RANKED | BB | ETBU Continues to Move Up in National Polls

5/8/2026 6:06:00 PM

MARSHALL, Texas – Moving up in all of the national polls, East Texas Baptist University is the top team in Region X and has a Top 20 NPI. ETBU continues to be ranked in the The Perfect Game, American Baseball Coaches Association, and D3baseball.com

In the NPI, ETBU is at No. 17 with a 58.881 ranking. Other teams ETBU has played are No. 18 Belhaven (58.732), No. 19 Adrian College (58.690), and No. 28 Maryville (58.074).

ETBU's highest ranking is No. 14 in The Perfect Game poll moving up two spots from 16^th last week. Also ranked in the poll is No. 17 Belhaven and No. 21 Adrian College.

D3baseball.com has ETBU at No. 18 with 186 points moving up five spot from No. 23. Other teams ETBU has played that are in the poll are No. 19 Adrian College and No. 21 Belhaven.

In the ABCA, ETBU moved up two spots to No. 21 from 23^rd with 243 points. Also ranked are No. 17 Belhaven and No. 19 Adrian College.

ETBU won the 2026 American Southwest Conference Tournament and will now see where they will go in the NCAA Division III Tournament on Monday.

NPI Poll - May 7, 2026

Team	Conference	Region	05/07/2026 Result	NPI Rank	NPI	Prev NPI	DIII WL	Adj W/L	Win Value	Loss Value	QWB	vAbove	vBelow
Denison	NCAC	REGION VII	W	1	69.432	1	38-1	12.0-1.0	88.226	52.074	11.152	0-0	38-1
Salve Regina	NEWMAC	REGION I		2	63.515	3	34-4	24.0-4.0	79.647	47.636	7.010	0-0	34-4
Lynchburg	ODAC	REGION VI	L	3	63.503	2	33-5-1	23.5-5.5	79.629	47.627	7.002	0-0	32-5-1
Wis.-Whitewater	WIAC	REGION IX	L	4	62.182	4	37-4	30.0-4.0	77.713	46.636	6.077	0-0	37-4
Rowan^(AQ)	NJAC	REGION IV		5	61.563	5	32-5	21.0-5.0	76.817	46.172	5.644	0-1	32-4
Shenandoah	ODAC	REGION VI	W	6	60.980	6	33-9	31.0-9.0	75.970	45.735	5.236	1-1	32-8
Johns Hopkins^(AQ)	Centennial	REGION V		7	60.613	7	33-9	29.0-9.0	75.439	45.460	4.979	0-0	33-9
Bridgewater (VA)	ODAC	REGION VI	W	8	60.436	9	33-11	28.0-11.0	75.182	45.327	4.855	2-3	31-8
Salisbury	C2C	REGION V		9	60.140	8	30-9	28.0-9.0	74.753	45.105	4.648	2-2	28-7
Baldwin Wallace	OAC	REGION VII	W	10	59.956	11	28-8	23.0-8.0	74.486	44.967	4.519	0-3	28-5
Tufts	NESCAC	REGION I		11	59.898	10	27-9	24.0-9.0	74.402	44.924	4.479	0-0	27-9
Russell Sage	Empire 8	REGION III	W	12	59.599	12	34-5	25.0-5.0	73.969	44.699	4.269	1-0	33-5
Endicott	CNE	REGION II	W	13	59.442	13	32-8	27.0-8.0	73.741	44.582	4.159	1-2	31-6
Mount Union	OAC	REGION VII	W	14	59.308	16	31-8	26.0-8.0	73.547	44.481	4.066	1-2	30-6
WashU	UAA	REGION VIII		15	59.165	14	28-11	28.0-11.0	73.339	44.374	3.965	0-0	28-11
Montclair St.	NJAC	REGION IV		16	58.994	17	30-9	30.0-9.0	73.091	44.245	3.846	1-2	29-7
East Tex. Baptist	ASC	REGION X		17	58.881	18	33-10	28.0-10.0	72.928	44.161	3.767	0-0	33-10
Belhaven	CCS	REGION VI		18	58.732	20	31-13	31.0-13.0	72.711	44.049	3.662	3-0	28-13
Adrian	Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.	REGION VII	W	19	58.690	23	30-10	27.0-10.0	72.651	44.018	3.633	3-1	27-9
Wittenberg	NCAC	REGION VII	L	20	58.689	15	29-10	24.0-10.0	72.649	44.017	3.632	0-2	29-8
Piedmont	CCS	REGION VI		21	58.513	21	30-13	29.0-13.0	72.393	43.884	3.509	5-2	25-11
UChicago	UAA	REGION IX		22	58.480	22	27-13	27.0-13.0	72.346	43.860	3.486	3-3	24-10
Randolph-Macon	ODAC	REGION VI	L	23	58.448	19	26-13	26.0-13.0	72.300	43.836	3.464	3-6	23-7
DeSales	MAC Freedom	REGION IV		24	58.287	25	31-12	28.0-12.0	72.066	43.715	3.351	0-6	31-6
Mary Washington	C2C	REGION VI		25	58.280	24	25-11	24.0-11.0	72.056	43.710	3.346	4-4	21-7

The Perfect Game Poll - May 6, 2026
NCAA DIII

Rk.	School	State	Record
1	Lynchburg Hornets	VA	33-4-1
2	Denison Big Red	OH	39-1
3	UW-Whitewater Warhawks	WI	35-3
4	Endicott Gulls	MA	32-8
5	Salisbury Seagulls	MD	31-9
6	Salve Regina Seahawks	RI	34-5
7	Rowan Profs	NJ	33-5
8	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	MD	33-9
9	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags	CA	29-11
10	Kean Cougars	NJ	29-12-1
11	Cortland State Red Dragons	NY	27-9-1
12	Shenandoah Hornets	VA	32-9
13	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	OH	29-9
14	East Texas Baptist Tigers	TX	35-10
15	Tufts Jumbos	MA	27-9
16	Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens	CA	29-13
17	Belhaven Blazers	MS	31-13
18	Rhodes Lynx	TN	27-13
19	Bridgewater Eagles	VA	32-11
20	University of Chicago	IL	27-13
21	Adrian Bulldogs	MI	28-10
22	Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets	VA	27-12
23	Russell Sage Gators	NY	33-5
24	Washington Bears	MO	28-11
25	Transylvania Pioneers	KY	26-12

D3baseball.com Poll - May 4, 2026

2026 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Week 11

Through games of Sunday, April 26th, 2026:

#	School (1st votes)	Rec	Pts	Prev.
1	Denison (25)	37-1	625	1
2	Lynchburg	33-4-1	590	2
3	UW-Whitewater	36-3	578	3
4	Salve Regina	34-4	553	4
5	Rowan	32-5	527	5
6	Johns Hopkins	33-9	467	8
7	Salisbury	30-9	456	7
8	Shenandoah	32-9	453	76
9	Bridgewater (Va.)	32-11	364	9
10	Baldwin Wallace	28-9	360	10
11	Endicott	31-8	347	13
12	Mount Union	30-8	323	14
13	Wittenberg	29-9	262	16
14	Montclair State	30-9	251	15
15	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	29-11	237	19
16	Kean	29-11-1	228	12
17	Washington U.	28-11	189	18
18	East Texas Baptist	33-10	186	23
19	Adrian	28-9	183	17
20	Tufts	27-9	166	20
21	Belhaven	31-12	134	22
22	Kalamazoo	30-9	129	11
23	Russell Sage	33-5	85	rv
24	Pomona-Pitzer	28-12	77	rv
25	Cortland	27-9-1	74	25

Dropped out: No. 21 Rhodes, No. 24 Christopher Newport

Others receiving votes: Piedmont 50, Chicago 42, Randolph-Macon 40, UW-La Crosse 23, Maryville (Tenn.) 19, Rhodes 18, Whitworth 17, Luther 11, Mary Washington 11, Millikin 10, Christopher Newport 9, Washington & Jefferson 9, Southern Maine 7, DePauw 4, Bethel (Minn.) 2, DeSales 2, Messiah 2, Texas Lutheran 2, Trinity (Conn.) 2, Ramapo 1

ABCA Poll - May 5, 2026

2026 NCAA Division III Baseball Coaches Poll
May 5, 2026
Rank	School	Record	Points (First)
1.	Denison (Ohio)	37-1	750 (25)
2.	Lynchburg (Va.)	33-4-1	721
3.	Wisconsin Whitewater	36-3	688
4.	Salve Regina (R.I.)	34-4	682
5.	Rowan (N.J.)	32-5	624
6.	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	33-9	616
7.	Shenandoah (Va.)	32-9	585
8.	Salisbury (Md.)	30-9	546
9.	Bridgewater College (Va.)	32-11	531
10.	Baldwin Wallace (Ohio)	28-9	472
11.	Mount Union (Ohio)	30-8	468
12.	Endicott (Mass.)	31-8	407
13.	Wittenberg (Ohio)	29-9	376
14.	Montclair State (N.J.)	30-9	357
T15.	Kean (N.J.)	29-11-1	324
T15.	Washington-St. Louis (Mo.)	28-11	324
17.	Belhaven (Miss.)	31-13	312
18.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.)	29-11	304
19.	Adrian (Mich.)	28-10	296
20.	Tufts (Mass.)	27-9	279
21.	East Texas Baptist	33-10	243
22.	Kalamazoo (Mich.)	30-9	221
23.	Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.)	28-12	219
24.	Millikin (Ill.)	32-8	197
25.	Sage (N.Y.)	33-5	188
26.	SUNY Cortland	27-9-1	116
27.	Piedmont (Ga.)	30-13	103
28.	Wisconsin-La Crosse	30-10	84
T29.	Randolph-Macon (Va.)	26-12	75
T29.	Rhodes (Tenn.)	27-13	75

Others Receiving Votes: Maryville College (Tenn.) 74, Chicago (Ill.) 69, Christopher Newport (Va.) 65, Whitworth (Wash.) 51, Mary Washington (Va.) 31, DeSales (Pa.) 28, Luther (Iowa) 28, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 26, Southern Maine 19, Bethany Lutheran (Minn.) 16, Messiah (Pa.) 9, Bridgewater State (Mass.) 6, Farmingdale State (N.Y.) 6, Transylvania (Ky.) 6, St. John Fisher (N.Y.) 4, Saint Joseph's College of Maine 4.

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