2013 Preseason NCBWA/D3baseball.com Top 25

NCBWA LogoThe 2013 Preseason NCBWA/D3Baseball.com Top 25 Preseason Poll was recently released with Wheaton (Mass.) checking in at number 1 with St. Thomas coming in second place. Marietta, Cortland State and Whitworth round out the Top 25. 
Records are from the final 2012 D3baseball.com Top 25

# School (1st votes) Rec Pts Prev.
1 Wheaton (Mass.) (8) 41-11 594 2
2 St. Thomas (3) 41-10 586 3
3 Marietta (14) 48-8 578 1
4 Cortland State 41-9-1 564 4
5 Whitworth 31-16-1 457 8
6 Birmingham-Southern 38-9 443 10
7 Kean 37-12 422 6
8 Christopher Newport 34-10 411 5
9 Salisbury 34-9 386 11
10 Webster 36-14 361 7
11 Trinity (Texas) 37-12 360 13
12 Keystone 37-8 333 9
13 Adrian 37-10 304 12
14 St. Joseph’s (Maine) 39-7 245 14
15 Western New England 38-13 214 17
16 Concordia (Texas) 37-11 206 15
17 UW-La Crosse 34-11 194 16
18 UW-Whitewater 33-17 191 24
19 Trinity (Conn.) 34-11 161 22
20 Ramapo 35-15 147 23
21 Washington and Jefferson 36-10 119 20
22 St. Scholastica 35-11 101 25
23 Shenandoah 31-13 100 18
24 Aurora 38-10 77 19
25 Farmingdale State 32-12 66 rv

 

Others receiving votes: UW-Stevens Point 44, Alvernia 30, Washington (Mo.) 28, Illinois Wesleyan 24, Misericordia 22, Mount Union 21, Lynchburg 20, St. John Fisher 18, Rose-Hulman 15, Bridgewater (Va.) 15, North Park 14, Texas-Tyler 14, St. John’s (Minn.) 12, Neumann 12, Eastern Conn. St. 12, Manchester 11, Coe 11, Old Westbury 11, La Verne 10, Southern Maine 10, Cal Lutheran 9, Pomona-Pitzer 9, Chapman 8, Rhodes 8, Huntingdon 7, Husson 6, Ithaca 6, Bridgewater St. 5, Penn St.-Behrend 5, Tufts 5, Wooster 4, DePauw 3, Emory 3, Western Conn. St. 3, Rowan 2, Chicago 2, Anderson (Ind.) 2 , Millsaps 2, La Roche 2, Linfield 2, Hope 1, Johns Hopkins 1.

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. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.

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