CBD Mid-Major Poll (May 21st)

By: Aaron Kirby
TCU (35-17) stays at #1 for the 3^rd consecutive week. The Horned Frogs went 3-1 on the week, winning 1-0 at Oklahoma Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 vs San Diego St in MWC play. TCU finished the regular season tied for 1^st with New Mexico at 18-6 in the MWC.

Utah Valley (43-12) had their 32 game win streak snapped Tuesday with an 11-10 loss to Utah but finished the regular season with a 4 game sweep of Northern Colorado. The Wolverines stay at #19. Their run for an at-large bid may have come to an end however winning 36 of 37 games to end the season is very impressive none the less.

Three teams joined Cornell in the NCAA tourney this weekend.

• Sacred Heart (25-30) beat Monmouth 5-1 on Saturday to win the NEC.
• Bethune-Cookman (34-25) beat Delaware St 8-3 to claim their 7^th consecutive MEAC title. Delaware St had forced a 2^nd Championship game with 3-2 win vs Bethune-Cookman Sunday morning.
• Prairie View A&M (28-23) won the SWAC with a 7-4 win vs Mississippi Valley St.

Another bid will be decided on Monday when Holy Cross (33-21) and Army (40-13) play game #3 in the best of 3 series to decide the Patriot League Championship. Army won game 1 Sunday 4-0 and Holy Cross forced game 3 with a 7-4 win vs Army in game #2.

RISING

• Missouri St (37-18) climbed 4 spots to #7 winning 2 of 3 at Indiana St. Even with the series win Indiana St won the regular season title by a ½ game over the Bears. Missouri St had game 3 vs Illinois St in the middle of April get rained out.
• Pepperdine (32-20) moves up 5 places to #8 with a 3-1 week. The Waves won 5-3 at Long Beach St mid week and won 2 of 3 at Loyola-Marymount. Pepperdine and San Diego are tied atop the WCC at 14-7 and Pepperdine hosts San Diego next weekend to end the regular season and decide the WCC.
• Gonzaga (32-20) gets back on track and jumps up 8 places to #10. The Bulldogs swept Portland in WCC play after losing 11 of their last 14 games.

FALLING

• Purdue (41-12) drops 2 places to #4. After clinching their first Big 10 championship in 103 years the Boilermakers dropped 2 of 3 at Iowa. Purdue did pick up a nice 2-1 win in 10 innings vs Indiana St on Tuesday.
• Appalachian St (38-14) slides 4 to #12 after a 2-2 week including losing 2 of 3 at WCU. The Mountaineers beat Gardner Webb Tuesday before traveling to Western Carolina to try and claim their first SoCon championship since 1987. WCU took game one 8-6 before App St scored 5 runs in the top of the 9^th on Friday to win 5-4 and that win coupled with a CofC loss to UNCG earlier in day gave App St at least a share of the regular season title. WCU would win Saturday 9-7 and CofC beat UNCG to tie for the regular season title but App St will be #1 seed winning 2 of 3 vs CofC.
• Stetson (34-21) drops 13 places to #25. The Hatters were swept at home by FGCU to end the regular season and drop them to a 6^th place finish in the A-Sun.

DROPPED OUT

• #21 SC Upstate (33-18) overall and 0-3 for week
• #22 Michigan St (35-19) overall and 2-2 for week
• #25 Army (40-13) overall and 1-1 for week

IN

• Mercer (37-19) enters the rankings at #22 after a 4-0 week. The Bears started the week out with a 4-3 win vs Georgia Tech and ended it with a 3 game sweep of SC Upstate in A-Sun play. The sweep of SC Upstate put Mercer as the #5 seed and denied SC Upstate of the regular season title.
• Wichita St (35-23) enter the rankings at #23. The Shockers won 13-2 at Nebraska Tuesday and won 2 of 3 at Creighton to end regular season and get the #3 seed in MVC tourney.
• Stony Brook (43-11) broke the school record for wins in year with 43 finishing off their 4 game sweep at Maine. The Seawolves enter at #24 after winning the American East by 5 games over Albany.

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