Florida A&M again retains slight lead in Black College Nines’ eighth “large school” poll for the 2024 season.
Heading into conference tournaments as the 2024 college baseball season winds down, Florida A&M still holds a slim lead over Bethune-Cookman in the eighth edition of Black College Nines’ Large School Top 10 Poll presented by Guardian Baseball and announced on May 22, 2024.
The top four spots remain unchanged from last week with Alabama State and Jackson State holding down the numbers thee and four positions. Prairie View A&M, previously number seven and North Carolina A&T, previously number five, flip-flop rankings while Texas Southern holds steady at number six. Delaware State, Grambling State and Southern University round out the large school top 10.
With only Savannah State still in action at the NCAA Division II regional tournament, where they dropped two contests, our small school poll remains unchanged from last week.
Next week we will be officially crowning both our large and small school national champions.
Black College Nines HBCU Baseball Ranking Committee determines the Top 10 rankings for both large schools and small schools. The Black College World Series winner and runner-up automatically claim the the top two spots in the final small school poll.
Records indicated are through May 19, 2024.
The two divisional polls are as follows…
Large School Poll
| Rank | School | Current Record | Winning Pct. | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama State University | 28-25 | 0.528 | 3 | |
| Bethune Cookman University | 29-25 | 0.537 | 2 | |
| Delaware State University | 22-25 | 0.468 | 8 | |
| Florida A&M University | 27-25 | 0.519 | 1 | |
| Grambling State University | 21-25 | 0.457 | 9 | |
| Jackson State University | 33-18 | 0.647 | 4 | |
| North Carolina A&T University | 25-28 | 0.472 | 7 | |
| Prairie View A&M | 29-24 | 0.547 | 5 | |
| Southern University | 22-27 | 0.449 | 10 | |
| Texas Southern University | 22-23 | 0.489 | 6 |
Receiving Multiple Vote: Alabama A&M
Small School Poll
| Rank | School | Current Record | Winning Pct. | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany State University | 37-12 | 0.755 | 4 | |
| Bluefield State University | 33-15 | 0.687 | 1 | |
| Edward Waters University | 31-19 | 0.620 | 3 | |
| Florida Memorial University | 21-26 | 0.447 | 8 | |
| Jarvis Christian University | 19-23 | 0.452 | 10 | |
| Miles College | 22-26 | 0.458 | 9 | |
| Savannah State | 31-17 | 0.646 | 5 | |
| Talladega College | 38-16 | 0.704 | 2 | |
| West Virginia State University | 31-20 | 0.608 | 6 | |
| Wiley University | 29-21 | 0.580 | 7 |
Receiving Multiple Votes: Huston-Tillotson, Kentucky State, Lane College, Morehouse College, Paine College, Xavier University of Louisiana
2024 Poll Dates (with links to poll results):
Pre-Season
Week 1 (March 6, 2024)
Week 2 (March 20, 2024)
Week 3 (April 3, 2024)
Week 4 (April 17, 2024)
Week 5 (April 24, 2024)
Week 6 (May 1, 2024)
Week 7 (May 15, 2024)
Week 8 (May 22, 2024)
Final Poll (May 29, 2024)
The voting committee is made up of an informed and impartial group of individuals who follow college baseball on all levels, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) baseball. Included in the group are college athletic administrators and educators, college baseball writers and other sports journalists and broadcasters, former HBCU and other college ballplayers and above all else… college baseball enthusiasts who have an interest in promoting HBCU baseball.
As the college baseball season concludes, champions will be named in two divisions… the “large school” division will be composed of the 17 HBCU schools representing NCAA Division I and a “small school” division made up of the 36 HBCU schools with NCAA Division II, NAIA and NCCAA status.