Harding Bisons Baseball Moves into NCBWA Central Region Top 10

Courtesy Harding University Athletics Department

SEARCY – Coming off a victory over then #1-ranked Delta State and a road victory over Southeastern Oklahoma, the Harding baseball team moved into the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association Central Region Top 10. The Bisons are 10th in the poll.

Central Missouri received all seven first-place votes and leads the poll.

The NCBWA poll is not the official NCAA poll that determines the teams that qualify for postseason tournaments.

Central Region Poll

Rank School (#1 Votes) W-L Pts. Prev.

1. Central Missouri (7) 8-1 70 1

2. St. Cloud State, Minn 7-2 59 2

T3. Southern Arkansas 14-6 51 4

T3. Arkansas Tech 16-5 51 5

5. Minnesota State 4-2 43 3

6. Henderson State 12-4 34 7

7. Missouri Western 4-3 20 6

8. Augustana 8-5 18 9

9. Southwestern Baptist 4-1 15 RV

10. Harding 9-4 8 NR

Dropped out: #8 Missouri Southern; #10 Arkansas Monticello;

Others receiving votes: Central Oklahoma (6-4) 5 points; Minot State (3-1) 4 points; Arkansas Monticello (10-8) 2 points; Ouachita Baptist (9-8-1) 1 point; Upper Iowa (3-1) 1 point; Mary (5-2-1) 1 point.