2011 Division 2 Preseason Poll by College Baseball Newspaper

By
Brian Foley
– December 27, 2010Posted in: 2011 Polls, Division 2

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper recently released their 2011 Preseason Division 2 Baseball Poll. Leading the poll to start the season is 2010 defending national champion Southern Indiana who finished last season with a 52-14 overall record. UC-San Diego comes in at number 2 after going 54-8. Rounding out the top five is Central Missouri at number 3, Georgia College and St. at number 4, and perennial power Tampa checking in at number 5. You can check out the full poll below.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s
NCAA Div. II Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 20)
www.baseballnews.com
Rank    School Name ’10 Final Record Point Totals
1. Southern Indiana 52-14 640
2. U.C. San Diego 54-8 624
3. Central Missouri 52-11 608
4. Georgia College & St. 42-17 584
5. Tampa 46-11 576
6. Abilene Christian 50-15 550
7. Mount Olive 41-11 532
8. Florida Southern 41-16 516
9. Kutztown 42-15 508
10. Franklin Pierce 43-17-1 492
11. Columbus St. 44-12 482
12. Minnesota St.-Mankato 44-16 478
13. Emporia St. 43-16 472
14. Valdosta St. 41-17 422
15. Francis Marion 40-14 406
16. Southern Arkansas 47-10 386
17. Northern Kentucky 43-17 382
18. St. Mary’s 40-19 376
19. Mesa St. 37-20 360
20. South Carolina-Aiken 32-19 328
21. West Florida 36-20 294
22. Incarnate Word 42-18 272
23. Catawba 40-13 264
24. California, PA 34-18 262
25. Indianapolis 35-22 260
26. Grand Valley St. 37-16 234
27. Cal. St. Dominguez Hills 41-20 228
28. Erskine 41-17 204
29. Rollins 41-19 188
30. Southern Connecticut St. 38-13-1 178
31. Slippery Rock 27-23 166
32. Delta St. 34-16-1 112
33. Florida Tech. 39-16 104
34. Cal. St. San Bernardino 29-15 96
35. North Georgia 34-17 84
36. West Chester 39-14 80
37. Ashland 35-22 78
38. New Mexico Highlands 41-13 60
39. S.E. Oklahoma 32-21 58
40. St. Cloud St. 41-17 54
Winona St. 36-16 54
Cal. St. Chico 36-20 54
Also Receiving Votes: Wayne St. (MI) 24, N.C. Pembroke 24, Mercyhurst 20, Texas-Permian Basin 20, Hawaii Pacific 12, Cameron 10, Western Oregon 10, Seton Hill 10, Mansfield 6, New Haven 2, Tusculum 2, Wingate 2, Carson-Newman 2, Georgia S.W. 2, Bellarmine 2, St. Joseph’s (IN) 2, UMass-Lowell 2, Ft. Hays St. 2, Missouri Southern 2, Nebraska-Kearney 2, Wayne St. (NE) 2, Nova S.E. 2, Barry 2, North Alabama 2, Ouachita Baptist 2, Shepherd 2, Shippensburg 2.

Did Not Report In Time: West Virginia St., St. Edwards, Angelo St., Sonoma St., Central Oklahoma, Adelphi, Rockhurst, West Alabama, Cal. St. L.A., Nebraska-Omaha.

Source: NCAA Division II Poll Committee

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About Brian Foley

Brian Foley is the founder and Lead Editor of College Baseball Daily since its inception in 2005. He has covered two CWS, multiple NCAA Baseball Regionals, and other special events across the country. In addition to his duties with College Baseball Daily, he has covered games for Inside Lacrosse and been featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal among other publications. He can be contacted by email at editor at collegebaseballdaily.com and followed on Twitter @BFoley82.