The Wayne State College baseball team is ranked 19th in the Ping!Baseball.com Division II Preseason Top 30 poll released today. It's the second national preseason ranking for the Wildcats this season after being selected 14th in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division II Coaches Poll on December 21st. Wayne State posted a 45-15 record last season and captured a sixth straight Northern Sun Conference regular season title. The Wildcats advanced to NCAA National Tournament for the sixth straight season and seventh time in the last nine years and reached the Central Regional championship game before falling to Mesa State 8-2. Wayne State is slated to open the 2010 season on Saturday, February 13th in Golden, Colorado against Nebraska-Kearney and Colorado School of Mines.
Ping!Baseball.com Division II Top 30 Preseason Poll
(as of January 15, 2010)
2009 Final 2009
Rank Team Record ranking
1. UC San Diego 41-15 3
2. Florida Southern 41-16 10
3. Emporia State 49-14 2
4. Southern Arkansas 52-11 9
5. Grand Valley State 45-16-1 7
6. Central Missouri 44-15 11
7. Univ. of Tampa 39-17 13
8. Francis Marion 38-15-1 18
9. South Carolina-Aiken 42-19 14
10. Valdosta State 37-18 19
11. Franklin Pierce 37-18 20
12. Delta State 38-16 16
13. Ashland 42-15-1 21
14. Abilene Christian 44-19 24
15. West Chester 46-12 6
16. Angelo State 45-20 25
17. Barry (Fla.) 44-11 12
18. Lynn (Fla.) 46-16 1
19. Wayne State (Neb.) 45-15 NR
20. Dowling 35-18 8
21. Mesa State (Colo.) 44-15 5
22. Western Oregon 34-14 22
23. Georgia College & State 37-19 26
24. Tusculum 36-18 28
25. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 36-15 NR
26. West Alabama 38-16 17
27. Catawba 36-18 23
28. Armstrong Atlantic State 38-18 NR
29. Belmont Abbey 40-26 4
30. Mount Olive (N.C.) 33-18 NR
