MARSHALL, Texas – Staying in the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Top 25, East Texas Baptist University remained at no. 24 in the third poll released this year. ETBU started the year at no. 26 and has moved up two spots.
ETBU has now been in the ABCA poll for 20 straight weeks earning 160 points and is 30 points from the top 20. Teams ETBU have played in the top 30 are no. 6 Belhaven, no. 21 Huntingdon, and no. 27 Adrian.
ETBU will host Maryville College (TN) this weekend in a three-game series.
| 2026 NCAA Division III Baseball Coaches Poll |
| March 24, 2026 |
| Rank |
School |
Record |
Points (First) |
| 1. |
Denison (Ohio) |
14-1 |
750 (25) |
| 2. |
Lynchburg (Va.) |
15-3-1 |
699 |
| 3. |
Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
16-4 |
687 |
| 4. |
Salve Regina (R.I.) |
10-1 |
667 |
| 5. |
Kean (N.J.) |
13-3-1 |
617 |
| 6. |
Belhaven (Miss.) |
17-3 |
582 |
| 7. |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) |
16-5 |
576 |
| 8. |
Salisbury (Md.) |
13-5 |
558 |
| 9. |
Shenandoah (Va.) |
19-3 |
556 |
| 10. |
Bridgewater College (Va.) |
17-3 |
487 |
| 11. |
Washington-St. Louis (Mo.) |
15-3 |
485 |
| 12. |
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
8-3 |
468 |
| 13. |
Rowan (N.J.) |
8-2 |
445 |
| 14. |
Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) |
14-7 |
363 |
| 15. |
Cal Lutheran |
17-5 |
343 |
| 16. |
Christopher Newport (Va.) |
15-5 |
337 |
| 17. |
Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) |
12-3 |
330 |
| 18. |
Mount Union (Ohio) |
16-4 |
312 |
| 19. |
Trinity (Texas) |
12-7 |
283 |
| 20. |
Rhodes (Tenn.) |
8-3 |
15-4 |
| 21. |
Huntingdon (Ala.) |
17-5 |
174 |
| 22. |
Millikin (Ill.) |
15-4 |
163 |
| 23. |
Tufts (Mass.) |
10-2 |
161 |
| 24. |
East Texas Baptist |
14-7 |
160 |
| 25. |
Swarthmore (Pa.) |
13-3 |
159 |
| 26. |
Centre (Ky.) |
14-5 |
157 |
| 27. |
Texas Lutheran |
17-6 |
131 |
| 28. |
Adrian (Mich.) |
11-4 |
118 |
| 29. |
Montclair State (N.J.) |
14-4 |
111 |
| 30. |
Kalamazoo (Mich.) |
14-2 |
108 |
|
Others Receiving Votes: Randolph-Macon (Va.) 70, Gettysburg (Pa.) 60, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 51, Case Western Reserve (Ohio) 33, Linfield (Ore.) 31, Wooster (Ohio) 30, La Verne (Calif.) 26, SUNY Cortland 25, Roanoke (Va.) 21, Transylvania (Ky.) 17, Augustana (Ill.) 14, Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 11, Mary Washington (Va.) 11, Wittenberg (Ohio) 11, Piedmont (Ga.) 10, Wheaton (Mass.) 8, Endicott (Mass.) 6, Eastern Connecticut State 5, Concordia (Texas) 4, McDaniel (Md.) 4, Whitworth (Wash.) 4, Chatham (Pa.) 2, Colby (Maine) 2, Wisconsin-La Crosse 2, Luther (Iowa) 1.
