TUCSON, Ariz. – Northeastern State baseball cracked the inside of a national poll for the first time as an NCAA program Monday. The RiverHawks are No. 25 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll, leaping from the first team outside its Top-30 one week ago.
NSU is coming off a series win at Newman, taking two out of three from the Jets, and have run-ruled teams in four of their last six games.
With the cancelation of Tuesday's game at Oklahoma Baptist, the RiverHawks closed its regular season at 34-14 overall and are the No. 2 seed in the MIAA Tournament. This Friday, Northeastern State will host Rogers State for a best-of-three game series in the quarterfinal round at Thomas C. Rousey Memorial Field.
| Rank |
Team (2022 Record) |
Points |
| 1. |
Wingate (45-7) |
210 |
| 2. |
North Greenville (41-8) |
203 |
| 3. |
Point Loma Nazarene (39-7) |
196 |
| 4. |
Central Missouri (37-6) |
189 |
| 5. |
Tampa (36-8) |
182 |
| 6. |
Augustana (38-7-1) |
147 |
| 7. |
Angelo St. (40-10) |
143 |
| 8. |
Columbus St. (38-9) |
139 |
| 9. |
Southern New Hampshire (33-8) |
129 |
| 10. |
St. Leo (33-14) |
120 |
| 11. |
Minnesota St. (30-5) |
118 |
| 12. |
Cal. St. Monterey Bay (36-13) |
115 |
| 13. |
Valdosta St. (29-12) |
107 |
| 14. |
Southern Arkansas (37-11) |
106 |
| 15. |
Illinois Springfield (36-7) |
90 |
| 16. |
West Chester (27-9) |
89 |
| 17. |
Colorado Mesa (32-12) |
83 |
| 18. |
Florida Southern (28-19) |
77 |
| 19. |
Rollins (33-13) |
68 |
| 20. |
Montevallo (35-13) |
66 |
| 21. |
Lenoir-Rhyne (43-10) |
64 |
| 22. |
Delta St. (30-13) |
62 |
| 23. |
Henderson St. (35-14) |
60 |
| 24. |
Slippery Rock (30-11) |
41 |
| 25. |
Northeastern St. (34-13) |
36 |
| 26. |
Millersville (34-12) |
33 |
| 27. |
Southern Connecticut St. (29-10) |
23 |
| 28. |
West Texas A&M (35-15) |
16 |
| 29. |
Newberry (38-13) |
9 |
|
Azusa Pacific (32-14) |
9 |
