PEMBROKE, N.C. (NCBWA) – A perfect 5-0 week on the baseball diamond paid dividends for Angelo State this week as the Rams gathered 16 of a possible 19 first-place votes to stay atop the national ranking for the eighth-straight week. Idle Tampa hung on to a pair of first-place votes, while Missouri Southern snagged one of its own after extending its season-opening win streak out to nine games.

There was plethora of movement after a flurry of action last week as three new teams entered the top 10 for the first time this season. Unbeaten Mount Olive jumped nine spots into the No. 3 position following a four-game sweep of Southern Wesleyan, while Missouri Southern made the biggest move of any team this week after rocketing up 13 spots to No. 5. Point Loma moved into the No. 9 spot despite still anxiously awaiting the start of its 2021 campaign.

Georgia College, West Florida and Davenport re-entered the top 25 after short absences, while two teams made their season debut in the national ranking. Lander is in the NCBWA Division II Top 25 for the first time since the final poll of the 2016 season, while Concordia-Irvine is in the ranking for the first time since March 4 (Week 3) of the 2020 campaign.

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