Baseball moves up to No. 23 in D3Baseball.com poll
By Tim Glon
| D3baseball.com poll | ABCA poll |
ADA – The Ohio Northern baseball team moved up two spots to No. 23 nationally in the eighth weekly D3baseball.com poll, released Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (20-5 overall) also received votes in the sixth weekly American Baseball Coaches Association Division III poll.
Northern received 94 votes in the D3baseball.com poll, which was 34 more than last week when ONU was ranked No. 25.
The Polar Bears were ranked No. 23 in the sixth weekly poll.
ONU received 35 votes in the ABCA poll, which is 24 ,ore than last week and is the 31st most in the poll.
In the D3baseball.com poll, Cortland State (N.Y.) is No. 1, Wisconsin-Whitewater is No. 2 and Salisbury (Md.) is No. 3.
Cortland State is No. 1 in the ABCA poll, followed by Wisconsin-Whitewater at No. 2 and Frostburg State (Md.) at No. 3.
The Polar Bears are scheduled to return to action Tuesday with a 1 pm Ohio Athletic Conference double header at Baldwin Wallace, who is currently ranked No. 18 by D3baseball.com and No. 17 by the ABCA.
D3baseball.com Division III Poll - #8
April 14, 2015
| Rank | School | Rec. | Pts. | Pvs. |
| 1. | Cortland State (N.Y.) (13) | 21-2 | 608 | 2 |
| 2. | Wisconsin-Whitewater (6) | 18-3 | 577 | 3 |
| 3. | Salisbury (Md.) (3) | 21-2 | 572 | 1 |
| 4. | Frostburg State (Md.) (3) |
27-3 | 554 | 8 |
| 5. | Kean (N.J.) | 24-6 | 535 | 5 |
| 6. | Shenandoah (Va.) | 18-4-1 | 455 | 9 |
| 7. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 16-5 | 448 | 7 |
| 8. | Heidelberg | 19-5 | 443 | 4 |
| 9. | Birmingham-Southern (Va.) | 26-7-1 | 428 | 6 |
| 10. | Millsaps (Miss.) | 25-7 | 367 | 12 |
| 11. | Concordia (Tex.) | 24-6 | 310 | 19 |
| 12. | Wooster | 20-4 | 292 | 17 |
| 13. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 23-6 | 235 | 11 |
| 14. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 16-8 | 231 | 10 |
| 15. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 17-5 | 219 | 13 |
| 16. | Linfield (Ore.) | 24-9 | 213 | 24 |
| 17. | Trinity (Tex.) | 22-9 | 189 | 22 |
| 18. | Baldwin Wallace | 16-5 | 178 | 16 |
| 19. | Randolph-Macon (Va.) | 19-7 | 165 | 15 |
| 20. | Rhodes (Tenn.) | 24-11 | 123 | 14 |
| 21. | Southern Maine | 15-6 | 122 | 21 |
| 22. | Methodist (N.C.) | 26-8 | 102 | 23 |
| 23. | Ohio Northern | 20-5 | 94 | 25 |
| 24. | John Carroll |
18-5 | 77 | RV |
| 25. |
Thomas More (Ky.) | 19-4 | 74 | RV |
Others Receiving Votes: Pacific Lutheran 70, Mary Washington 66, Tufts 64, Cal Lutheran 58, Adrian 47, Webster 46, Rowan 38, Emory 29, Buena Vista 19, Bridgewater (Va.) 18, Wesleyan (Conn.), Oswego State 11, Texas Lutheran 10, Carthage 5, UW-La Crosse 4, Augustana (Ill.) 2, Bethel (Minn.) 1, Marietta 1, Pomona-Pitzer 1.
ABCA Division III Poll - #6
April 14, 2015
| Rank | School | Rec. | Pts. | Pvs. |
| 1. | Cortland State (N.Y.) (4) | 21-2 | 471 | 2 |
| 2. | Wisconsin-Whitewater (10) | 18-3 | 457 | 1 |
| 3. | Frostburg State (Md.) | 27-3 | 442 | 6 |
| 4. | Salisbury (Md.) (2) | 21-2 | 439 | 3 |
| 5. | Kean (N.J.) | 24-6 | 415 | 8 |
| 6. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 16-5 | 386 | 9 |
| 7. | Birmingham-Southern (Va.) |
26-7-1 | 326 | 7 |
| 8. | Shenandoah (Va.) | 18-4-1 | 314 | 13 |
| 9. | Heidelberg | 19-5 | 312 | 5 |
| 10. | Concordia (Tex.) | 24-6 | 311 | 14 |
| 11. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 16-8 | 306 | 4 |
| 12. | Millsaps (Miss.) | 25-7 | 302 | 10 |
| 13. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 23-6 | 267 | 11 |
| 14. | Linfield (Ore.) | 24-9 | 260 | 18 |
| 15. | Trinity (Tex.) | 22-9 | 247 | 15 |
| 16. | Wooster | 20-4 | 238 | 17 |
| 17. | Baldwin Wallace | 16-5 | 214 | 20 |
| 18. | Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) | 23-8 | 166 | 23 |
| 19. | Randolph-Macon (Va.) | 19-7 | 165 | 12 |
| 20. | Southern Maine | 15-6 | 164 | 26 |
| 21. | Methodist (N.C.) | 26-8 | 157 | 24 |
| 22. | Cal Lutheran | 22-10 | 147 | 19 |
| 23. | Rhodes (Tenn.) | 24-11 | 109 | 16 |
| 24. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 25-5 | 99 | RV |
| 25. |
Wesleyan (Conn.) | 14-5 | 97 | 25 |
| 26. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 17-5 | 82 | 22 |
| 27. | Texas Lutheran | 24-9 | 73 | 29 |
| 28. | Rowan (N.J.) | 18-7 | 69 | RV |
| 29. | Webster (Mo.) | 20-8 | 68 | RV |
| 30. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 19-4 | 44 | 28 |
Others Receiving Votes: Ohio Northern 35, Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 31, Adrian (Mich.) 26, Oswego (N.Y.) State 23, Clarkson (N.Y.) 22, Buena Vista (Iowa) 17, William Paterson (N.J.) 15, John Carroll (Ohio) 14, Illinois Wesleyan 13, Bethel (Minn.) 11, Westfield (Mass.) 8, Carthage (Wis.) 5, Washington College (Md.) 5, Redlands (Calif.) 4, Emory (Ga.) 2, Rochester (N.Y.) 1.