March 3, 2020
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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Eight schools receive first-place votes
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WASHINGTON U. TOPS NCBWA/D3BASEBALL.COM DIVISION III POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA polls with the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Division III Poll. Weekly polls continue through the NCAA Division III Championship.

The D3baseball.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.

Rk. School [1st place] Location Record Pts. Pvs.
1. Washington U. [9] St. Louis, Mo. 6-0 563 4
2. Cal Lutheran [7] Thousand Oaks, Calif. 13-1 550 15
3. Chapman [1] Orange, Calif. 10-3 534 1
4. Trinity [2] San Antonio, Texas 8-2 529 2
5. Babson [1] Babson Park, Mass. 2-1 519 6
6. Southern Maine Gorham, Maine 0-0 453 5
7. Randolph-Macon [1] Ashland, Va. 11-1 419 17
8. Birmingham-Southern Birmingham, Ala. 9-4 386 3
9. Salisbury [2] Salisbury, Md. 5-2 373 9
10. Kean Union, N.J. 7-2 313 13
11. UMass-Boston Boston, Mass. 1-0 308 14
12. Rhodes Memphis, Tenn. 10-3 292 24
13. North Central [2] Naperville, Ill. 4-0 284 18
14. St. John Fisher Pittsford, N.Y. 5-0 279 19
15. Webster St. Louis, Mo. 3-2 272 11
16. Wooster Wooster, Ohio 0-1 254 10
17. UW-Whitewater Whitewater, Wis. 2-1 220 16
18. Shenandoah Winchester, Va. 7-1 191 22
19. Denison Granville, Ohio 1-2 140 12
20. Heidelberg Tiffin, Ohio 2-3 120 8
21. Aurora Aurora, Ill. 4-0 116 RV
22. Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Md. 4-3 112 20
23. Rowan Glassboro, N.J. 1-0 100 RV
24. Marietta Marietta, Ohio 3-0 97 RV
25. Cortland Cortland, N.Y. 4-5 95 7
Also receiving votes: Concordia (Texas) 82, George Fox 79, Wheaton (Mass.) 66, Emory 52, Washington and Jefferson 51, LaGrange 40, Trinity (Conn.) 33, Coe 25, Concordia Chicago 23, Ramapo 21, Adrian 21, Texas Lutheran 14, Christopher Newport 12, UW-La Crosse 9, Piedmont 6, Washington and Lee 6, Methodist 6, Buena Vista 5, Whitworth 4, Farmingdale State 3, Misericordia 3, Oswego State 3, Tufts 3, Berry 3, Case Western Reserve 2, Penn St.-Harrisburg 2, Roanoke 2, Saint Mary's (Minn.) 2, Spalding 2, Swarthmore 2, Anderson 1, Baldwin Wallace 1, Centre 1, Huntingdon 1.
Dropped out: No. 21 Concordia-Chicago, No. 18 Coe, No. 23 Texas Lutheran, No. 25 Washington and Jefferson.

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2020 NCBWA Division III Polls (No. 1 Team):
Preseason (Chapman)
Feb. 25 (Chapman)
March 3 (Washington U.)
March 10 (Cal Lutheran)
March 17 (Cal Lutheran)