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Ferrum Ranked In NCBWA-D3Baseball.com National Preseason Poll
January 23, 2008 – D3baseball.com has announced its
Preseason Top 25 and Ferrum College is ranked 24th. The Panthers are the
defending USA South Tournament Champions and advanced to the
championship game of the NCAA South Regional last spring. Averett
University, Methodist University and N.C. Wesleyan College are included
in the "others receiving votes" category. The poll voters come from 25
college baseball writers, sports information directors and related media
persons from throughout the nation.
The complete NCBWA-D3baseball.com Preseason Top 25 follows:
2008 NCBWA-D3baseball.com Preseason Division III Poll
Others receiving votes: York (Pa.) 112, Salisbury 85, Rhodes 70, St. Olaf 68, Southern Maine 65, UW-Whitewater 63, Ohio Wesleyan 53, Rowan 46, Keystone 43, Methodist 41, Wartburg 39, Texas-Dallas 39, Gwynedd-Mercy 38, RPI 37, Millsaps 37, George Fox 33, Worcester State 21, St. Scholastica 20, Washington U. 16, St. John Fisher 16, Hampden-Sydney 15, St. Joseph (Maine) 14, Pomona-Pitzer 14, McMurry 13, Hope 11, DeSales 11, Transylvania 10, Rose-Hulman 8, Hardin-Simmons 8, Manhattanville 8, Frostburg State 8, Wilkes 7, Mount St. Joseph 6, Averett 6, Brockport State 5, N.C. Wesleyan 5, Edgewood 5, Oneonta State 5, Lynchburg 4, Montclair State 4, Rockford 2, Westfield State 2, Williams 2, Thomas More 1, Curry 1.
| No. | Team | 2007 record | Pts. | Previous |
| 1 | Cortland State (6) | 42-7 | 583 | 4 |
| 2 | Chapman (2) | 41-8 | 556 | 5 |
| 3 | Kean (10) | 43-8 | 543 | 1 |
| 4 | Wooster (5) | 42-7 | 506 | 10 |
| 5 | Emory | 43-10 | 496 | 2 |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 34-17 | 486 | 3 |
| 7 | Eastern Connecticut | 38-12 | 473 | 8 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 38-11 | 457 | 12 |
| 9 | Carthage (1) | 37-13 | 439 | 6 |
| 10 | Marietta | 32-17 | 438 | 7 |
| 11 | UW-Oshkosh | 35-12 | 348 | 13 |
| 12 | Pacific Lutheran | 35-9 | 320 | 9 |
| 13 | St. Thomas (1) | 34-12 | 317 | 17 |
| 14 | College of New Jersey | 34-11 | 300 | 14 |
| 15 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 34-13 | 284 | 11 |
| 16 | Texas-Tyler | 37-1 | 272 | nr |
| 17 | Texas Lutheran | 37-10-1 | 250 | 15 |
| 18 | Augustana | 35-14 | 219 | 22 |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 32-13 | 213 | 26 |
| 20 | Otterbein | 32-13 | 185 | 20 |
| 21 | Ithaca | 27-15 | 177 | 21 |
| 22 | Luther | 31-11 | 168 | 16 |
| 23 | Trinity (Conn.) | 30-8 | 153 | 19 |
| 24 | Ferrum | 27-18 | 123 | 18 |
| 25 | Keene State | 32-15 | 117 | 29 |
Others receiving votes: York (Pa.) 112, Salisbury 85, Rhodes 70, St. Olaf 68, Southern Maine 65, UW-Whitewater 63, Ohio Wesleyan 53, Rowan 46, Keystone 43, Methodist 41, Wartburg 39, Texas-Dallas 39, Gwynedd-Mercy 38, RPI 37, Millsaps 37, George Fox 33, Worcester State 21, St. Scholastica 20, Washington U. 16, St. John Fisher 16, Hampden-Sydney 15, St. Joseph (Maine) 14, Pomona-Pitzer 14, McMurry 13, Hope 11, DeSales 11, Transylvania 10, Rose-Hulman 8, Hardin-Simmons 8, Manhattanville 8, Frostburg State 8, Wilkes 7, Mount St. Joseph 6, Averett 6, Brockport State 5, N.C. Wesleyan 5, Edgewood 5, Oneonta State 5, Lynchburg 4, Montclair State 4, Rockford 2, Westfield State 2, Williams 2, Thomas More 1, Curry 1.