GOLDEN, Colo. – The MSU Denver baseball team is ranked fifth in the preseason NCBWA South Central Region poll.
The Roadrunners, 34-10 overall and 27-7 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference last season, trail Colorado Mesa, Angelo State (Texas), West Texas A&M and UCCS, in the preseason poll. The top four teams represented the South Central Region in last year's NCAA Division II Tournament.
The South Central region includes teams from the Rocky Mountain Athletic and Lone Star Conferences.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association regional poll isn't affiliated with the official NCAA Division II region rankings, which are used to determine at-large berths to the NCAA Tournament. Those rankings begin late in he season.