Collegiate Baseball Div. 3 Pre-Season

For Immediate Release: Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012

Wheaton No. 1 In NCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll

    Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s

     NCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll
      (As of Dec. 20)

       www.baseballnews.com
Rank School Name ’12 Final Record Point Totals
   1. Wheaton, MA 41-11 269
   2. St. Thomas, MN 41-10 267
   3. SUNY-Cortland, NY 41-9-1 263
   4. Birmingham Southern, AL 38-9 262
   5. Marietta, OH 48-8 259
   6. Christopher Newport, VA 34-10 255
   7. Kean, NJ 37-12 252
   8. Whitworth, WA 31-16-1 248
   9. Webster, MO 36-14 246
  10. Trinity, TX 37-12 243
  11. Salisbury, MD 34-9 240
  12. Keystone, PA 36-8 236
  13. Concordia, TX 37-11 234
  14. Saint Joseph’s, ME 39-7 230
  15. Wisconsin-La Crosse 34-11 228
  16. Trinity, CT 34-11 225
  17. Adrian, MI 37-10 222
  18. Wisconsin-Whitewater 33-17 219
  19. Farmingdale St., NY 32-12 217
  20. Washington&Jeff., PA 36-10 213
  21. Ramapo, NJ 35-15 210
  22. Western New England 38-13 208
  23. SUNY-Old Westury, NY 30-12 205
  24. Eastern Conn. St. 29-13 201
  25. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 27-15 199
  26. Southern Maine 27-19 197
  27. Shenandoah, VA 31-13 193
  28. Aurora, IL 38-10 188
  29. Ithaca, NY 29-10 186
  30. St. Scholastica, MN 35-11 182

Other Top Teams: Lynchburg, VA (34-10), St. John Fisher, NY (31-12), Rowan, NJ (31-15), Misericordia, PA (36-10), Alvernia, PA (31-14-1), Keene St., NH (32-15), North Park, IL (32-14), Washington, MO (28-14), Concordia Chicago, IL (33-14), Rhodes, TN (27-15), La Verne, CA (26-16), Illinois Wesleyan (31-17), Coe, IA (29-17), DePauw, IN (34-14), Pomona-Pitzer, CA (25-12-1), William Paterson, NJ (29-13), Texas-Tyler (33-12), Penn St. Behrend (29-15-1), DeSales, PA (29-14), Salem St., MA (31-12-1), Manchester, IN (28-21), Kenyon, OH (27-12), Johns Hopkins, MD (25-16-2), California Lutheran (23-15), St. John’s, MN (29-16), Linfield, OR (25-15), Wooster, OH (27-18).

Source: Collegiate Baseball newspaper