WINGATE, N.C. (NCBWA) – The first in-season NCBWA national poll was released Wednesday afternoon, with defending champion University of Tampa remaining the number one team in the country. The Spartans have started off the 2025 season 5-1 after going 52-8 last year. Tampa has now been the number one team in each of the last 17 NCBWA top 25 polls.
2023 national champion and 2024 runner-up Angelo State remains at number two in this week’s poll, collecting one first-place vote. 2022 national champion North Greenville is number three, picking up the other three first-place votes. 2021 national runner-up Central Missouri remains fourth, with UIndy moving up one spot, checking in at number five this week.
Point Loma checks in at number six this week, while Missouri Southern jumped up four spots from #11 to seventh. IUP, Colorado Mesa and Southern New Hampshire round out the top 10. Mount Olive jumped 11 spots, up to number 11 this week, while Florida Southern went from unranked to #12.
UT Tyler is also new to the poll, checking in at #17 after not receiving votes in the preseason poll. Lee and Arkansas-Monticello join the rankings after receiving votes last week, while Lenoir-Rhyne is #25 this week, after not receiving a vote in the preseason poll.
The NCBWA Region polls will be announced every Monday throughout the season, while national polls will come out every Wednesday.
| 2025 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (FEB. 12) | |||||
| Rk. | School [1st place] | Location | Record | Pts. | Pvs. |
| 1. | Tampa [16] | Tampa, Fla. | 5-1 | 496 | 1 |
| 2. | Angelo State [1] | San Angelo, Texas | 6-2 | 469 | 2 |
| 3. | North Greenville [3] | Tigerville, S.C. | 8-0 | 461 | 8 |
| 4. | Central Missouri | Warrensburg, Mo. | 5-2 | 447 | 4 |
| 5. | Indianapolis | Indianapolis, Ind. | 0-0 | 399 | 6 |
| 6. | Point Loma | San Diego, Calif. | 4-2 | 390 | 5 |
| 7. | Missouri Southern | Joplin, Mo. | 5-1 | 354 | 11 |
| 8. | Indiana | Indiana, Pa. | 0-0 | 347 | 7 |
| 9. | Colorado Mesa | Grand Junction, Colo. | 2-1 | 330 | 10 |
| 10. | Southern New Hampshire | Manchester, N.H. | 0-0 | 307 | 9 |
| 11. | Mount Olive | Mount Olive, N.C. | 5-2 | 278 | 21 |
| 12. | Florida Southern | Lakeland, Fla. | 5-1 | 266 | NR |
| 13. | Cal State Monterey Bay | Seaside, Calif. | 5-2 | 257 | 13 |
| 14. | Augustana | Sioux Falls, S.D. | 3-1 | 224 | 17 |
| 15. | Ashland | Ashland, Ohio | 2-1 | 216 | 18 |
| 16. | West Chester | West Chester, Pa. | 0-0 | 211 | 12 |
| 17. | UT Tyler | Tyler, Texas | 5-2 | 177 | NR |
| 18. | Catawba | Salisbury, N.C. | 4-3 | 141 | 3 |
| 19. | Lee | Cleveland, Tenn. | 5-2 | 125 | RV |
| 20. | Molloy | Rockville Centre, N.Y. | 0-0 | 120 | 19 |
| 21. | Westmont | Santa Barbara, Calif. | 5-2 | 106 | 25 |
| 22. | East Stroudsburg | East Stroudsburg, Pa. | 0-0 | 89 | 20 |
| 23. | Arkansas Monticello | Monticello, Ark. | 5-1 | 75 | RV |
| 24. | Maryville | St. Louis, Mo. | 0-0 | 60 | 24 |
| 25. | Lenoir-Rhyne | Hickory, N.C. | 6-1 | 40 | NR |
| Also receiving votes: Barry (4-1) 28; Pittsburg State (7-0) 18; St. Edward’s (Texas) (5-3) 14; Millersville (2-1) 14; Northwest Nazarene (7-3) 14; Embry-Riddle (4-2) 10; Francis Marion (7-0) 9; Thomas Jefferson (0-0) 6; Flagler (5-1) 3; Belmont Abbey (6-1) 1. | |||||
| Dropped out: West Florida (14th); Lubbock Christian (15th); Young Harris (16th); Nova Southeastern (22nd); West Texas A&M (23rd). | |||||
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