Feb 22, 2010
Patriot Baseball ranked No. 3 !
Fresh off a series win over a nationally ranked top-10 opponent, Francis Marion University climbed four spots to third in this week's Collegiate Baseball Magazine NCAA Division II Top 30 poll, equaling the highest ranking ever for the Patriot program.
Francis Marion is currently 8-2 and will play at Newberry College on Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m., before playing a two-game, home-and-away series with Benedict College this weekend.
Francis Marion was listed 12th in Collegiate Baseball's 2010 preseason poll and had been ranked eighth and seventh in the two previous regular-season polls.
Dating back to the 2005 season, the Patriots have now appeared in 82 of the past 88 national polls. The previous No. 3 ranking for FMU came in the May 22, 2006 poll, just prior to Francis Marion's appearance in the Division II College World Series.
Florida Southern College (11-0) is ranked first in this week's poll, followed by Southern Arkansas University (8-2) and FMU. In addition to the Patriots, three other Peach Belt Conference schools appear in this week's rankings.
2010 Collegiate Baseball Magazine NCAA Division II Coaches' Poll - Feb. 22, 2010 No. Team Record Pts Prev Week 1. Florida Southern 11-0 480 2 2. Southern Arkansas 8-2 454 1 3. Francis Marion 8-2 446 T7 4. UC San Diego 11-3 440 3 5. Ashland 0-0 420 10 6. Central Missouri 4-0 400 T7 7. Catawba 11-1 380 11 8. Abilene Christian 10-2 354 10 9. Mount Olive 9-0 352 16 10. Emporia State 2-1 336 1 11. West Chester 1-2 324 T7 12. Columbus State 9-2 318 NR 13. Delta State 6-2-1 278 14 14. Incarnate Word 13-2 270 13 15. Tampa 10-3 258 20 16. Cal State Chico 6-2 248 T23 17. West Alabama 8-3 214 26 18. Grand Valley State 0-0 208 17 19. Franklin Pierce 0-0 196 15 20. Florida Tech 10-1 172 RV 21. UNC Pembroke 8-1 160 27 22. Valdosta State 9-3 142 RV 23. Kutztown 4-0 140 28 24. Lincoln Memorial 5-3 88 25 25. Lynn 5-5-1 82 5 26. Cameron 5-3 54 19 27. New Mexico Highlands 6-1 44 29 28. Indianapolis 2-3 32 12 29. Georgia College & State 4-4 30 NR 30. Dowling 0-0 24 RV
Also Receiving Votes: Erskine 20, Cal State Dominguez Hills 18, Southern Indiana 16, Mercyhurst 12, UT Permian Basin 8, St. Joseph's (Ind.) 8, Nebraska - Kearney 8, Sonoma State 4, West Florida 4, Henderson State 1, Ouachita Baptist 1, North Georgia 1, Wingate 1, USC Aiken 1, Armstrong Atlantic State 1, Slippery Rock 1, West Virginia State 1, Concord 1, Shepherd 1, Northern Kentucky 1, Wayne State (Mich.) 1, Rockhurst 1, Minnesota State Mankato 1, St. Cloud State 1, Mesa State 1, Colorado State - Pueblo 1, Southwest Minnesota State 1, Angelo State 1, Nebraska - Omaha 1, St. Mary's (Texas) 1, Eastern New Mexico 1, Dominican 1, Adelphi 1.
