BB: Central Region Rankings

[cubs]

Provided things fall the right way, could the CCIW be a two-bid league? It seems the NCAA thinks so.

Feel odds would be better had a CCIW team cracked the Top 3 in the Regional Rankings and then a different CCIW team won the Conference Tournament....

[BigPoppa]

Provided things fall the right way, could the CCIW be a two-bid league? It seems the NCAA thinks so.

Feel odds would be better had a CCIW team cracked the Top 3 in the Regional Rankings and then a different CCIW team won the Conference Tournament....

Agree, but with the 3 of the 4 CCIW teams going head to head w regionally ranked opponents this weekend, it could be enough to boost their resumes. Those CCIW tourney wins will likely help more than other tourney wins (SLIAC, MWC, IIAC)

[BigPoppa]

CCIW is currently 10-5 (.667)on the season

IIAC: 0-0 (n/a)

MWC: 1-2 (.333)

SLIAC: 12-10 (.545)

[BigPoppa]

Anyone else keeping an eye on Spalding? Currently 12-3 with wins over a pair of WIAC schools and #1 Umass-Boston.

Seems like a legit regional contender in the making. Thoughts?

[Ralph Turner]

Anyone else keeping an eye on Spalding? Currently 12-3 with wins over a pair of WIAC schools and #1 Umass-Boston.

Seems like a legit regional contender in the making. Thoughts?

Yes. There are several teams across the nation that seem to be having breakthru years.

Also wondering how Spaulding and Webster play out versus each other the first weekend in May?

[Jim Dixon]

Anyone else keeping an eye on Spalding? Currently 12-3 with wins over a pair of WIAC schools and #1 Umass-Boston.

Seems like a legit regional contender in the making. Thoughts?

They have a pretty dominate starter in Keating and they should win all those contests.  A weak conference will give them plenty more wins.

[BigPoppa]

The Central seems to be shaping up a bit. SLIAC with a pair of contenders, CCIW with 2-3, and the IIAC always produces a few.

[BigPoppa]

New D3 Baseball Poll is out: http://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2018/2018Top25-week-6

Spalding is the only Central team in the poll at #18 with Augustana, Wartburg, North Central, WashU and Webster all earning votes... curiously, to me at least, Carthage (15-3) remains without a vote.

[BigPoppa]

Anyone care to take a shot at ranking the Central Region's top teams? (Maybe I am the only one on here as the snow still flutters down in the Midwest?)

1. Spalding (SLIAC)
2. North Central (CCIW)
3. Carthage (CCIW)
4. Wartburg (IIAC)
5. Augustana (CCIW)
6. WashU (UAA/IND)
7. Webster (SLIAC)
8. St. Norbert (MWC)
9. Luther (IIAC)
10. ?

[Jim Dixon]

Looking like a down year for the Central.  Spadling will always be in the picture with Keating on the mound.

[BigPoppa]

Looking like a down year for the Central.  Spadling will always be in the picture with Keating on the mound.

Agree. It seems like the Central always has a solid 1-3 at the top and then it falls off very quickly. The Central's #4-10 don't match up to other regions'.

[BigPoppa]

CCIW
North Central   8-0   12-6
Carthage           5-1   18-4
North Park           5-1   10-11
Elmhurst           5-4   14-8
Wheaton           4-4   13-10
Ill Wesleyan   3-6   12-10
Augustana    2-4   14-7
Millikin      2-6   12-10
Carroll      0-8   10-10

IIAC
Coe      7-1   12-7   
Loras   5-1   16-5   
Dubuque   5-2   8-10   
Buena Vis   7-3   11-12   
Wartburg   5-3   14-8   
Luther   6-5   16-7   
Neb Wes   2-9   6-16
Simpson   2-9   3-19   
Central   1-7   10-14

SLIAC
EAST DIVISION
Spalding     8-0   21-3
Principia     6-3   15-7
MacMurray 5-5   9-15
Blackburn  3-4   5-17
Greenville  3-5   8-13


WEST DIVISION
Westminster    6-2   11-8
Fontbonne     5-2   13-11
Webster             4-2   14-7
Eureka            2-8   6-11-1
Iowa Wes     0-12   6-20

MWC
NORTH
St. Norbert College   0-0   10-5   
Beloit College      0-0   10-7   
Lawrence University   0-0   7-10   
Ripon College      0-0   3-10   

SOUTH
Monmouth College   3-1   12-6-1   
Grinnell College           4-2   7-12   
Illinois College      1-2   9-8   
Knox College      1-3   7-10   
Cornell College           1-3   6-11


UAA
WashU         4-4   15-12

INDEPENDENT
Chicago      -----   12-7


BigPoppa's Central Ranking:

Spalding         21-3
North Central  12-6
Carthage         18-4
Webster         14-7
Wartburg        14-8
Loras        16-5
Coe           12-7
St. Norbert     10-5
WashU           15-12

[BigPoppa]

New Poll is out:

Spalding is still the class of the region as others pick up some votes.

#   School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   Trinity (Texas) (20)   23-2   620   1
2   UW-Whitewater (5)   14-2   585   3
3   Wooster   15-3   513   6
4   Concordia-Chicago   14-4   504   5
5   Christopher Newport   25-4   495   7
6   Randolph-Macon   20-3-1   494   8
7   Rowan   17-4   488   2
8   Mass-Boston   17-5   423   9
9   Roanoke   20-6   395   4
10   Cortland   19-6   393   10
11   Case Western Reserve   20-3   363   13
12   Methodist   25-7   310   11
13   Texas Lutheran   24-7   300   12
14   Marietta   16-4   291   16
15   Spalding   21-3   267   18
16   UW-Oshkosh   13-2   216   20
17   TCNJ   14-4   215   14
18   Shenandoah   20-6   183   22
19   Oswego State   16-5   162   23
20   Redlands   25-9   157   15
21   La Roche   14-5   75   19
23   Endicott   14-3   71   rv
22   Maryville (Tenn.)   26-8   58   17
24   Salisbury   18-7   49   rv
25   St. John's   14-2   43   rv
Dropped out: No. 21 Frostburg State, No. 24 Catholic, No. 25 Baldwin and Wallace.

Others receiving votes: Keystone 36, Catholic 33, Piedmont 31, Franklin 30, Southern Maine 29, Mitchell 28, Baldwin Wallace 24, Wartburg 23, Berry 22, Frostburg State 21, Adrian 17, New York Univ. 17 Western New England 14, Chapman 14, North Central (Ill.) 14, Pomona-Pitzer 11, Washington & Jefferson 11, Johns Hopkins 10, Alvernia 9, Rutgers-Camden 7, Babson 7, Wabash 6, Centenary (La.) 5, Bethel (Minn.) 3, La Verne 3, Texas-Tyler 3, Concordia Texas 2, Va. Wesleyan 2, Webster 2, Aurora 1, Carthage 1, Mount Union 1.

[BigPoppa]

Also, I am beginning to think I am the only one following the Central Region.

[Ralph Turner]

Also, I am beginning to think I am the only one following the Central Region.

No, your prescience and insight are sufficient for the rest of us posters.