North Carolina Central University Receives Votes In Latest NCBWA Division I Baseball Rankings

The North Carolina Central University baseball team received votes for the second time this season in the latest Division I poll rankings released by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).

The Eagles were tabbed to finish third in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southern Division according to MEAC preseason rankings. 

This season, the Eagles have won 7 of its 10 ballgames. NCCU has hit .279 as a team and scored 89 runs over the ten contests, while the pitching staff has limited the opposition to a .233 average and just 63 runs over the same timeframe.

North Carolina Central, under the direction of head coach Jim Koerner, looks to make a run at the MEAC championship and an appearance in the NCAA regional tournament. Koerner, in his 10th season as the skipper, has won a total of 186 games. 

North Carolina Central was the only team to go 3-0 in the MEAC this past weekend and is scheduled to face East Tennessee State in non-conference weekend action March 12-13. 

This marks the 24th year that the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has conducted its weekly polls.

Rk. School Conference Record Pvs.
1. Arkansas SEC 10-0 1
2. Vanderbilt SEC 9-1 2
3. Ole Miss SEC 10-2 7
4. Florida SEC 9-3 4
4. Mississippi State SEC 8-3 5
6. UCLA Pac-12 8-3 9
7. South Carolina SEC 10-0 13
8. Miami ACC 5-4 6
9. Texas Tech Big 12 8-3 15
10. Oklahoma State Big 12 9-0-1 14
11. TCU Big 12 8-3 12
12. Louisville ACC 7-4 3
13. Georgia Tech ACC 8-3 11
14. East Carolina American Athletic 9-2 16
15. Tennessee SEC 11-2 18
16. Oregon State Pac-12 10-1 21
17. Arizona Pac-12 10-2 22
18. LSU SEC 9-3 10
19. Texas Big 12 7-5 19
20. UC Santa Barbara Big West 6-5 8
21. Boston College ACC 8-2 29
t22. Alabama SEC 10-2 23
t22. Florida Atlantic Conference USA 8-2 26
24. Virginia Tech ACC 7-2 28
25. Virginia ACC 6-5 17
26. Georgia SEC 9-3 20
27. Arizona State Pac-12 8-2 RV
28. Dallas Baptist Missouri Valley 8-3 30
29. Oregon Pac-12 6-2
t30. Stanford Pac-12 7-1 RV
t30. West Virginia Big 12 4-3 RV
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Auburn (7-4), Ball State (6-4), Baylor (7-4), California (7-5), California Baptist (6-4), Coastal Carolina (7-3), Duke (6-5), Florida Gulf Coast University (7-3), Houston (7-4), Indiana State (6-4), Louisiana (9-4), Louisiana Tech (7-3), Michigan (2-1), Middle Tennessee (7-3), North Carolina (7-3), North Carolina Central (7-3), Notre Dame (4-2), Ohio State (3-1), Oklahoma (5-6), Old Dominion (8-3), Oral Roberts (4-7), Pittsburgh (7-3), San Diego State (7-3), South Carolina Upstate (9-0), Southern Illinois (11-0), Texas A&M (9-4), UC Irvine (5-4), UNCW (7-3), UTRGV (6-4), Washington State (9-2).
Dropped out: North Carolina (24), Auburn (27).
By conference: SEC 10, ACC 6, Pac-12 6, Big 12 5, American Athletic 1, Big West 1, Conference USA 1, Missouri Valley 1.

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