DI/DII/DIII/NAIA
By Michael Coker/Black College Nines
Below are the weekly dates that the 2015 HBCU baseball polls will be announced and published.
HBCU 2015 Baseball Division I Top 10 Poll
Division I Polls
Poll 1 March 17
Poll 2 March 24
Poll 3 March 31
Poll 4 April 7
Poll 5 April 14
Poll 6 April 21
Poll 7 April 28
Poll 8 May 5
* Final May 12
HBCU 2015 Baseball Division II/III/NAIA Top 10 Polls
Division II/III/NAIA Polls
Poll 1 March 17
Poll 2 March 24
Poll 3 March 31
Poll 4 April 7
Poll 5 April 14
Poll 6 April 21
Poll 7 April 28
Poll 8 May 5
* Final May 12
* Black College Nines (BCN) will name two HBCU National Champions announced May 12, 2015 @ 10 am Eastern Standard Time.
The voting committee is made up of a distinguished and distinctive group whose members continue to promote black college baseball at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The group includes Ruffin Bell, originator of the former Black College Baseball HBCU National Championship poll and current Cheney State University Athletic Director. As well, the committee includes members of the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s Black College Legends and Pioneers Committee – Harold Michael Harvey, Jay Sokol, John Winters and the previously mentioned Ruffin Bell. Chuck Curti, national sports journalists and Michael Coker, political blogger, round out the voting panel. Bell, Harvey and Coker each played baseball at HBCU schools. Champions will be named for two divisions… the “large school” division will be composed of the 20 HBCU schools representing NCAA Division I and a “small school” division made up of the 34 HBCU schools with NCAA Division II, Division III, NAIA and independent status . The first regular-season edition will be released on March 17, 2015.