North Greenville Hangs On To No. 1 Spot In NCBWA Division II Top 25
PEMBROKE, N.C. – Defending national champion North Greenville’s quick exit from the Conference Carolinas Tournament helped red hot Angelo State chip away at the foundation, but it was not enough to oust the Crusaders from the No. 1 spot in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 on Wednesday.
North Greenville staked claim to the No. 1 spot in the listing for the 17th-straight poll on Wednesday after logging a dozen first-place votes. The Rams pulled in seven of the remaining first-place votes to settle into the No. 2 spot – just four points behind the Crusaders – while Tampa raked in the remaining first-place vote to claim the No. 3 ranking for the sixth-straight poll.
Having completed its 2023 regular season campaign, North Greenville will await its NCAA Tournament fate when the 56-team field is announced on Sunday evening at 10 p.m. ET at NCAA.com. Angelo State will battle Lubbock Christian for the Lone State Conference Tournament title on Thursday at home. Tampa is scheduled to travel to central South Carolina for a marquee series against No. 9 Newberry.
Young Harris (No. 20) re-entered this week's poll after a week hiatus. Mount Olive (No. T-24) is back in the NCBWA Top 25 for the first time since the 2022 preseason listing.
| 2023 NCBWA DIVISION II TOP 25 |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
North Greenville (12) |
44-8 |
490 |
1 |
| 2 |
Angelo State (7) |
44-8 |
486 |
2 |
| 3 |
Tampa (1) |
37-9 |
462 |
3 |
| 4 |
Central Missouri |
38-13 |
429 |
4 |
| 5 |
Colorado Mesa |
41-9 |
407 |
5 |
| 6 |
Quincy |
40-9 |
392 |
7 |
| 7 |
Millersville |
40-7 |
369 |
8 |
| 8 |
Rollins |
34-13 |
337 |
9 |
| 9 |
Newberry |
39-10 |
332 |
10 |
| 10 |
Southern New Hampshire |
37-10 |
308 |
11 |
| 11 |
Missouri Southern State |
40-13 |
282 |
T13 |
| 12 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
33-15 |
279 |
T13 |
| 13 |
Wayne State (Mich.) |
38-10 |
266 |
12 |
| 14 |
St. Edward's (Texas) |
38-13 |
230 |
T13 |
| 15 |
West Florida |
34-15 |
203 |
17 |
| 16 |
Seton Hill |
40-10 |
184 |
16 |
| 17 |
Point Loma |
34-12 |
171 |
20 |
| 18 |
Southern Arkansas |
36-16 |
146 |
18 |
| 19 |
Illinois-Springfield |
35-11 |
128 |
21 |
| 20 |
Young Harris |
38-15 |
124 |
RV |
| 21 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
35-15 |
91 |
6 |
| 22 |
UT Tyler |
37-15 |
89 |
23 |
| 23 |
Montevallo |
38-15 |
69 |
22 |
| T24 |
Charleston (W.Va.) |
39-9 |
56 |
24 |
| T24 |
Mount Olive |
35-16 |
56 |
NR |
| Receiving Votes: MSU Denver (40-10) 36 points; Southern Connecticut State (29-15) 30 points; UNC Pembroke (38-15) 18 points; Ouachita Baptist (37-15) 12 points; East Stroudsburg (35-11) 6 points; Molloy (33-15) 8 points; Azusa Pacific (31-17) 3 points; Augustana (S.D.) (39-16) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: UNC Pembroke (19th); MSU Denver (25th). |
| ATLANTIC REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Millersville (10) |
40-7 |
100 |
1 |
| 2 |
Seton Hill |
40-10 |
89 |
2 |
| 3 |
Charleston (W.Va.) |
39-9 |
77 |
3 |
| 4 |
East Stroudsburg |
35-11 |
66 |
4 |
| 5 |
West Chester |
28-16 |
57 |
5 |
| 6 |
Mercyhurst |
28-14 |
54 |
6 |
| 7 |
California (Pa.) |
28-19 |
21 |
RV |
| 8 |
Frostburg State |
30-10 |
20 |
10 |
| 9 |
Kutztown |
26-19 |
17 |
9 |
| 10 |
Shippensburg |
27-22 |
16 |
RV |
| Receiving Votes: Bloomsburg (22-17) 10 points; Concord (27-19) 9 points; West Virginia State (28-20) 7 points. |
| Dropped Out: West Virginia State (7th); Bloosmburg (8th). |
|
| EAST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Southern New Hampshire (9) |
37-10 |
90 |
1 |
| 2 |
Southern Connecticut State |
29-15 |
68 |
2 |
| 3 |
Molloy |
33-15 |
62 |
4 |
| 4 |
Franklin Pierce |
30-15 |
59 |
5 |
| 5 |
Goldey-Beacom |
33-16 |
52 |
6 |
| 6 |
Le Moyne |
29-17 |
47 |
8 |
| 7 |
New Haven |
28-15 |
42 |
3 |
| 8 |
Post |
33-15 |
34 |
7 |
| 9 |
Wilmington (Del.) |
27-19 |
17 |
10 |
| 10 |
Queens (N.Y.) |
29-16 |
16 |
9 |
| Receiving Votes: Pace (29-19) 8 points. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| CENTRAL REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Central Missouri (15) |
38-13 |
150 |
1 |
| 2 |
Missouri Southern State |
40-13 |
131 |
2 |
| 3 |
Southern Arkansas |
36-16 |
118 |
3 |
| 4 |
Ouachita Baptist |
37-15 |
103 |
5 |
| 5 |
Augustana (S.D.) |
39-16 |
91 |
4 |
| 6 |
Minnesota State |
35-13 |
63 |
T7 |
| 7 |
Pittsburg State |
33-18 |
57 |
T7 |
| 8 |
Arkansas Tech |
32-20 |
40 |
6 |
| 9 |
Henderson State |
32-20 |
29 |
RV |
| 10 |
Minnesota Crookston |
36-18 |
19 |
9 |
| Receiving Votes: Central Oklahoma (32-19) 10 points; Washburn (30-20) 10 points; Arkansas Monticello (31-21) 2 points; Northeastern State (24-26) 2 points. |
| Dropped Out: Washburn (10th). |
|
| MIDWEST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Quincy (6) |
40-9 |
60 |
1 |
| 2 |
Wayne State (Mich.) |
38-10 |
54 |
2 |
| 3 |
Illinois-Springfield |
35-11 |
48 |
3 |
| 4 |
Maryville |
32-16 |
42 |
4 |
| 5 |
Ashland |
33-17 |
32 |
5 |
| 6 |
Northwood |
36-16 |
32 |
6 |
| 7 |
Indianapolis |
32-17 |
25 |
9 |
| T8 |
Lewis |
29-21 |
11 |
8 |
| T8 |
Trevecca Nazarene |
29-19 |
11 |
10 |
| 10 |
Grand Valley State |
28-19 |
9 |
7 |
| Receiving Votes: Findlay (29-10) 6 points. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| SOUTH REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Tampa (7) |
37-9 |
79 |
1 |
| 2 |
Rollins (1) |
34-13 |
71 |
2 |
| 3 |
West Florida |
34-15 |
66 |
3 |
| 4 |
Montevallo |
38-15 |
54 |
4 |
| 5 |
Valdosta State |
34-16 |
42 |
8 |
| 6 |
Florida Southern |
31-15 |
39 |
6 |
| 7 |
Alabama Huntsville |
29-21 |
38 |
5 |
| 8 |
Saint Leo |
27-20 |
21 |
7 |
| 9 |
Albany State |
33-6 |
9 |
9 |
| 10 |
West Georgia |
32-18 |
7 |
10 |
| Receiving Votes: Barry (29-17) 6 points; Spring Hill (30-21) 2 points; Florida Tech (22-23) 2 points. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| SOUTH CENTRAL REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Angelo State (6) |
44-8 |
78 |
1 |
| 2 |
Colorado Mesa (2) |
41-9 |
74 |
2 |
| 3 |
St. Edward's (Texas) |
38-13 |
64 |
3 |
| 4 |
UT Tyler |
37-15 |
53 |
4 |
| 5 |
MSU Denver |
40-10 |
49 |
5 |
| 6 |
Lubbock Christian |
33-19 |
42 |
6 |
| 7 |
West Texas A&M |
30-22 |
32 |
7 |
| 8 |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
26-26 |
19 |
8 |
| 9 |
Regis |
28-22 |
15 |
9 |
| 10 |
Colorado School of Mines |
22-23 |
8 |
10 |
| Receiving Votes: St. Mary's (25-27) 6 points. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| SOUTHEAST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
North Greenville (8) |
44-8 |
80 |
1 |
| 2 |
Newberry |
39-10 |
66 |
2 |
| 3 |
Young Harris |
38-15 |
58 |
5 |
| 4 |
Mount Olive |
35-16 |
49 |
6 |
| 5 |
UNC Pembroke |
39-17 |
44 |
3 |
| 6 |
Georgia Southwestern |
32-17 |
40 |
7 |
| 7 |
Wingate |
32-18 |
39 |
4 |
| 8 |
Columbus State |
36-15 |
23 |
9 |
| 9 |
Belmont Abbey |
38-16 |
22 |
10 |
| 10 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
38-16 |
13 |
8 |
| Receiving Votes: Lincoln Memorial (31-16) 5 points; Barton (30-20) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
|
| WEST REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
2023 Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Cal State Monterey Bay (5) |
33-15 |
121 |
2 |
| 2 |
Point Loma (5) |
34-12 |
118 |
3 |
| 3 |
Cal State San Bernardino (3) |
35-15 |
111 |
1 |
| 4 |
Azusa Pacific |
31-17 |
92 |
4 |
| 5 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
26-19 |
69 |
T5 |
| 6 |
Western Oregon |
27-13 |
56 |
7 |
| 7 |
San Francisco State |
27-21 |
50 |
T5 |
| 8 |
Fresno Pacific |
23-21 |
34 |
8 |
| 9 |
Cal State East Bay |
27-23 |
29 |
10 |
| 10 |
Stanislaus State |
26-23 |
22 |
9 |
| Receiving Votes: Hawaii Hilo (25-19) 6 points; Holy Names (26-23) 4 points; Northwest Nazarene (23-27) 2 points; Cal State Dominguez Hills (23-27) 1 point. |
| Dropped Out: None. |
