Alabama State and Coppin State continue receiving votes in Collegiate Baseball’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Associations (NCBWA) NCAA Division I Top 30 Poll released Monday. This is the second week in a row that HBCU programs listed in the NCBWA Top 30 poll continue to receive votes among the nation’s elites.
Southern University is also receiving votes in the latest NCBWA baseball poll entering for the first time at the start of the season.
It’s a great honor for HBCU baseball programs to be mentioned with the best teams in the nation and it speaks volumes. It’s nice to be recognized in the regular season poll, but the goal is to be in the poll at the end of the season because that means they’re probably in the NCAA tournament. That’s what programs want to do – win their conference and go to a regional.
Alabama State went 3-1 earning a series win over Purdue-Ft. Wayne in this past weekend’s four-game season opening series. The Hornets scored 47 runs during the series.
Coppin State completed a three-game series-opening sweep over Saint Peter’s University. The team hit .393 for the series, outscoring Saint Peter’s, 42-19, with 42 base hits and ten stolen bases. Sixteen of Coppin’s 42 hits went for extra bases. The Eagles are now 3-0 for the first time in school’s history.
Southern University started the 2023 season 3-0 and claims the 2023 Cactus Jack HBCU Classic Trophy after defeating Texas Southern 11-1.
| 2022 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (FEB. 20) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | LSU | SEC | 3-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Stanford | Pac-12 | 2-1 | 3 |
| 3. | Florida | SEC | 3-0 | 4 |
| 4. | Texas A&M | SEC | 3-0 | 5 |
| 5. | Ole Miss | SEC | 3-0 | 7 |
| 6. | Wake Forest | ACC | 4-0 | 8 |
| 7. | Arkansas | SEC | 2-1 | 6 |
| 8. | TCU | Big 12 | 2-1 | 16 |
| 9. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2-1 | 9 |
| 10. | Louisville | ACC | 3-0 | 10 |
| 11. | Tennessee | SEC | 1-2 | 2 |
| 12. | East Carolina | American Athletic | 3-0 | 12 |
| 13. | UCLA | Pac-12 | 3-0 | 14 |
| 14. | North Carolina | ACC | 2-1 | 13 |
| 15. | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 3-0 | 20 |
| 16. | Maryland | Big Ten | 2-1 | 15 |
| 17. | Virginia | ACC | 3-0 | 19 |
| 18. | Virginia Tech | ACC | 2-1 | 18 |
| 19. | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 1-2 | 11 |
| 20. | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3-0 | 22 |
| 21. | Alabama | SEC | 3-0 | 25 |
| 22. | N.C. State | ACC | 3-0 | 24 |
| 23. | Miami | ACC | 2-1 | 17 |
| 24. | Oregon | Pac-12 | 4-0 | 21 |
| 25. | South Carolina | SEC | 3-0 | 28 |
| 26. | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2-1 | 23 |
| 27. | Arizona | Pac-12 | 2-1 | 33 |
| 28. | Auburn | SEC | 2-1 | 27 |
| 29. | Grand Canyon | Western Athletic | 2-1 | 40 |
| 30. | Florida State | ACC | 3-0 | 32 |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama State (3-1), Appalachian State (3-0), Arizona State (3-0), Cal State Fullerton (1-2), California Baptist (2-1), Campbell (2-1), Central Michigan (2-1), Clemson (3-0), Coastal Carolina (2-1), Connecticut (2-1), Coppin State (3-0), CSU Northridge (3-0), DBU (3-0), FAU (3-0), FGCU (4-0), Georgia (2-1), Georgia Southern (2-1), Georgia Tech (3-0), Iowa (3-0), Kansas State (3-0), Marshall (3-0), Mississippi State (2-1), Missouri (2-1), Oral Roberts (4-0), Rutgers (1-2), San Diego (3-0), South Alabama (3-0), Southern (3-0), Texas (0-3), Texas State (3-0), Troy (3-0), UC Irvine (3-0), UC Santa Barbara (2-1), UNC (0-0), UNLV (3-0), USC (3-0), Washington State (4-0), Western Kentucky (3-0). | ||||
| Dropped out: Connecticut (2-1), Texas (0-3), UC Santa Barbara (2-1). | ||||
| By conference: SEC 10, ACC 8, Pac-12 5, Big 12 3, American Athletic 1, Big Ten 1, Sun Belt 1, Western Athletic 1. | ||||