The Wayne State College baseball team is ranked 16th in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25 Preseason poll released Thursday. WSC received 179 points in voting conducted by baseball writers from across the country.  Wayne State was 45-15 last season and won a sixth straight Northern Sun Conference Baseball title and advanced to the NCAA Division II National Tournament for a sixth straight season where the Wildcats reached the Central Region title game before falling to Mesa State.

                Wayne State is scheduled to open the 2010 season on Saturday, February 13 in Golden, Colorado where the Wildcats will play Nebraska-Kearney and Colorado School of Mines. Listed below is the NCBWA Preseason Top 25 poll.

 

  National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll

                                              (as of February 4, 2010)                                                                                    

   Rank       Team                                      Record   Points    Prev.      

    1.             Emporia State, Kans. (5)         49-14        404            6

    2.             Southern Arkansas (4)           52-11         392           1

    3.             UC San Diego, Calif. (7)          41-15         383           5

    4.             Florida Southern                      41-16         345         T-21

    5.             Grand Valley State, Mich.       45-16         326          14

    6.             USC Aiken                               42-19         325           7

    7.             Mesa Sate, Colo.                     44-15         320          12

    8.             West Chester, Pa. (1)             46-12        302            2

    9.             Lynn, Fla.                                46-18         260          RV

   T10.         Angelo State, Texas               45-20         243          T-21

   T10.         Franklin Pierce, N.H.                37-18         243          RV

   12.           Central Missouri                      44-15         224          13

   13.           Francis Marion, S.C.                38-15         192          18

   14.           Barry, Fla.                               44-11         188            3

   15.           Sonoma State, Calif.                35-16         184          15

   16.           Wayne State, Neb.                45-15         179            8

   17.           Indianapolis, Ind.                      43-21         173           NR

   18.           Abilene Christian, Texas         44-19         118           19

   19.           Tampa, Fla.                              39-17         117           16

   20.           Ashland, Ohio                         42-15           97            4

   21.           Mercyhurst, Pa.                       38-17           91           24

   22.           Tusculum, Tenn.                      36-18           62           RV

   23.           Adelphi, N.Y.                           34-16           57           NR

   24.           Western Oregon                     34-14           56            20           

   25.           Dowling, N.Y.                          35-18          45            NR

                   First place votes in ()                                    

 

Also Receiving Votes: Delta State, Miss. (27), Kutztown, Pa. (22), 
Valdosta State, Ga. (19), Chico State, Calif. (18), Minnesota State (16), 
Northern Kentucky (15), North Georgia (10), Nebraska-Omaha (9), 
Slippery Rock, Pa. (8), Southern Indiana (6), Dominican, N.Y. (5), 
West Alabama (5), Missouri Southern (4), 
Armstrong Atlantic State, Ga. (1), Belmont Abbey (1), Catawba (1).