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DALLAS (NCBWA) – Delta State became the first team this season to reign atop the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II Top 25 in consecutive weeks. The Statesmen picked up 16 of a possible 20 first place votes to hold steady at No. 1 this week despite picking up their first two losses of the 2019 campaign.

Seven other teams remained in the top 10 this week, including Colorado Mesa who inched up to No. 2, as well as undefeated Illinois Springfield who picked up a trio of first place votes on the way to nestling into the No. 3 position.

Seven new teams appear in the national poll, including Quincy (No. 13), Azusa Pacific (No. 14), Colorado School of Mines (No. 16), Angelo State (No. 24) and Carson-Newman (No. 25) who all received votes last week.

USC Aiken jumped into the poll at No. 12 after registering a three-game series sweep of then-No. 15 Georgia College over the weekend, while West Florida stormed into the poll at No. 17 after a weekend sweep of then-No. 20 Mississippi College. It is the first top 25 appearance in two seasons for the Pacers who finished No. 15 in the final poll of the 2017 season.

2019 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (MARCH 5)
Rk.	School [1st place]	Location	Record	Pts.	Pvs.
1.	Delta State [16]	Cleveland, Miss.	14-2	493	1
2.	Colorado Mesa [1]	Grand Junction, Colo.	12-2	463	3
3.	Illinois Springfield [3]	Springfield, Ill.	9-0	457	4
4.	Mount Olive	Mount Olive, N.C.	12-2	441	5
5.	UC San Diego	San Diego, Calif.	13-4	426	6
6.	West Texas A&M	Canyon, Texas	16-3	370	8
7.	Tampa	Tampa, Fla.	11-5	362	7
8.	Southern New Hampshire	Manchester, N.H.	8-3	356	9
9.	Southern Arkansas	Magnolia, Ark.	13-4	353	18
10.	West Chester	West Chester, Pa.	3-0	327	12
11.	St. Cloud State	St. Cloud, Minn.	5-1	315	11
12.	USC Aiken	Aiken, S.C.	13-4	250	-
13.	Quincy	Quincy, Ill.	8-1	212	-
14.	Azusa Pacific	Azusa, Calif.	10-5	206	-
15.	Augustana	Sioux Falls, S.D.	3-2	190	2
16.	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, Colo.	9-2	175	-
17.	West Florida	Pensacola, Fla.	11-6	169	-
18.	Mercyhurst	Erie, Pa.	2-1	168	19
19.	Wilmington	Wilmington, Del.	5-1	153	21
20.	Point Loma	San Diego, Calif.	11-6	135	17
21.	North Greenville	Tigerville, S.C.	11-6	101	23
22.	Southern Indiana	Evansville, Ind.	7-3	95	13
23.	Nova Southeastern	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	10-6	74	16
24.	Angelo State	San Angelo, Texas	14-4	70	-
25.	Carson-Newman	Jefferson City, Tenn.	16-3	35	-
Also receiving votes: Seton Hill (4-1) 24; Columbus State (12-4) 15; Barry (10-4) 14; Cal State Monterey Bay (10-6) 12; Central Missouri (11-5) 12; New Haven (3-1) 11; Dixie State (10-4) 6; Cal Poly Pomona (10-8) 4; San Francisco State (9-0-1) 3; Franklin Pierce (4-1) 1; Newberry (16-4) 1.
Dropped out: Catawba (10); Dixie State (14); Georgia College (15); Mississippi College (20); Ohio Dominican (22); Cal Poly Pomona (24); Missouri Southern (25).
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