Florida Tech Baseball Ranked #20 in Division II National Poll
MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Tech Baseball team has battled and moved their way up into the top 30 NCAA Division II Poll surpassing Sunshine State
Conference competition from Nova Southeastern who was previously ranked #13 in the nation and are now nipping at the heels of #12 Florida Southern.
The Panthers in previous weeks have been on the receiving end of ‘Other Receiving Votes’ and have finally reached the top 30 after defeating the #24 Sharks
from Nova Southeastern and defeating #12 Florida Southern College taking two out of three from the Mocs. The SSC series win over the Mocs and breaking into
the top 20 are firsts for fourth year head coach Paul Knight and fourth year assistant coach Greg Berkemeier.
2007 Collegiate Baseball Magazine NCAA Division II Poll, 4-2-07
Rank Team Record Points Last Week
1. Cal State Los Angeles 28-3-1 480 1
2. Tampa 29-6 462 3
3. Ouachita Baptist 34-3 450 2
4. Kutztown 21-2 430 5
5. Central Missouri State 28-5 412 8
6. Grand Valley State 19-2 400 9
7. Mesa State 29-6 380 10
8. Columbus State 30-8 374 12
9. Sonoma State 28-5 354 11
10. Georgia College & State 30-9 334 4
11. Cal State Chico 29-7 316 6
12. Florida Southern 27-8 308 7
13. Delta State 29-9 284 14
14. Franklin Pierce 19-4 274 21
15. Mount Olive 34-9 262 15
16. Tusculum 33-10 238 20
17. Abilene Christian 28-8 226 17
18. West Florida 30-10 204 RV
19. Minnesota State Mankato 19-4 196 NR
20. Florida Tech 24-11 176 NR
21. USC Upstate 24-16 146 26
Lynn 24-13 146 NR
23. Ashland 16-9 118 25
24. Nova Southeastern 27-9 92 13
25. USC Aiken 25-12 84 16
26. UC San Diego 24-12 74 RV
27. Angelo State 26-10 68 RV
28. West Alabama 26-10 62 NR
29. Francis Marion 25-14 36 29
30. Florida Gulf Coast 23-11 14 T18
West Chester 13-6 14 T18
Slippery Rock 14-8 14 T27
Southern Arkansas 28-10 14 RV
Dropped Out: #22 St. Edward’s (Texas), #23 Augusta State, #24 Montevallo,
#T-27 Incarnate Word, #30 SIU Edwardsville Did Not Report: Montevallo, St. Edward’s (Texas), St. Mary’s (Texas), Central Oklahoma, Incarnate Word, SIU
Edwardsville, Lenoir-Rhyne.
Also Receiving Votes: West Virginia State 8, Augusta State 6, Carson-Newman 4, Armstrong Atlantic State 4, Cal State San Bernandino 2, Belmont Abbey 1,
Wayne State (Neb.) 1, North Alabama 1, New Mexico Highlands 1.
