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The NCAA Division III baseball committee released its second regional rankings of the 2007 season Thursday afternoon.

The number of teams ranked is relative to the number of teams in each region. These rankings take into account the same criteria the NCAA will use to select and seed at-large teams for the playoffs.

The first record listed is the overall record, followed by record in regional games, through May 1.

Central
1. Luther 20-4 23-6
2. Wartburg 21-5 24-8
3. Illinois Wesleyan 22-5 25-9
4. Washington U. 27-7 28-9
5. Augustana 21-9 26-10
6. Edgewood 18-8 22-9

Mid-Atlantic
1. Kean 26-4 30-6
2. New Jersey 23-5 28-8
3. Johns Hopkins 25-7 29-7
4. Arcadia 22-8 24-11
5. Ramapo 24-8 28-11
6. Alvernia 25-11 26-11
7. Gettysburg 23-9 24-10
8. Franklin & Marshall 16-7 21-12

Mideast
1. Wooster 26-2 33-2
2. Otterbein 21-6 24-9
3. Washington and Jefferson 22-6 26-7
4. Transylvania 21-9 24-10
5. Thomas More 21-6 23-7
6. Marietta 20-7 24-11
7. Ohio Wesleyan 16-6 20-11

Midwest
1. St. Olaf 20-4 25-4
2. UW-Oshkosh 26-8 26-8
3. Ripon 14-2 17-10
4. St. Thomas 18-8 24-9
5. UW-Stevens Point 18-9 21-14
6. St. Scholastica 14-3 25-5

New England
1. Eastern Connecticut State 23-4 27-8
2. Western New England 22-4 25-8
3. Keene State 21-7 25-9
4. Wheaton (Mass.) 26-9 27-10
5. Williams 13-6 16-7
6. Trinity (Conn.) 22-6 26-6
7. Curry 17-5 23-7
8. Southern Maine 18-9 22-10
9. St. Joseph’s (Maine) 24-7 26-7

New York
1. Cortland State 25-4 32-4
2. Ithaca 15-5 20-9
3. RPI 20-8 23-8
4. Brockport State 20-8 23-12
5. Oneonta State 21-8 23-9
6. St. John Fisher 14-6 14-6

South
1. Emory 32-6 35-7
2. Salisbury 23-6 30-7
3. York (Pa.) 23-9 28-9
4. Methodist 23-10 28-11
5. Rhodes 27-10 36-10
6. Mary Washington 20-10-1 24-11-1

West
1. Chapman 25-2 32-5
2. Pacific Lutheran 28-6 32-7
3. George Fox 25-6 30-6
4. Texas-Dallas 28-7 31-9
5. Texas Lutheran 24-8 32-8-1
6. Pomona-Pitzer 23-8 29-11

Lets hear your comments on who is going to be in and who is out.

rkwachholz39 starts us off with this post:

Okay everyone, I hope you are ready for some good water cooler talk. I am going to play D3 Bracketologist for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. All records and information is updated as of April 30, 2007 regarding records and conference standings. Also, any teams that have not completed 30 games to this point have been left off any potential Independent or At-Large Qualifiers. First, I will rundown the list of qualifiers. Then, I will give you my thoughts on placement and seeding. Here we go!

Automatic Qualifiers-I hope I have the right conferences (Pool A)
CCIW = Illinois Wesleyan (25-9)
IIAC = Wartburg (24-8)
SLIAC = Webster (25-10)
Centennial = Johns Hopkins (29-7)
MA Commonwealth = Lebanon Valley (20-16)
MA Freedom = King’s (26-9)
NJAC = Kean (30-6)
PennAC = Arcadia (24-9)
Heartland = Mt. St. Joseph (28-7)
MIAC = Hope (25-10)
North Coast = Wooster (35-3)
Ohio = Otterbein (24-7)
President’s = Washington & Jefferson (26-7)^
Midwest = St. Norbert’s (21-7)^
Minnesota = St. Olaf (25-4)
Wisconsin = UW-Oshkosh (26-8)
*NEWMAC = Wheaton (27-10)
*GNAC = Western New England (25-8)
Commonwealth Coast = Curry (23-7)
Little East = Eastern Connecticut (26-8)
NESCAC = Tufts (22-9)
MaSCAC = Westfield State (16-13)
City UNYAC = Mitchell College (15-7)^
State UNYAC = SUNY-Cortland (32-4)
Liberty = Rensselaer (23-8)
Skyline = Manhattanville (20-15)
Allegheny Mountain = La Roche (23-15)
*Old Dominion = Bridgewater (17-20)
* SCAC = Austin College (22-23)
*USA South = Ferrum (23-16)
American Southwest = TX Lutheran (32-8-1)
*Northwest = Pacific Lutheran (32-7)
*SCalIAC = Pomona Pitzer (26-10)

Independent Qualifiers (Pool B)
Univ of Washington (28-9)
St. Scholastica (29-5)
Salisbury (30-7)
Emory (35-7)
Chapman (32-5)

At-Large Qualifiers (Pool C)
Luther (24-7)
Edgewood (23-9)
College of New Jersey (28-8)
Gwynedd-Mercy (24-9)
Thomas More (23-7)
Univ of St. Thomas (24-9)
Salve Regina (23-9)
Keene State College (25-9)
Trinity (26-6)
York (28-9)
Rhodes College (36-10)
Millsaps (35-11)
Averett (31-12)
TX-Dallas (31-9)
George Fox (29-6)

*Conference Season Completed, team has secured automatic qualifier
^Tie in conference, best overall record taken

Groupings and Rankings for Tournament
Central
(1) Wartburg
(2) IL Wesleyan
(3) Rhodes
(4) Millsaps
(5) Luther
(6) U of Washington
(7) Webster

Mid-Atlantic
(1) Kean
(2) Johns Hopkins
(3) College of NJ
(4) Kings
(5) Arcadia
(6) Gwynedd-Mercy
(7) Lebanon Valley

Mideast
(1) Wooster
(2) Mt. St. Joseph
(3) Otterbein
(4) Washington & Jefferson
(5) Thomas More
(6) Hope

Midwest
(1) St. Olaf
(2) UW-Oshkosh
(3) St. Thomas
(4) St. Scholastica
(5) Edgewood
(6) St. Norbert

New England
(1) Eastern Connecticut
(2) Western New England
(3) Curry
(4) Trinity
(5) Wheaton
(6) Tufts
(7) Westfield State

New York
(1) Cortland State
(2) Rensselaer
(3) Keene State
(4) Salve Regina
(5) LaRoche College
(6) Manhattanville
(7) Mitchell College

South
(1) Emory
(2) Salisbury
(3) York
(4) Averett
(5) Ferrum
(6) Bridgewater

West
(1) Chapman
(2) TX Lutheran
(3) George Fox
(4) Pacific Lutheran
(5) TX Dallas
(6) Pomona Pitzer
(7) Austin College

Last Four In
Salve Regina
Edgewood College
Averett
Gwynedd Mercy

Last Five Out
SUNY Oneonta
Methodist
Ramapo
Augustana
Penn State Behrend

NOTES
I am an assistant coach in the Midwest, so much of the selections were based on winning percentages than looking at each schedule. I know the ratings index will factor in a lot. Only teams with winning percentages above .700 were considered for Independent and At-Large Qualifiers. I left out Keystone because I am not sure if they are still provisional. Williams College, St. Joseph’s (ME) could move in once they have played enough games. Austin College winning the SCAC created the opportunity for 3 SCAC teams to get in. Loses by Illinois Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins, Kean, Mt. St. Joseph, Wooster, St. Olaf, UW-Oshkosh, and SUNY Cortland would bump some of the last four in from the tournament. I will be back next Tuesday with the updated projection. Have fun with this!