MARSHALL, Texas – Moving back into the D3baseball.com Top Five, East Texas Baptist University is ranked fifth in the week six national poll. ETBU moved up two spots this week after sweeping McMurry University. In the ABCA Poll, ETBU moved up three spots to no. 8.
ETBU was given 510 points for fifth place and is just 12 points behind Salisbury (NJ) who has 522 points. ETBU has been in the D3baseball.com Top 10 all year long with fifth as the highest ranking four weeks now out of seven weeks. The 510 points is the second most given to ETBU this season. Endicott continues to be no. 1 with a 17-1 record and 622 points with 22 first-place votes. Baldwin Wallace is no. 2 at 18-3 and 590 points while Denison is no. 3 at 19-2 and 580 points.
In the ABCA National Poll, ETBU moved up three spots from 11
th to eighth this week 473 points. This is the third poll of the year for the ABCA and ETBU has been in the top 10 twice now reaching as high as seventh in the Mar. 18 poll.
ETBU has now been ranked for 10 straight weeks in the D3baseball.com Poll.
This weekend, ETBU travels to Longview, Texas, to face LeTourneau University in a three-game ASC series.
D3baseball.com Top 25 Poll
Through games of Sunday, March 31, 2024
Dropped out: No. 24 Mary Hardin Baylor, No. 25. Buena Vista.
Others receiving votes: UW-Stevens Point 45, Buena Vista 44, Case Western Reserve 38, Otterbein 36, Willamette 32, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 32, York (Pa.) 26, Ithaca 21, Pacific 21, Roger Williams 19, Mary Hardin-Baylor 13, Randolph-Macon 11, Birmingham Southern 10, Augustana (Ill.) 9, Cal Lutheran 8, Penn St.-Harrisburg 8, Mary Washington 7, Berry 5, Heidelberg 4, Marymount (Va.) 4, LaGrange 4, Rhodes 3, Wheaton (Mass.) 3, Colby 3, UW-Oshkosh 2, Keystone 1.
ABCA National Poll
| 2024 NCAA Division III Coaches Poll |
| April 1, 2024 |
| Rank |
School (2024 Record) |
Points |
| 1 |
Endicott (Mass.) (19) (17-1) |
598 |
| 2 |
Denison (Ohio) (19-2) |
576 |
| 3 |
Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) (18-3) |
549 |
| 4 |
Salisbury (Md.) (19-5) |
514 |
| 5 |
Salve Regina (R.I.) (16-2) |
511 |
| 6 |
Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) (22-6) |
489 |
| 7 |
Wis.-Whitewater (1) (14-3) |
486 |
| 8 |
East Texas Baptist (21-6) |
473 |
| 9 |
Benedictine (III.) (16-2) |
453 |
| 10 |
Shenandoah (Va.) (18-6) |
369 |
| 11 |
Rowan (N.J.) (13-4) |
351 |
| 12 |
La Verne (Calif.) (15-5-1) |
329 |
| 13 |
Wis-La Crosee (11-4) |
327 |
| 14 |
Johns Hopkins (Md.) (14-6) |
326 |
| 15 |
The College of New Jersey (13-4) |
279 |
| 16 |
Aurora (III.) (14-5) |
272 |
| 17 |
Lynchburg (Va.) (17-7) |
271 |
| 18 |
Montclair State (N.J.) (18-4) |
245 |
| 19 |
Christopher Newport (Va.) (15-6) |
210 |
| 20 |
Trinity (Texas) (17-7) |
184 |
| 21 |
Willamette (Ore.) (17-5) |
175 |
| 22 |
Eastern Connecticut State (14-5) |
152 |
| 23 |
Pacific (Ore.) (15-7) |
115 |
| 24 |
Case Western Reserve (Ohio) (17-6) |
109 |
| 25 |
York (Pa.) (15-4) |
92 |
| 26 |
Claremont (Calif.) (17-7) |
87 |
| 27 |
Buena Vista (Iowa) (16-5) |
77 |
| 28 |
LaGrange (Ga.) (16-7) |
65 |
| 29 |
Ithaca (N.Y.) (13-4) |
57 |
| 30 |
Kalamazoo. (Mich.) (14-4) |
45 |
|
Receiving Votes: Roger Williams (R.I.) 43, Penn State Harrisburg 42, Cal Lutheran 39, Mary Washington (Va.) 37, Arcadia (Pa.) 36, Randolph-Macon (Va.) 35, Berry (Ga.) 34, Augustana (Ill.) 32, Wis.-Stevens Point 27, Colby (Maine) 25, Texas-Dallas 25, Wesleyan (Conn.) 23, Wheaton (Mass.) 20, Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 17, Marymount (Va.) 12, Whitman (Wash.) 11, North Carolina Wesleyan 10, Centre (Ky.) 9, Cortland (N.Y.) 6, Rhodes (Tenn.) 5, Otterbein (Ohio) 5, Misericordia (Pa.) 2, Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 1, Washington (Mo.) University 1.
