INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The third and final NCAA Volleyball Regional Rankings have been released and the Concordia-St. Paul volleyball team dropped to second. The Golden Bears are joined by four other NSIC schools as the league represents five of the top ten spots.
 
The Golden Bears slipped a spot to second in the region, while Minnesota Duluth moved up a spot to fourth. Northern State moved back up a spot to fifth while Sioux Falls jumped from ninth to sixth. Southwest Minnesota State dropped a spot to eighth in the final ranking of the season. 
 
The NSIC, the Mid-America Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Great American Conference (GAC) make up the 40-team NCAA Central Region. The top eight teams in the region will advance to the NCAA region tournament on November 15-18.  Automatic bids are granted to the winners of the MIAA, GAC and NSIC postseason tournaments, with the remaining five spots awarded on an at-large basis. 
 
The NCAA Volleyball selection show will be streamed online on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. on NCAA.com.
 
The championship quarterfinals, semifinals and final match will take place Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, hosted by Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and SportsPITTSBURGH as part of the NCAA Division II National Championship Fall Festival.