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DALLAS (NCBWA) – One of five undefeated teams still standing in all of NCAA Division II baseball, Delta State became the third different team in as many polls to sit in the top spot of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II Top 25 on Tuesday.

The Statesmen ran their record to a perfect 10-0 after capturing their series opener with Union on Sunday at Dave “Boo” Ferriss Field. Tuesday’s release marked the first No. 1 ranking for Delta State in the NCBWA Top 25 since claiming the top spot in the 2018 preseason poll. It is the first time the Statesmen have been ranked No. 1 during the regular season since the final ranking of the 2013 campaign.

Five new teams entered the poll this week, including Nova Southeastern and North Greenville who reentered the listing after a one-week hiatus. Wilmington is back in the NCBWA Top 25 for the first time since the final poll in 2014, Cal Poly Pomona makes its first appearance since the 2017 preseason ranking and Missouri Southern is back among the nation’s top 25 for the first time since grabbing a No. 19 ranking in mid-March of last season.

2019 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (FEB. 26)
Rk.	School [1st place]	Location	Record	Pts.	Pvs.
1.	Delta State [15]	Cleveland, Miss.	10-0	488	7
2.	Augustana [3]	Sioux Falls, S.D.	1-1	446	t2
3.	Colorado Mesa	Grand Junction, Colo.	10-2	443	8
4.	Illinois-Springfield [1]	Springfield, Ill.	5-0	423	6
5.	Mount Olive	Mount Olive, N.C.	9-2	416	10
6.	UC San Diego [1]	San Diego, Calif.	9-4	398	4
7.	Tampa	Tampa, Fla.	9-4	372	1
8.	West Texas A&M	Canyon, Texas	13-3	370	t2
9.	Southern New Hampshire	Manchester, N.H.	6-2	351	9
10.	Catawba	Salisbury, N.C.	12-2	333	5
11.	St. Cloud State	St. Cloud, Minn.	4-0	295	14
12.	West Chester	West Chester, Pa.	3-0	277	21
13.	Southern Indiana	Evansville, Ind.	4-1	246	15
14.	Dixie State	St. George, Utah	10-2	219	20
15.	Georgia College	Milledgeville, Ga.	9-4	207	16
16.	Nova Southeastern	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	9-4	189	-
17.	Point Loma	San Diego, Calif.	9-5	176	24
18.	Southern Arkansas	Magnolia, Ark.	8-3	163	17
19.	Mercyhurst	Erie, Pa.	0-1	111	12
20.	Mississippi College	Clinton, Miss.	9-3	105	18
21.	Wilmington	Wilmington, Del.	4-0	99	-
22.	Ohio Dominican	Columbus, Ohio	4-1	95	23
23.	North Greenville	Tigerville, S.C.	8-4	76	-
24.	Cal Poly Pomona	Pomona, Calif.	8-6	40	-
25.	Missouri Southern	Joplin, Mo.	10-3	35	-
Also receiving votes: Wingate (9-3) 30; Colorado School of Mines (6-2) 17; Azusa Pacific (8-5) 16; Northwestern Oklahoma State (10-2) 14; New Haven (3-1) 11; Carson-Newman (13-3) 9; Quincy (5-1) 9; Millersville (3-4) 8; Cal State Monterey Bay (8-6) 5; North Georgia (9-3) 3; Saint Leo (9-5) 2; Seton Hill (1-1) 2; Angelo State (11-4) 1.
Dropped out: Azusa Pacific (11); Florida Southern (13); St. Thomas Aquinas (19); Carson-Newman (22); Rollins (25).
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