HBCU baseball programs, Coppin State, Alabama State, and Southern University received votes in Collegiate Baseball’s 2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Top 50 Poll as recently announced by the publication. This is the first time in history that three Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball programs have garnered votes at the same time in this national newspaper.
Both Alabama State and Southern University, from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), and Coppin State, a new member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) for baseball, are listed in the poll along with the nation’s top DI baseball programs.
Coppin State went 24-30 this past 2022 season and finished with a 17-13 conference record and made a run in the NCAA DI Greenville Regional.
Alabama State was 34-25 this past season, 21-8 in conference play. The Hornets after finishing first in the SWAC during the regular season, won the conference outright crown SWAC champions and HBCU baseball large school national champions this past 2022 season. ASU’s last season run included post season play in the NCAA DI Knoxville Regional.
Southern University went 27-31 this past 2022 season and finished with a 21-9 conference record and made a run in the SWAC championships losing to Alabama State in the title game.
The publication gives out several awards: Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year, Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year, and Collegiate Baseball All-Americans.
Collegiate Baseball’s 2023 Pre-Season NCAA DI Baseball Poll:
| Rank | Team (Final 2022 Record) | Points |
| 1. | Louisiana St. (40-22) | 498 |
| 2. | Florida (42-24) | 495 |
| 3. | Stanford (47-18) | 491 |
| 4. | Texas A&M (44-20) | 489 |
| 5. | Tennessee (57-9) | 485 |
| 6. | Louisville (42-21-1) | 482 |
| 7. | Arkansas (46-21) | 479 |
| 8. | Miami, Fla. (40-20) | 476 |
| 9. | Vanderbilt (39-23) | 475 |
| 10 | Wake Forest (41-19-1) | 472 |
| 11 | North Carolina (44-22) | 470 |
| 12 | Oklahoma St. (42-22) | 467 |
| 13 | UCLA (40-24) | 465 |
| 14 | U.C. Santa Barbara (44-14) | 463 |
| 15 | Texas Christian (38-22) | 460 |
| 16 | Virginia (39-19) | 457 |
| 17 | Texas Tech. (39-22) | 454 |
| 18 | Southern Miss. (47-19) | 452 |
| 19 | Oregon (36-25) | 450 |
| 20 | East Carolina (46-21) | 449 |
| 21 | Maryland (48-14) | 447 |
| 22 | Mississippi St. (26-30) | 444 |
| 23 | Georgia Tech. (36-24) | 440 |
| 24 | Mississippi (42-23) | 438 |
| 25 | Texas (47-22) | 435 |
| 26 | Central Michigan (43-19) | 433 |
| 27 | Oregon St. (48-18) | 432 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech. (45-14) | 430 |
| 29 | Rutgers (44-15) | 428 |
| 30 | N.C. State (36-21) | 425 |
| 31 | Connecticut (50-16) | 422 |
| 32 | Florida St. (34-25) | 420 |
| 33 | Arizona (39-25) | 417 |
| 34 | Houston (37-24) | 415 |
| 35 | Georgia Southern (41-20) | 412 |
| 36 | Grand Canyon (41-21) | 409 |
| 37 | Auburn (43-22) | 407 |
| 38 | Gonzaga (37-19) | 404 |
| 39 | Georgia (36-23) | 400 |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech. (43-21) | 397 |
| 41 | Dallas Baptist (34-24-1) | 394 |
| 42 | Clemson (35-23) | 392 |
| 43 | Oklahoma (45-24) | 389 |
| 44 | Michigan (34-28) | 386 |
| 45 | Davidson (43-13) | 382 |
| 46 | Eastern Kentucky (38-20) | 379 |
| 47 | South Carolina (27-28) | 375 |
| 48 | San Diego (37-20) | 372 |
| 49 | Alabama (31-27) | 368 |
| 50 | Brigham Young (33-21) | 364 |
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Washington (30-26), Arizona St. (26-32), Notre Dame (41-17), Long Beach St. (29-27), Cal. St. Fullerton (22-33), Cal. Poly (37-21), U.C. Irvine (32-24), Florida Atlantic (35-23), Southern California (25-28), California (29-27), Coastal Carolina (39-20-1), Texas St. (47-14), Ball St. (40-19), Kent St. (24-29), Louisiana (37-23), California Baptist (36-20), Sam Houston St. (31-25), Texas Rio Grande Valley (33-25), Central Florida (35-25), Wichita St. (21-36), Tulane (33-26-1), Binghamton (22-30), Iowa (36-19), Illinois (31-22), Indiana (27-32), Campbell (41-19), S.C. Upstate (35-22-1), Creighton (31-18), Coll. of Charleston (37-20), Stony Brook (27-25), N.C. Wilmington (31-24), Canisius (29-25), Fairfield (31-21), Rider (28-26), Southern Illinois (44-16), Missouri St. (31-29), Indiana St. (26-22-1), UNLV (36-22), San Diego St. (18-38), Fresno St. (27-28), S.E. Missouri St. (37-22), Morehead St. (27-27), Tennessee Tech. (30-27), McNeese St. (34-23), Southeastern Louisiana (30-31), Virginia Commonwealth (42-20), Dayton (23-27), Lipscomb (35-23), Liberty (37-23), Wright St. (30-27), Pennsylvania (33-15), Central Connecticut (29-18), Coppin St. (24-30), Wofford (42-16-1), Samford (28-29), Mercer (40-18), Army (31-25), Oral Roberts (38-20), North Dakota St. (31-19), Alabama St. (34-25), Southern (27-31).