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Last Updated March 8th, 2010

Rank		Last Week	Team	Comment
1		1		Florida Southern College Moccasins The Mocs (16-2) had two easy wins over Florida Tech to start their series, but couldn't overcome a five run deficit and lost the finale. FSC can unequivocally prove their the number one team by taking care of buisiness against Ashland and Valdosta State this week.
2		2		Southern Arkansas Muleriders SAU (16-3) capped a three-game sweep in the Drury Heffington Invitational with a 15-4 win over St. Cloud State Sunday at Meador Park. The Muleriders shut out host Drury in a shortened mercy-rule game Friday and knocked off Missouri S&T on Saturday.
3		6		Central Missouri University Mules The Mules (13-1) completed a four-game sweep of Northwest Missouri State and are off to their best start in recorded school history. UCM visits rival Emporia State next week. What a showdown! Just like "Highladner": In the end there can only be one.
4		7		UC San Diego Tritons Four wins over a Cal State East Bay team (that is better than their 5-13-1 record shows) for the Tritons (19-3) this week. UCSD will host Sonoma State for four next weekend.
5		5		Grand Valley State Lakers The Lakers (4-1) finally took to the diamond with five games last week. GVSU lost their opener to Quincy, but won a rematch and the first three of their spring trip to Florida. Contests with Tampa and Nebraska-Omaha await the Lakers this week.
6		4		Emporia State Hornets ESU (10-3) opened the week with a home loss to Wayne State but came back to convincingly take a series from Fort Hayes State three games to one in which they outscored FHSU 39-14.
7		8		Franklin Pierce University Ravens Franklin Pierce (4-1) won their first three games of the season by only allowing a single earned run in 27 innings. The Ravens' pitching continued to impress Sunday, but the bats fell silent as FPU lost a game 2-0 to Adelphi.
8		9		Abilene Christian Wildcats ACU (17-2) went 5-0 on the week with a win over St. Edward's and a sweep of East Central. The Wildcats outscored their opposition 42-6 in the five games. Two weeks until an on the road showdown with Delta State.
9		3		Francis Marion Patriots FMU (13-4) readied for their series with USC Aiken with a win over Coker, but the Pacers bested the Patriots two games to one in the premier DII matchup of the week.
10		11		Valdosta State Blazers Valdosta State (17-5) played six games and won five of them. They started with wins over Flagler and Albany State and concluded with a series win over Shippensburg. VSU hosts Florida Southern next weekend.
11		16		Columbus State Cougars CSU (16-2) set a school record by recording their 14th and 15th straight victories in a doubleheader sweep of visiting Urbana. Their opponent for next weekend, Montevallo, has lost eight straight games.
12		15		Mount Olive College Trojans Mount Olive (17-1) finally lost a game as they were one-upped by Pfeiffer. Perhaps they were too tired from running around the bases after they obliterated Lake Erie 34-7 the day before.
13		13		West Chester Pennsylvania Golden Rams The Rams (10-3) won a series over UMass-Lowell, however the River Hawks have the cooler logo by far and can tout former MLB catcher Mike "Spanky" LaValliere as an alum.
14		17		Tampa Spartans Tampa (15-5) established a new school record for runs as they pummeled Eckerd 37-1 victory on Saturday. Yet in their other two wins in the series sweep the Spartans prevailed by a single run.
15		10		Delta State Statesmen The Statesmen (13-5-1) had some tough luck last week which caused them to slip a few spots. DSU went 2-3 against North Alabama and West Florida. In their defense, each of their three losses being by a single run.
16		21		USC Aiken Pacers The Pacers (11-7) has a lousy start of the season, but have won nine of their last ten. Two of those victories were last weekend in an impressive road series win over Francis Marion.
17		18		Chico State Wildcats The Wildcats (13-3) won the first three games over Cal Poly Pomona, but thanks to fundamental breakdowns on defense and on the base paths, Chico State couldn't complete the sweep.
18		12		Ashland Eagles Ashland (4-3) was unimpressive as they won a game over Lock Haven, split a doubleheader with Slippery Rock and lost a matchup with Missouri-St. Louis.
19		19		Florida Tech Panthers The Panthers (14-4) traveled to top ranked Florida Southern and lost the series two games to one. Tech hosts Ohio Valley, Tiffin and conference foe Barry this week.
20		NR		Kutztown Pennsylvania Golden Bears The Bears (7-0) have averaged nearly thirteen runs per game so far this season. With upcoming games against Catawba and Mars Hill, keeping the runs rolling will not be easy, but extremely impressive if they do.
21		24		West Alabama Tigers West Alabama (13-6) scored early and often as UWA trounced Talladega College 20-1 on Sunday. In addition to their twisting of the Tornadoes, the Tigers also took two from West Georgia.
22		22		Barry Buccaneers A rather quiet week for the Bucs (9-5) who played only two games - wins over Nova Southeastern and University of the Sciences. Florida Tech awaits.
23		14		Catawba College Indians Catawba (13-5) squandered leads in all three games to Mars Hill and were swept by the visiting Lions. Rebounding Monday against Kutztown will not be an easy task.
24		28		North Carolina at Pembroke Braves After trouncing Belmont Abbey and sweeping Lander, the only team that was better looking than UNC Pembroke (14-3) last week was the United States Women's downhill team.
25		25		Nebraska at Omaha Mavericks The Mavs (9-1) had no problems continuing their winning ways as UNO won four games on the road against Missouri Southern State. The Mavs head south and will play six different teams in six days next week.
26		20		Dowling College Golden Lions In their first action of the year, Dowling (2-2) split doubleheaders with New Haven and Southern New Hampshire. Both of the Golden Lion losses were by a single run. Dowling will host Dominican before heading to Florida for spring break baseball.
27		NR		Incarnate Word Cardinals The Cardinals (17-5) upended conference rival UTPB on the road to put them on top of the Heartland Conference standings and make their 2010 debut in the rankings.
28		29		Erskine College Flying Fleet The Flying Fleet (16-5) won games over Wingate, Augusta State and Bloomsburg for a perfect week on the diamond.
29		NR		Mars Hill College Lions The feisty Lions (11-5) out-slugged Catawba and swept the series on the road over the Indians. Mars Hill now sits atop the SAC standings with Wingate and makes their first appearance in the top thirty.
30		NR		Armstrong Atlantic State Pirates The Pirates (13-3) reenter the rankings after defeating Queens, St. Andrews and Concord by a combined score of 42-9. AASU will have to win at least one from Francis Marion next week to remain in the top thirty.

Dropped out: Slippery Rock, Lander, Lynn, UTPB