Top 3 Remain Unchanged In NCBWA Division II Top 25
PEMBROKE, N.C. – Defending national champion North Greenville was a unanimous No. 1 pick for the fifth-straight week as the Crusaders raked in all 20 available first-place votes on Wednesday afternoon to continue their reign atop the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 Poll.
The top three teams in the ranking remained the same for the fifth-straight poll as Tampa and Angelo State occupy the Nos. 2 and 3 spots, respectively. Missouri Southern State hopped up three spots to No. 4, while Cal State San Bernardino rounded out the top 5.
North Greenville pushed its win streak out to 15 games with a weekend sweep of then-No. 13 UNC Pembroke at home on Friday and Saturday. Tampa has captured 11 of its last 12 outings, while Angelo State has won 18 of its last 19 contests.
Three teams re-entered Wednesday’s national ranking, including No. 23 Valdosta State who is back in the top 25 after a 2-week hiatus. Central Missouri (No. 24) and Cal State Monterey Bay (No. 25) are back in the national ranking for the first time since the preseason edition of the poll.
| 2023 NCBWA DIVISION II TOP 25 |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
North Greenville (20) |
29-2 |
500 |
1 |
| 2 |
Tampa |
23-4 |
477 |
2 |
| 3 |
Angelo State |
30-4 |
460 |
3 |
| 4 |
Missouri Southern State |
23-7 |
411 |
7 |
| 5 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
20-6 |
387 |
4 |
| 6 |
Millersville |
22-4 |
374 |
6 |
| 7 |
Quincy |
18-4 |
373 |
8 |
| 8 |
Newberry |
25-5 |
355 |
9 |
| 9 |
St. Edward's (Texas) |
22-6 |
309 |
10 |
| 10 |
Southern Arkansas |
21-8 |
297 |
11 |
| 11 |
Rollins |
20-7 |
277 |
21 |
| 12 |
Franklin Pierce |
16-4 |
265 |
15 |
| 13 |
Columbus State |
24-6 |
256 |
17 |
| 14 |
Montevallo |
24-5 |
239 |
5 |
| 15 |
East Stroudsburg |
21-4 |
209 |
14 |
| 16 |
Colorado Mesa |
20-7 |
185 |
18 |
| 17 |
Wayne State (Mich.) |
16-3 |
177 |
16 |
| 18 |
Arkansas Tech |
22-9 |
155 |
20 |
| 19 |
Azusa Pacific |
19-11 |
144 |
19 |
| 20 |
UNC Pembroke |
23-8 |
143 |
13 |
| 21 |
Illinois-Springfield |
20-6 |
96 |
23 |
| 22 |
New Haven |
15-4 |
73 |
24 |
| 23 |
Valdosta State |
18-8 |
58 |
RV |
| 24 |
Central Missouri |
21-8 |
49 |
RV |
| 25 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
18-9 |
48 |
RV |
| Receiving Votes: Lenoir-Rhyne (25-8) 43 points; West Chester (14-6) 40 points; Pace (15-2) 28 points; UT Tyler (20-11) 25 points; West Georgia (22-7) 15 points; Charleston (W.Va.) (19-5) 6 points; Hawaii Hilo (17-7) 5 points; Maryville (16-6) 5 points; Southern New Hampshire (15-8) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: West Georgia (12th); Hawaii Hilo (22nd); West Texas A&M (25th). |
| ATLANTIC REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Millersville (8) |
22-4 |
89 |
1 |
| 2 |
East Stroudsburg (1) |
21-4 |
82 |
2 |
| 3 |
West Chester |
14-6 |
64 |
T3 |
| 4 |
Charleston (W.Va.) |
19-5 |
63 |
6 |
| 5 |
Seton Hill |
15-7 |
51 |
7 |
| 6 |
Shippensburg |
16-12 |
38 |
T3 |
| 7 |
Mercyhurst |
9-5 |
34 |
10 |
| 8 |
Slippery Rock |
10-7 |
33 |
5 |
| 9 |
Shepherd |
14-9 |
22 |
8 |
| 10 |
Kutztown |
15-8 |
9 |
NR |
| Receiving Votes: Frostburg State (11-11) 2 points; Wheeling (11-8) 2 points; West Virginia State (10-9) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: California (Pa.) (9th). |
|
| EAST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Franklin Pierce (5) |
16-4 |
85 |
1 |
| 2 |
New Haven (3) |
15-4 |
78 |
2 |
| 3 |
Pace (1) |
15-2 |
67 |
T3 |
| 4 |
Southern New Hampshire |
15-8 |
66 |
T3 |
| 5 |
Molloy |
15-8 |
54 |
5 |
| T6 |
Goldey-Beacom |
15-9 |
44 |
6 |
| T6 |
Southern Connecticut State |
14-5 |
44 |
7 |
| 8 |
Queens (N.Y.) |
13-5 |
26 |
8 |
| T9 |
Bentley |
10-6 |
11 |
9 |
| T9 |
Thomas Jefferson |
12-10 |
11 |
10 |
| Receiving Votes: Post (14-12) 5 points; Wilmington (Del.) (8-9) 4 points. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| CENTRAL REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Missouri Southern State (13) |
23-7 |
147 |
1 |
| 2 |
Southern Arkansas |
21-8 |
119 |
2 |
| 3 |
Arkansas Tech (1) |
22-9 |
110 |
3 |
| 4 |
Central Missouri (1) |
21-8 |
107 |
4 |
| 5 |
Minnesota State |
14-5 |
90 |
5 |
| 6 |
Pittsburg State |
21-7 |
84 |
6 |
| 7 |
Ouachita Baptist |
18-8 |
60 |
7 |
| 8 |
Harding |
21-8 |
24 |
RV |
| 9 |
Washburn |
19-11 |
20 |
8 |
| 10 |
St. Cloud State |
12-8 |
19 |
NR |
| Receiving Votes: Central Oklahoma (20-9) 18 points; Minnesota Crookston (17-9) 14 points; Minot State (14-5) 13 points. |
| Dropped Out: Central Oklahoma (9th); Minot State (10th). |
|
| MIDWEST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Quincy (6) |
18-4 |
60 |
1 |
| 2 |
Wayne State (Mich.) |
16-3 |
53 |
2 |
| 3 |
Illinois-Springfield |
20-6 |
49 |
3 |
| 4 |
Maryville |
16-6 |
41 |
4 |
| 5 |
Grand Valley State |
13-4 |
37 |
5 |
| 6 |
Ashland |
14-7 |
30 |
7 |
| 7 |
William Jewell |
18-8 |
24 |
9 |
| 8 |
Northwood |
16-8 |
17 |
NR |
| 9 |
Drury |
16-12 |
11 |
10 |
| 10 |
Findlay |
12-9 |
5 |
NR |
| Receiving Votes: Indianapolis (11-9) 3 points. |
| Dropped Out: Indianapolis (5th); Malone (8th). |
|
| SOUTH REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Tampa (9) |
23-4 |
90 |
1 |
| 2 |
Rollins |
20-7 |
75 |
4 |
| 3 |
Montevallo |
24-5 |
74 |
2 |
| 4 |
Valdosta State |
18-8 |
61 |
5 |
| 5 |
West Georgia |
22-7 |
47 |
3 |
| 6 |
Florida Southern |
18-9 |
42 |
7 |
| 7 |
Florida Tech |
18-11 |
28 |
9 |
| 8 |
Albany State |
16-4 |
27 |
8 |
| 9 |
Barry |
20-9 |
14 |
6 |
| 10 |
Saint Leo |
15-12 |
10 |
10 |
| Receiving Votes: Savannah State (13-5) 7 points; Alabama Huntsville (17-14) 5 points; Delta State (16-14) 5 point; West Florida (16-13) 1 point |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| SOUTH CENTRAL REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Angelo State (8) |
30-4 |
80 |
1 |
| 2 |
St. Edward's (Texas) |
22-6 |
70 |
2 |
| 3 |
Colorado Mesa |
20-7 |
65 |
3 |
| 4 |
UT Tyler |
20-11 |
54 |
7 |
| 5 |
MSU Denver |
22-8 |
50 |
5 |
| 6 |
West Texas A&M |
19-10 |
37 |
4 |
| 7 |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
19-15 |
31 |
9 |
| 8 |
Lubbock Christian |
16-13 |
22 |
6 |
| 9 |
Regis |
13-13 |
17 |
8 |
| 10 |
CSU Pueblo |
12-15 |
11 |
10 |
| Receiving Votes: St. Mary's (14-15) 3 points. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| SOUTHEAST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
North Greenville |
29-2 |
110 |
1 |
| 2 |
Newberry |
25-5 |
95 |
2 |
| 3 |
Columbus State |
24-6 |
87 |
4 |
| 4 |
UNC Pembroke |
23-8 |
61 |
3 |
| 5 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
25-8 |
57 |
7 |
| 6 |
Wingate |
20-11 |
47 |
6 |
| 7 |
Young Harris |
21-10 |
45 |
8 |
| 8 |
Mount Olive |
21-7 |
41 |
10 |
| 9 |
USC Aiken |
20-10 |
39 |
5 |
| 10 |
Belmont Abbey |
21-10 |
9 |
RV |
| Receiving Votes: Catawba (19-13) 7 points; Erskine (18-11) 5 points; Georgia Southwestern (16-10) 2 points. |
| Dropped Out: Catawba (9th). |
|
| WEST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Cal State San Bernardino (9) |
20-6 |
120 |
1 |
| 2 |
Azusa Pacific (3) |
19-11 |
112 |
2 |
| 3 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
18-9 |
102 |
4 |
| 4 |
Hawaii Hilo |
17-7 |
96 |
3 |
| 5 |
Point Loma (1) |
16-8 |
78 |
5 |
| 6 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
15-9 |
69 |
7 |
| 7 |
Chico State |
12-8 |
55 |
6 |
| 8 |
Cal State Dominguez Hills |
12-10 |
30 |
10 |
| 9 |
Stanislaus State |
16-14 |
24 |
8 |
| 10 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
11-11 |
14 |
NR |
| Receiving Votes: Western Oregon (12-8) 8 points; San Francisco State (13-10) 3 points; Northwest Nazarene (15-19) 2 points. |
| Dropped Out: Northwest Nazarene (9th). |
