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2026 NCBWA National Poll (Week Five - March 11, 2026)
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Rank School (1st Place) Record Pts. Prev.
1 Pittsburg State (11) 19-1 486 2
2 Tampa (6) 16-3 480 1
3 North Greenville (3) 19-2 462 6
4 Colorado Mesa  18-2 443 4
5 Grand Valley State 12-1 400 8
6 Catawba 16-4 385 3
7 Central Missouri 17-3 379 5
8 Point Loma 18-3 372 13
9 West Alabama 17-3 340 10
10 Young Harris 18-3 289 17
11 Seton Hill 9-3 267 11
12 Cal State Monterey Bay 13-5 265 7
13 Angelo State 16-6 243 16
14 Rollins 14-4 215 20
15 Francis Marion 19-3 192 25
16 Wayne State (Mich.) 10-2 185 RV
17 UT Tyler 16-6 177 9
18 Augustana (S.D.) 12-4 159 RV
19 West Chester 8-2 116 23
20 North Georgia 18-5 112 21
21 Southern New Hampshire 8-4 110 RV
22 Westmont  14-5 107 22
23 Trevecca 15-6 51 RV
24 Rogers State 16-3 50 NR
25 Illinois Springfield 11-5 41 25
Receiving Votes: Lenoir-Rhyne (14-4-1) 40 points; Wilmington (8-5) 25 points; Wingate (18-4) 24 points;  Millersville (11-4) 23 points; St. Edward’s (15-6) 20 points; West Florida (16-5) 17 points;
Cal State San Marcos (13-2) 12 points; Bentley (6-4) 5 points; Emporia State (14-5) 4 points; UNC Pembroke (16-4) 2 points; Quincy (15-5) 2 points

2026 Region Polls (Week Five- March 9, 2026)

ATLANTIC REGION
Rnk  Team (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 Seton Hill (6) 9-3 94 1
2 West Chester (3) 8-2 93 2
3 Millersville (1) 11-4 82 3
4 Slippery Rock 7-3 62 5
5 East Stroudsburg 11-5 56 6
6 Shepherd 12-4 46 8
7 Frostburg State 8-5 38 4
8 Shippensburg 10-4 32 9
9 California (Pa.) 5-3 12 10
10 Point Park 5-4 11 7
Receiving Votes: Bloomsburg (6-1) 10 points; Glenville State (11-4) 5 Points; Pitt-Johnstown (9-6) 4 points; Salem (11-6) 4 points; Wheeling (11-4) 1 point

CENTRAL REGION
Rnk Team  Points Record Previous
1 Pittsburg State 110 19-1 1
2 Central Missouri 98 17-3 2
3 Augustana 82 12-4 5
4 Rogers State 67 16-3 6
5 Emporia State 60 14-5 3
6 Minnesota State 53 11-5 4
7 Northwest Missouri 47 15-6 8
8 Southern Arkansas 36 14-7 NR
9 Arkansas Tech 18 13-10 RV
10 Southeastern Oklahoma State 15 13-7 10
Receiving Votes: Harding (10), Arkansas-Monticello (9)

EAST REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) Points Record Previous
1 Southern New Hampshire (5) 86 8-4 2
2 Wilmington (Del) (4) 85 8-5 1
3 Bentley 66 6-4 4
4 Felician 64 6-6 3
5 Molloy 51 5-4 5
6 St. Thomas Aquinas 41 9-2 9
7 Goldey-Beacom 35 7-8 7
8 Mercy 28 6-8 6
9 Thomas Jefferson 12 1-6 8
10 Pace  10 4-4 NA
Receiving Votes: Franklin Pierce - 7 points; D’Youville - 4 points; Post - 3 points; Assumption - 2 points; Dominican University of New York - 1 point

MIDWEST REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 Grand Valley State (7)  12-1   70   1
2 Wayne State      10-2   59    4
3 Illinois Springfield  11-6   53 3
4 Quincy         15-5  50    7
5 Rockhurst     14-3   40     5
6 Drury        8-4   39    2
7 Malone         10-2   24    8
8 Ashland       8-5    23    NR
9 Parkside        8-5  10     8
10 SVSU               9-7   9    6
Receiving Votes: Indianapolis - 5 points; Missouri S&T - 1 point; Kentucky Wesleyan - 1 point; Findlay - 1 points

SOUTH REGION
Rnk Team (1st Votes) Record Points Previous
1 Tampa (7) 16-3 70 1
2 West Alabama 17-3 62 2
3 Rollins 14-4 55 4
4 Trevecca 15-6 49 5
5 West Florida 16-5 33 3
6 Delta State 13-6 30 6
7 Eckerd 12-4 27 9
8 Albany State 13-7 17 RV
9 Lee 15-6 16 7
10 Spring Hill 13-9 10 RV
Receiving Votes: Miles (15-4, 6 points); Barry (14-7, 5 points); Embry-Riddle (8-7, 3 points), Savannah State (11-9, 3 points)

SOUTHEAST REGION
Rnk School (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 North Greenville (10) 19-2 118 2
2 Catawba (2) 16-4 104 1
3 Young Harris 18-3 96 4
4 Francis Marion 19-3 68 6
5 North Georgia 18-5 66 5
6 Lenoir-Rhyne 14-4-1 57 3
7 Wingate 18-4 56 7
8 UNC Pembroke 16-4 46 8
9 USC Aiken 16-6 23 10
t10 Belmont Abbey 13-7 10 9
t10 Georgia Southwestern 14-9 10 RV
Receiving votes: Lander (14-8) - 3 points; Newberry (13-8) - 2 points; Flagler (15-6) - 1 point

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Rnk Team (First Place) Record Prev. Points
1 Colorado Mesa (8) 18-2 1 80
2 Angelo State 16-6 3 69
3 UT Tyler 16-6 2 57
4 St. Edward’s 15-6 5 56
5 St. Mary’s 15-7 4 52
6 West Texas A&M 14-8 8 31
7 MSU Denver 11-5 6 30
8 Texas A&M-Kingsville 15-7 7 26
9 UCCS 15-7 9 23
10 CSU Pueblo 8-9 10 9
Receiving Votes: UT Dallas 14-7 (6), Lubbock Christian 10-12 (1)

WEST REGION
Rnk  Team (1st Place) Record  Points Previous
1 Point Loma (5) 18-3 86 2
2 Cal State Monterey Bay (4) 13-5 84 1
3 Westmont 14-5 69 3
4 Cal State San Marcos 13-2 63 4
5 Northwest Nazarene 14-8 53 5
6 Cal Poly Pomona 12-6 43 9
7 Jessup 13-8 30 7
8 Chico State 13-9 29 6
T9 Cal State Dominguez Hills 10-7 13 10
T9 Cal State LA 12-9 13 RV
Receiving Votes: Fresno Pacific (11-10) 6 points, MSU Billings (13-10) 5 points