North Greenville Still On Top Of NCBWA Division II Top 25
PEMBROKE, N.C. – Defending national champion North Greenville continued its perch atop the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 on Wednesday afternoon as the Crusaders raked in all 20 available first place votes to lay claim to No. 1 for the ninth-straight poll.
The top four remained the same in this week’s edition of the ranking, with Tampa, Angelo State and Cal State San Bernardino occupying the Nos. 2 through 4 spots, respectively. Illinois-Springfield climbed three spots in this week’s release to round out the top 5.
Missouri Southern State is the week’s biggest mover as the Lions vaulted all the way up to the No. 11 spot following a weekend home sweep of then-No. 5 Central Oklahoma, while Colorado Mesa (No. 24) re-entered the ranking after a two-week absence after taking three games of their four-game home set with then-No. 13 MSU Denver.
Three teams made their season debut in Wednesday’s national ranking, including Florida Southern who is amid the nation’s top 25 teams for the first time since March 28, 2018 (Week 6). UIndy, the nation's last remaining unbeaten squad, checked into this week's poll at No. 21 - the first national ranking for the Greyhounds since Week 6 of the 2018 campaign as well.
| 2023 NCBWA DIVISION II TOP 25 |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
North Greenville (20) |
20-2 |
500 |
1 |
| 2 |
Tampa |
17-3 |
475 |
2 |
| 3 |
Angelo State |
21-3 |
465 |
3 |
| 4 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
15-2 |
427 |
4 |
| 5 |
Illinois-Springfield |
14-4 |
392 |
8 |
| 6 |
Montevallo |
17-4 |
375 |
7 |
| 7 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
20-5 |
366 |
14 |
| 8 |
Millersville |
18-4 |
353 |
12 |
| 9 |
Columbus State |
17-4 |
307 |
6 |
| 10 |
Southern New Hampshire |
10-4 |
291 |
T9 |
| 11 |
Missouri Southern State |
16-6 |
279 |
NR |
| 12 |
St. Edward's (Texas) |
16-5 |
263 |
19 |
| 13 |
Hawaii Hilo |
15-4 |
229 |
16 |
| 14 |
Southern Arkansas |
14-7 |
211 |
T9 |
| 15 |
Quincy |
11-3 |
196 |
23 |
| 16 |
UNC Pembroke |
18-4 |
192 |
21 |
| 17 |
West Georgia |
16-4 |
177 |
15 |
| 18 |
East Stroudsburg |
13-3 |
158 |
18 |
| 19 |
Florida Southern |
14-4 |
146 |
RV |
| 20 |
Arkansas Tech |
16-7 |
116 |
20 |
| 21 |
Indianapolis |
11-0 |
103 |
NR |
| 22 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
13-5 |
89 |
24 |
| 23 |
Newberry |
18-4 |
74 |
RV |
| 24 |
Colorado Mesa |
11-7 |
72 |
RV |
| 25 |
West Chester |
10-4 |
52 |
25 |
| Receiving Votes: Franklin Pierce (9-4) 44 points; Rollins (15-5) 38 points; Point Loma (11-7) 27 points; Wayne State (Mich.) (11-2) 16 points; West Texas A&M (16-6) 16 points; USC Aiken (17-5) 14 points; Central Missouri (14-7) 10 points; New Haven (9-2) 7 points; Valdosta State (14-8) 5 points; Minnesota State (10-4) 1 point; MSU Denver (16-5) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: Central Oklahoma (5th); Point Loma (11th); MSU Denver (13th); Molloy (17th); Valdosta State (22nd). |
| ATLANTIC REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Millersville (10 |
18-4 |
109 |
1 |
| 2 |
East Stroudsburg (1) |
13-3 |
97 |
2 |
| 3 |
West Chester |
10-4 |
90 |
3 |
| 4 |
Slippery Rock |
7-3 |
62 |
6 |
| 5 |
Shippensburg |
13-7 |
59 |
5 |
| 6 |
Charleston (W.Va.) |
12-4 |
56 |
8 |
| 7 |
Seton Hill |
7-6 |
51 |
4 |
| 8 |
California (Pa.) |
8-4 |
43 |
7 |
| 9 |
Wheeling |
9-4 |
12 |
NR |
| 10 |
Shepherd |
9-6 |
11 |
RV |
| Receiving Votes: Mercyhurst (4-4) 8 points; Frostburg State (7-6) 4 points; Kutztown (9-4) 3 points. |
| Dropped Out: Frostburg State (9th); Mercyhurst (10th). |
|
| EAST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Southern New Hampshire (9) |
10-4 |
90 |
1 |
| 2 |
Franklin Pierce |
9-4 |
71 |
3 |
| 3 |
New Haven |
9-2 |
65 |
6 |
| 4 |
Molloy |
8-6 |
61 |
2 |
| 5 |
Southern Connecticut State |
9-3 |
59 |
4 |
| 6 |
Pace |
9-1 |
55 |
7 |
| 7 |
Goldey-Beacom |
10-7 |
33 |
8 |
| 8 |
Bentley |
5-3 |
22 |
9 |
| 9 |
Wilmington (Del.) |
5-7 |
14 |
5 |
| 10 |
Le Moyne |
8-8 |
11 |
RV |
| Receiving Votes: Queens (N.Y.) (5-4) 9 points; Thomas Jefferson (7-7) 3 points; D'Youville (6-5) 1 point; St. Thomas Aquinas (5-6) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: Adelphi (10th). |
|
| CENTRAL REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Missouri Southern State (8) |
16-6 |
132 |
5 |
| 2 |
Southern Arkansas (1) |
14-7 |
112 |
2 |
| 3 |
Arkansas Tech (4) |
16-7 |
111 |
3 |
| T4 |
Central Missouri (1) |
14-7 |
83 |
6 |
| T4 |
Minnesota State |
10-4 |
83 |
4 |
| 6 |
Central Oklahoma |
15-6 |
81 |
1 |
| 7 |
Washburn |
15-8 |
59 |
7 |
| 8 |
Harding |
17-6 |
48 |
RV |
| 9 |
Ouachita Baptist (1) |
12-7 |
37 |
RV |
| 10 |
Henderson State |
13-9 |
25 |
T9 |
| Receiving Votes: Pittsburg State (14-7) 20 points; Minot State (9-3) 9 points; Southwest Minnesota State (7-2) 8 points; Oklahoma Baptist (12-8) 6 points; Rogers State (15-6) 6 points; Augustana (11-9) 2 points; Arkansas Monticello (11-10) 2 points, St. Cloud State (4-7) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: Augustana (S.D.) (8th); Arkansas Monticello (T9th). |
|
| MIDWEST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Illinois-Springfield (6) |
14-4 |
60 |
1 |
| 2 |
Quincy |
11-3 |
54 |
2 |
| 3 |
Indianapolis |
11-0 |
48 |
3 |
| 4 |
Wayne State (Mich.) |
11-2 |
42 |
5 |
| 5 |
William Jewell |
12-3 |
31 |
6 |
| 6 |
Grand Valley State |
9-4 |
35 |
NR |
| 7 |
Malone |
9-5 |
23 |
9 |
| 8 |
Maryville |
10-6 |
16 |
NR |
| 9 |
Ashland |
7-5 |
14 |
4 |
| 10 |
Truman State |
10-7 |
4 |
NR |
| Receiving Votes: Drury (10-10) 3 points. |
| Dropped Out: Missouri S&T (7th); Drury (8th); Northwood (10th). |
|
| SOUTH REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Tampa (10) |
17-3 |
100 |
1 |
| 2 |
Montevallo |
17-4 |
82 |
2 |
| T3 |
Florida Southern |
14-4 |
76 |
5 |
| T3 |
West Georgia |
16-4 |
76 |
3 |
| 5 |
Rollins |
15-5 |
62 |
6 |
| 6 |
Valdosta State |
14-8 |
41 |
4 |
| 7 |
Florida Tech |
13-8 |
29 |
10 |
| 8 |
Albany State |
13-3 |
26 |
9 |
| 9 |
Lee |
13-10 |
20 |
RV |
| 10 |
Barry |
15-6 |
10 |
RV |
| Receiving Votes: Nova Southeastern (10-9) 9 points; West Florida (11-8) 6 points; Embry-Riddle (8-7) 4 points; Savannah State (10-5) 4 points; Alabama Huntsville (12-11) 2 points. |
| Dropped Out: Embry-Riddle (7th); West Florida (8th). |
|
| SOUTH CENTRAL REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Angelo State (8) |
21-3 |
80 |
1 |
| 2 |
St. Edward's (Texas) |
16-5 |
71 |
3 |
| 3 |
Colorado Mesa |
11-7 |
64 |
4 |
| 4 |
West Texas A&M |
16-6 |
53 |
6 |
| 5 |
MSU Denver |
16-5 |
49 |
2 |
| 6 |
UT Tyler |
16-8 |
43 |
5 |
| 7 |
Lubbock Christian |
15-9 |
30 |
7 |
| 8 |
Regis |
12-10 |
24 |
9 |
| 9 |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
13-13 |
18 |
8 |
| 10 |
St. Mary's |
10-11 |
4 |
NR |
| Receiving Votes: Colorado School of Mines (7-9) 2 points; Colorado Colorado Springs (8-12) 1 point; CSU Pueblo (5-13) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: Oklahoma Christian (10th). |
|
| SOUTHEAST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
North Greenville (10) |
20-2 |
100 |
1 |
| 2 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
20-5 |
87 |
3 |
| 3 |
Columbus State |
17-4 |
76 |
2 |
| 4 |
UNC Pembroke |
18-4 |
72 |
4 |
| 5 |
Newberry |
18-4 |
55 |
5 |
| 6 |
USC Aiken |
17-5 |
48 |
7 |
| 7 |
Wingate |
15-8 |
29 |
6 |
| 8 |
Mount Olive |
15-5 |
26 |
9 |
| 9 |
Young Harris |
16-7 |
25 |
10 |
| 10 |
Tusculum |
16-6 |
23 |
8 |
| Receiving Votes: Erskine (13-9) 6 points; Catawba (15-9) 2 points; Belmont Abbey (15-8) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| WEST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Cal State San Bernardino (14) |
15-2 |
140 |
1 |
| 2 |
Hawaii Hilo |
15-4 |
124 |
3 |
| 3 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
13-5 |
103 |
4 |
| 4 |
Point Loma |
11-7 |
93 |
2 |
| 5 |
Azusa Pacific |
12-8 |
83 |
6 |
| 6 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
10-9 |
74 |
5 |
| 7 |
Cal State Dominguez Hills |
9-5 |
50 |
8 |
| 8 |
Chico State |
7-6 |
43 |
7 |
| 9 |
Northwest Nazarene |
11-14 |
20 |
RV |
| 10 |
Stanislaus State |
11-10 |
12 |
0 |
| Receiving Votes: Holy Names (12-7) 10 points; Western Oregon (8-6) 8 points; San Francisco State (9-6) 7 points; Concordia (Ca.) (8-10) 2 points; Cal State East Bay (9-8) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: San Francisco State (10th). |
