NIACC baseball team moves to No. 4 in latest poll
MASON CITY - The NIACC baseball team is ranked fourth in the latest NJCAA Division II rankings heading into Saturday's North Plains district tournament at Roosevelt Stadium.
NIACC (45-13) was ranked seventh heading into the NJCAA Region XI tournament last week.
The No. 4 ranking by the Trojans is the highest since they were ranked fourth in the April 9, 2003 poll.
It is the 11th straight poll that NIACC has been ranked in the top 20. The last poll where NIACC was not ranked was the April 22, 2015 poll.
2016 NJCAA Division II rankings (May 18)
1. LSU-Eunice
2. Jones County JC (Mississippi)
3. Mercer County CC (New Jersey)
4. NIACC
5. Sinclair CC (Ohio)
6. McHenry County College (Illinois)
7. Heartland CC (Illinois)
8. Cuyahoga CC (Ohio)
9. Parkland College (Illinois)
10. East Central CC (Mississippi)
11. Western Oklahoma State
12. Meridian CC (Mississippi)
13. Pasco-Hernando State (Florida)
14. Monroe CC (New York)
15. Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa
16. Kellogg CC (Michigan)
17. Lincoln Land CC (Illinois)
18. Northwest Mississippi CC
19. County College of Morris (New Jersey)
19. Oakton CC (Illinois)
NIACC baseball in the polls
(Since the 2003 season)
2003
April 9 - 4th
April 23 - 12th
April 30 - 15th
2005
April 6 - 13th
April 13 - 12th
April 20 - 6th
April 27 - 9th
May 4 - 9th
2007
April 5 - 10th
April 11 - 9th
April 18 - 7th
April 25 - 9th
May 2 - 10th
2008
April 2 - 11th
April 9 - tied for 13th
April 16 - 13th
2012
April 11 - 14th
April 25 - 13th
May 9 - 19th
2013
April 10 - 19th
May 22 - 19th
2014
Jan. 27 - 8th
2015
April 29 - 20th
May 6 - 12th
May 13 - 9th
May 20 - 6th
2016
Jan. 27 - 13th
April 13 - 14th
April 20 - 14th
April 27 - 12th
May 3 - 10th
May 11 - 7th
May 18 - 4th
