? About Pre-Season College Polls

crollss:

The latter most likely.

I think they base it on last years performance. If you look at the the polls of div 2 its the results of the tournamen with grand rapids being ranked first followed by 2. parkland 3. Elgin. In the fall Elgin beat parkland so i think you can throw out the idea of considering incoming talent

I'm with eastbaseball7

I agree that the polls are most likely based on last year's results, but I don't think you can go by what happened in the fall. Most teams, and certainly Parkland, only throw their pitchers for two innings per game. Games often last ten or more innings with most players getting the chance to play. Records in the fall are meaningless as the better coaches use the time as an extended tryout.

I have been trying to find the NJCAA poll for the spring 06 and can't find it. Can someone givew me the web addrewss. NJCAA.com says there are no polls available yet.

Collegiate baseball has preseason polls for all classifications. Try this link

Preseason polls

In the NJCAA, you can check the polls for Div I,II, or III

Checked D3...and yes, agree 100%....for D3 anyway....the poll is based on last year's results.....

Croll - IMO, there seems to be more fluctuation amongst JUCOs in the polls than with the four year schools. I don't know if this means JUCOs tend to be more balanced or if it's reflective of whatever voting process is used. In looking back at polls over the seasons for several years, many schools are in there one week and gone the next.

There are a two or three schools that seem to always make it however. I also think different polls use different methods for determining the list - thus the differences between polls.

A 'name' school such as Grand Rapids, probably gets the benefit of the doubt during the season, which means the school gets in the polls quicker and stays there longer. A non-name school probably has to win more games before getting recognized. The Collegiate Baseball News, while sounding impressive, is a pretty small operation that does a tremendous job reporting on college and high school baseball. Their resources are limited.

The good news is that the post-season tournaments resolve all doubts!