TWO MIAA BASEBALL TEAMS RANKED IN THE PRESEASON TOP 25

Emporia State and Central Missouri both in top 25

Josh Slaughter - The MIAA

Baseball | 1/14/2015 1:18:34 PM

Kansas City, Mo. -- MIAA Tournament champion Emporia State is ranked #6 in the nation in the preseason poll released today by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Regular season champion Central Missouri is ranked #22 to start the season. Central Oklahoma, Missouri Western and Nebraska-Kearney all received votes in the poll.

Rank School (2014 Record) Points
    1. Southern Indiana (49-13) 625
    2. Tampa (54-4) 623
    3. Lander (52-9) 620
    4. Seton Hill (41-17) 618
    5. Colorado Mesa (47-13) 616
    6. Emporia St. (42-19) 613
    7. Minnesota St. (48-11) 611
    8. Chico St. (43-15) 610
    9. Southern Arkansas (39-19) 607
  10. Franklin Pierce (35-18) 604
  11. Quincy (30-26) 599
  12. Columbus St. (40-17) 597
  13. Mount Olive (40-13) 594
  14. USC Aiken (36-17) 592
  15. U.C. San Diego (38-16) 590
  16. Florida Southern (35-19) 589
  17. Arkansas Tech. (44-12) 587
  18. Drury (44-13) 584
  19. Texas A&M-Kingsville (38-20) 582
  20. Lynn (35-16) 579
        Cal. Poly Pomona (32-17) 579
  21. Alabama-Huntsville (41-16) 576
  22. Central Missouri (35-16) 574
  23. S. New Hampshire (41-14) 573
  24. St. Thomas Aquinas (38-18) 572
  25. Mercyhurst (30-15) 570
  26. Georgia College (35-17) 569
  27. Trevecca Nazarene (43-14) 567
  28. Grand Valley St. (39-13) 566
  29. California Baptist (39-15) 563
  30. Delta St. (38-13) 560
  31. St. Cloud St. (37-14) 558
  32. Millersville (39-16) 556
  33. Augustana (41-16) 553
  34. St. Edward’s, TX (39-16) 550
  35. West Florida (34-11) 548
  36. Fresno Pacific (39-19) 546
  37. Lee (37-19) 543
  38. St. Mary’s, TX (35-20) 542
  39. West Texas A&M (37-21) 539
  40. Lubbock Christian (39-10) 537