 155
6. Mary - 152
7. Minnesota State-Moorhead - 140
8. Minnesota-Duluth - 139
9. Minot State - 110
10. Northern State - 107
11. Minnesota-Crookston - 85
12. Winona State - 75
13. Wayne State - 64
14. Bemidji State - 42
15. Jamestown - 32
16. Augustana - 28

North
1. Minnesota State-Moorhead (3) - 43
2. Mary (2) - 42
3. Minnesota-Duluth (2) - 37
4. Minot State - 30
5. Northern State (1) - 27
6. Minnesota-Crookston - 22
7. Bemidji State - 13
8. Jamestown - 10

South
1. Minnesota State-Mankato (6) - 48
2. Concordia-St. Paul (2) - 41
3. Sioux Falls - 37
4. St. Cloud State - 31
5. Southwest Minnesota State - 28
6. Winona State - 17
7. Wayne State - 13
8. Augustana - 9

Preseason North Division Player of the Year
Emma Miller, Minnesota-Crookston

Preseason South Division Player of the Year
Natalie Bremer, Minnesota State-Mankato

[Purple Mav Man]

https://northernsun.org/news/2025/10...ches-poll.aspx

MEN

Overall
1. Southwest Minnesota State (11) - 219 pts
2. St. Cloud State (2) - 194
3. Minnesota State-Mankato (1) - 189
4. Concordia-St. Paul (1) - 176
5t. Augustana (1) - 174
5t. Minnesota-Duluth - 174
7. Minnesota State-Moorhead 138
8. Sioux Falls - 120
9. Winona State - 115
10. Wayne State - 101
11. Minot State - 79
12. Bemidji State - 71
13. Northern State - 58
14. Jamestown - 54
15. Minnesota-Crookston - 30
16. Mary - 28

Is this when we point out the bottom 6 are all North teams? Too soon?

[Stanger86]

Is this when we point out the bottom 6 are all North teams? Too soon?

This is probably the flaw with the coaches poll. It may be ranked based on the "talent" of the teams, but I expect to see either Duluth or Moorhead in the Top 3 because of all of the extra games against the bottom North games (unless the schedule is irregularly imbalanced as we discovered in volleyball.

[Millsy]

Is this when we point out the bottom 6 are all North teams? Too soon?

And yet someone gave Bemidji State a first place vote in the North.

[Purple Mav Man]

And yet someone gave Bemidji State a first place vote in the North.

Likely from Duluth. Or Moorhead.
But almost certainly Duluth. Wieck is too petty to vote Moorhead (and they probably won’t be that high anyway)

[Stanger86]

Likely from Duluth. Or Moorhead.
But almost certainly Duluth. Wieck is too petty to vote Moorhead (and they probably won’t be that high anyway)

That was my reasonable deduction as well.

[Moorhead123]

Siwek and Braaten the preseason players of the year? Both very solid players, but that clearly shows how much reloading going on around the league.

[Purple Mav Man]

Mav women starting their season fast. At the half n PA against Edinboro, Mavs lead 69-32

[Purple Mav Man]

Dang, end of 3 and Mavs lead 101-48