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.
| 2026 NCBWA PRESEASON DIVISION III POLL (JAN. 20) | |||||
| Rk. | School [1st place] | Location | Record | Pts. | Pvs. |
| 1. | UW-Whitewater [18] | Whitewater, Wis. | 49-6 | 598 | 1 |
| 2. | Endicott [3] | Beverly, Mass. | 45-6 | 577 | 2 |
| 3. | Denison | Granville, Ohio | 41-7 | 528 | 4 |
| 4. | Kean [1] | Union, N.J. | 41-11 | 515 | 7 |
| 5. | Salisbury | Salisbury, Md. | 34-10 | 452 | 11 |
| 6. | Lynchburg [1] | Lynchburg, Va. | 41-9 | 439 | 10 |
| 7. | Messiah | Mechanicsburg, Pa. | 39-16 | 431 | 3 |
| 8. | Rowan | Glassboro, N.J. | 38-12 | 427 | 5 |
| 9. | Trinity | San Antonio, Texas | 41-10 | 417 | 8 |
| 10. | Salve Regina [1] | Newport, R.I. | 36-9 | 414 | 9 |
| 11. | Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, Md. | 44-5 | 395 | 6 |
| 12. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps [1] | Claremont. Calif. | 35-15 | 387 | 12 |
| 13. | Cortland | Cortland, N.Y. | 31-13 | 339 | 20 |
| 14. | Case Western Reserve | Cleveland, Ohio | 30-14-1 | 265 | 13 |
| 15. | Webster | St. Louis, Mo. | 37-9 | 253 | 22 |
| 16. | La Verne | La Verne, Calif. | 35-11 | 241 | 17 |
| 17. | Centre | Danville, Ky. | 32-11 | 220 | 18 |
| 18. | UW-Oshkosh | Oshkosh, Wis. | 35-16 | 161 | 15 |
| 19. | Pomona-Pitzer | Pomona, Calif. | 32-17 | 146 | 24 |
| 20. | Adrian | Adrian, Mich. | 30-18 | 111 | RV |
| 21. | Penn State-Harrisburg | Harrisburg, Pa. | 34-13-1 | 80 | RV |
| 22. | McMurry | Abilene, Texas | 35-13 | 75 | 16 |
| 23. | UW-La Crosse | La Crosse, Wis. | 35-11 | 70 | 14 |
| 24. | Keystone | La Plume, Pa. | 37-11 | 61 | 23 |
| 25. | East Texas Baptist | Marshall, Texas | 31-16 | 58 | RV |
| Also receiving votes: Belhaven 50, Baldwin Wallace 47, Brockport 46, Chicago 42, Babson 32, Misericordia 30, Washington (Mo.) 30, Randolph-Macon 28, Chapman 27, Whitworth 15, Concordia (Texas) 13, Elizabethtown 9, North Central (Ill.) 9, Emory 8, Gust. Adolphus 8, Maryville (Tenn.) 8, Stevens 7, Mount Union 6, Coast Guard 5, Lycoming 5, Montclair St. 5, Transylvania 4, Coe 3, MSOE 3, Penn St.-Behrend 3, Wash. & Jefferson 3, Arcadia 2, Bridgewater St. 2, Lebanon Valley 2, Middlebury 2, Buena Vista 1, Centenary (La.) 1, Earlham 1, Rutgers-Camden 1. | |||||
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