WINGATE, N.C. (NCBWA) – For the sixth straight week, the University of Tampa Spartans received every first-place vote, sitting atop the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) top 25 in the seventh poll of the 2024 regular season. The Spartans are 26-2 on the season and have been the top-ranked team in all seven in-season NCBWA polls this year, after checking in at #3 in the preseason poll.
The top 10 teams this week are the same as last week, while Northwest Nazarene moved up one spot to number 11. East Stroudsburg jumped from #17 to #12, while Colorado Mesa made the jump from 23rd to 13th, followed at #14 by Augustana, moving up six spots from last week’s poll. Lee also jumped seven spots from #22 to 15th this week.
Mount Olive is new to this week’s poll, checking in at #16 after being the first team out of last week’s top 25 poll. Five of the final six spots in this week’s poll are new teams, led by #20 Barton. Pittsburg State is 24th in this week’s poll after not receiving a vote last week.
The NCBWA Region polls will be announced every Monday throughout the season, with a new top 25 national poll coming out every Wednesday.
| 2024 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (MARCH 27) | |||||
| Rk. | School [1st place] | Location | Record | Pts. | Pvs. |
| 1. | Tampa [20] | Tampa, Fla. | 26-2 | 500 | 1 |
| 2. | Central Missouri | Warrensburg, Mo. | 26-4 | 476 | 2 |
| 3. | North Greenville | Tigerville, S.C. | 22-7 | 447 | 3 |
| 4. | West Texas A&M | Canyon, Texas | 22-8 | 420 | 4 |
| 5. | Point Loma | San Diego, Calif. | 22-8-1 | 403 | 5 |
| 6. | Millersville | Millersville, Pa. | 21-5 | 391 | 6 |
| 7. | Saint Leo | Saint Leo, Fla. | 24-4 | 382 | 7 |
| 8. | Missouri Southern | Joplin, Mo. | 26-6 | 257 | 8 |
| 9. | Young Harris | Young Harris, Ga. | 24-5 | 354 | 9 |
| 10. | Ashland | Ashland, Va. | 16-3 | 334 | 10 |
| 11. | Northwest Nazarene | Nampa, Idaho | 19-5-1 | 282 | 12 |
| 12. | East Stroudsburg | East Stroudsburg, Pa. | 19-3 | 237 | 17 |
| 13. | Colorado Mesa | Grand Junction, Colo. | 18-8 | 221 | 23 |
| 14. | Augustana | Sioux Falls, S.D. | 17-4 | 214 | 20 |
| 15. | Lee | Cleveland, Tenn. | 22-8 | 209 | 22 |
| 16. | Mount Olive | Mount Olive. N.C. | 20-8 | 207 | RV |
| 17. | Wayne State | Detroit, Mich. | 15-6 | 199 | 18 |
| 18. | Molloy | Rockville Centre, N.Y. | 16-7 | 186 | 16 |
| 19. | Angelo State | San Angelo, Texas | 22-11 | 154 | 11 |
| 20. | Barton | Wilson, N.C. | 24-6 | 98 | RV |
| 21. | Maryville | St. Louis, Mo. | 17-7 | 72 | RV |
| 22. | Westmont | Santa Barbara, Calif. | 18-7-3 | 50 | RV |
| 23. | Goldey-Beacom | Wilmington, Del. | 16-9 | 48 | RV |
| 24. | Pittsburg State | Pittsburg, Kan. | 20-9 | 46 | NR |
| 25. | Seton Hill | Greensburg, Pa. | 14-7 | 44 | 24 |
| Also receiving votes: Catawba (22-8) 36 points; Lubbock Christian (20-10) 32 points; Montevallo (20-10) 31 points; Georgia Southwestern (24-7) 27 points; Rollins (16-9) 14 points; Southern New Hampshire (13-8) 10 points; West Florida (18-10) 10 points; Southern Arkansas (19-10) 6 points; Cal State San Marcos (16-9) 4 points; Central Oklahoma (23-7) 4 points; Lander (20-9) 3 points; Cal State Monterey Bay (18-10) 1 point. | |||||
| Dropped out: Southern Arkansas (13); West Florida (14); North Georgia (15); Cal State Monterey Bay (19); UNC Pembroke (21); Central Oklahoma (25). | |||||
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