Jan. 19, 2022
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SALISBURY TOPS 2022 PRESEASON
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. Salisbury [24] Salisbury, Md. 34-4 622 1
2. Cortland Cortland, N.Y. 33-9 580 4
3. Marietta Marietta, Ohio 38-6 548 8
4. Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Md. 15-6 473 10
5. Adrian Adrian, Mich. 37-10 433 5
6. UW-Whitewater Whitewater, Wis. 40-7 418 9
7. Birmingham-Southern Birmingham, Ala. 28-16 394 16
8. Aurora Aurora, Ill. 38-8 378 14
9. Washington U. [1] St. Louis, Mo. 34-6 334 3
10. Eastern Connecticut Willimantic, Conn. 32-8 330 19
11. Chapman Orange, Calif. 15-6 327 22
12. Rowan Glassboro, N.J. 29-6 326 7
13. Southern Maine Gorham, Maine 34-11 299 12
14. Webster St. Louis, Mo. 37-8 284 11
15. Trinity San Antonio, Texas 28-9 262 17
16. Wheaton Norton, Mass. 21-7 254 6
17. Washington & Jefferson Washington, Pa. 37-3 237 13
18. Pacific Forest Grove, Ore. 34-15 211 21
19. North Carolina Wesleyan Rocky Mount, N.C. 33-10 180 24
20. North Central Naperville, Ill. 38-9 165 18
21. Denison Granville, Ohio 27-13 145 15
22. Shenandoah Winchester, Va. 31-11 100 RV
23. St. John Fisher Pittsford, N.Y. 31-7 95 23
24. Tufts Medford, Mass. 15-8 88 RV
25. Texas-Dallas Richardson, Texas 30-12 82 RV
Also receiving votes: Lynchburg 71, Misericordia 71, Texas Lutheran 60, Northwestern (Minn.) 51, Keystone 35, York (Pa.) 32, Oswego 27, LaGrange 21, Millikin 16, Coe 15, Rhodes 15, Penn St.-Behrend 11, Mount Union 11, Salve Regina 11, Rochester 9, UW-La Crosse 8, Wooster 7, Centenary (La.) 7, Saint John's (Minn.) 7, Montclair St. 6, Piedmont 6, Gustavus Adolphus 5, UW-Stevens Point 4, William Paterson 4, Transylvania 4, Cal Lutheran 4, Randolph-Macon 3, Rose-Hulman 3, Scranton 3, UW-Oshkosh 3, Babson 2, East Texas Baptist 2, Baldwin Wallace 1, Pacific Lutheran 1, Swarthmore 1.
Records are from the 2021 season

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates and official votes in the Dick Howser Trophy, Regional Players of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors the Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests.

2022 NCBWA Division III Polls (No. 1 Team):
Preseason (Salisbury)
March 1 (Cortland)
March 8 (Cortland)
March 15 (Marietta)
March 22 (Marietta)
March 29 (Marietta)
April 5 (Marietta)
April 12 (Marietta)
April 19 (Marietta)
April 26 (Marietta)
May 3 (Marietta)
May 10 (Eastern Connecticut)
May 17 (Eastern Connecticut)