Birmingham-Southern (29-4) tops d3baseball.com NCBWA Division III Poll

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA polls with the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Division III Poll. Weekly polls continue through the NCAA Division III Championship.

The D3baseball.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.

NCBWA/D3BASEBALL.COM DIVISION III POLL (APRIL 11)
Rk.School [1st place]LocationRecordPts.Pvs.
1. Birmingham-Southern [14] Birmingham, Ala. 29-4 604 1
2. Salisbury [8] Salisbury, Md. 21-3 597 2
3. Shenandoah [1] Winchester, Va. 26-3 576 3
4. Baldwin Wallace [1] Berea, Ohio 19-4 538 6
5. Johns Hopkins [1] Baltimore, Md. 23-3 520 4
6. Endicott Beverly, Mass. 18-4 464 7
7. Lynchburg Lynchburg, Va. 22-4 438 8
8. Eastern Connecticut Willimantic, Conn. 19-5 425 5
9. LaGrange LaGrange, Ga. 21-7 403 9
10. Randolph-Macon Ashland, Va. 23-5 379 12
11. Catholic Washington, D.C. 20-3 365 11
12. UW-Whitewater Whitewater, Wis. 12-4 354 10
13. Denison Granville, Ohio 19-5 317 13
14. Aurora Aurora, Ill. 16-2 302 15
15. Christopher Newport Newport News, Va, 25-7 299 14
16. Methodist Fayetteville, N.C. 21-5 200 18
17. Rowan Glassboro, N.J. 18-6 195 19
18. Wheaton Norton, Mass. 18-4 187 17
19. Marietta Marietta, Ohio 17-8 164 16
20. UW-Oshkosh Oshkosh, Wis. 15-5 144 22
21. Misericordia Dallas, Pa. 22-5 105 RV
22. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Claremont, Calif. 18-7 81 24
23. Trinity San Antonio, Texas 19-9 65 RV
24. Southwestern Georgetown, Texas 20-5 51 RV
25. UW-La Crosse La Cross, Wis. 16-5 46 RV
Also receiving votes: UW-Stevens Point 40, Arcadia 34, Augustana (Ill.) 29, N.C. Wesleyan 29, Mitchell 26, Montclair St. 19, St. Joseph's (L.I.) 18, East Texas Baptist 18, Cortland 16, Cal Lutheran 13, Salve Regina 12, North Central (Ill.) 10, John Carroll 9, Buena Vista 8, Millikin 7, Middlebury 5, Penn St.-Harrisburg 5, Huntingdon 4, Rhodes 2, Bethel (Minn.) 1, Emory 1.
Dropped out: UW-Stevens Point (20), Montclair State (21), North Central (22), No. 25 Augustana, Ill. (25).

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