Three Division III Illinois baseball teams are ranked in the Pre-Season poll released by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
The highest ranked team on the poll is Concordia University Chicago, ranked #13. Concordia is also ranked #16 on the Pre-Season Poll released by D3Baseball.com. Concordia finished last season at 39-7.
Augustana is also on both polls coming in at #22 on Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and #21 on D3Baseball.com. Augustana finished at 34-11 in 2013.
Illinois Wesleyan is the final Illinois D3 baseball team on the Pre-season Polls coming in at #26 on the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll. Illinois Wesleyan finished 2013 with a record of 33-14.
The latest rankings of Illinois high school baseball teams from the Sun-Times in the Chicago area.
1. Joliet Catholic
2. Lincoln-Way North
3. Providence
4. Mundelein
5. Maine South
6. Mt. Carmel
7. St. Laurence
8. Plainfield North
9. St. Rita
10. Neuqua Valley
Illinois high school baseball rankings from the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times as of April 30th.
Chicago Tribune:
1. Mount Carmel
2. St. Laurence
3. Plainfield North
4. Providence
5. Mundelein
6. Oak Park
7. Nazareth
8. Maine South
9. Oak Forest
10. Joliet Catholic
Chicago Sun-Times:
1. Mount Carmel
2. St. Laurence
3. Plainfield North
4. Providence
5. Joliet Catholic
6. Mundelein
7. Marist
8. Nazareth
9. Oak Park-River Forest
10. Lincoln-Way North
Judson University baseball moved up to #16 in the latest NAIA baseball poll published May 1st 2012.
Judson is 44-10 on the season and is located in Elgin Illinois.
The Eagles also have a 6 game over Robert Morris in the North Division of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The NCAA Division III rankings of Illinois baseball teams as of April 24th 2012 from ranking sources.
Collegiate Baseball:
#24 Concordia-Chicago (25-8)
#27 Illinois Wesleyan (21-10)
#29 Aurora (25-7)
NCBWA/D3Baseball.com:
#23 Aurora (25-7)
Regional Rankings as of April 26th:
Central: (Region Record)
1. Chicago (16-9)
3. Illinois Wesleyan (17-9)
Midwest: (Regional Record)
4. Concordia Chicago (23-8)
6. Aurora (21-4)
Here are the Preps Plus rankings for Illinois High School baseball from the Chicago Tribune as of April 9th.
1. Mt. Carmel
2. St. Laurence
3. Providence
4. Nazareth
5. Plainfield North
6. Oak Park
7. New Trier
8. Mundelein
9. Marian Catholic
10. Simeon
The Chicago Sun-Times Media rankings of Illinois High School baseball teams as of April 10th, 2012.
1. Mt. Carmel
2. St. Laurence
3. Oak Park-River Forest
4. Plainfield North
5. Providence
6. Nazareth
7. Marian Catholic
8. New Trier
9. Mundelein
10. Marist
Here are the preseason top 25 Illinois High School baseball teams according to the Chicago SunTimes.
1. Providence Catholic
2. Lyons Township
3. St. Laurence
4. Joliet Catholic
5. Mt. Carmel
6. Simeon
7. Marian Catholic
8. St. Rita
9. Glenbrook South
10. New Trier
11. Oak Park River Forest
12. Lincoln Way North
13. Oak Forest
14. Glenbrook North
15. Herscher
16. Prairie Ridge
17. Huntley
18. Naperville Central
19. Neuqua Valley
20. Mundelein
21. Downers Grove South
22. Sandburg
23. Plainfield North
24. Maine South
25. Stevenson
Below are the Illinois Junior College baseball teams ranked in the first NJCAA preseason poll for 2012.
Division I:
#16 Wabash Valley College
Division II:
#5 Heartland Community College
#8 Parkland College
#16 Kankakee Community College
Division III:
#7 Joliet Junior College
Five Illinois junior college baseball teams have been ranked in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in their 2012 Pre-Season polls.
In Division II:
#6 - Heartland Community College
#12 - Parkland College
#14 - Kankakee Community College
#18 - Lincoln Land College
In Division III:
#6 - Joliet Junior College
Lyons Township High School baseball finishes the season as the #7 ranked team in the Midwest Regional Rankings by the USA Today. Lyons Township, IHSA Class 4A State Champions (37-4), is the only team from Illinois in the final rankings.
1. Broken Arrow OK 36-2
2. Owasso OK 37-2
3. Maize KS 25-0
4. Lakota East OH 24-7
5. Francis Howell MO 32-3
6. Carrol IN 32-2
7. Lyons Township 37-4
8. Rockford MI 32-6
9. Burnsville MN 21-3
10. St. Louis University 24-1
Illinois high school baseball rankings from the Prep Baseball Report as of May 23rd.
1. Providence Catholic 30-3
2. Lyon Township 30-3
3. St. Laurence 26-6
4. Plainfield North 29-2
5. Sacred Heart Griffin 26-1
6. Glenbrook North 28-3
7. Mount Carmel 27-6
8. Stevenson 26-4
9. St. Rita 27-6
10. O'Fallon 28-5
11. Teutopolis 28-2
12. Lincoln-Way North 27-3
13. Nazareth Academy 29-5
14. Moline 29-4
15. Harrisburg 27-4
Illinois High School baseball rankings from the Prep Baseball Report as of May 2nd.
1. Mundelein 18-0
2. Plainfield North 18-0
3. Lyons Township 19-1
4. Providence Catholic 18-2
5. Mt. Carmel 19-2
6. St. Rita 18-3
7. St. Laurence 18-5
8. O'Fallon 18-3
9. Pleasent Plains 22-1
10. Sacred Heart-Griffin 15-1
11. Teutopolis 14-2
12. Glenbrook North 18-1
13. Normal West 18-4
14. Galesburg 18-3
15. Leyden 18-1
16. Moline 18-2
17. Stevenson 14-2
18. Harrisburg 19-3
19. Simeon 16-2
20. Rock Falls 20-3
21. Glenwood 15-4
22. Streamwood 15-2
23. Nazareth 16-4
24. Lincoln Way-East 14-4
25. St. Charles East
The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee released its first regional poll for 2011. Below are the rankings for the Central Region, which include the only Illinois Teams.
1. Coe College
2. Carthage College
3. Buena Vista
4. Illinois Wesleyan
5. Augustana
6. Washington U.
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| Todd Parola's 400th |
The Local Illinois high school baseball top 20 teams from the Chicago Daily Herald as of April 19th. Mundelein High School sits at the #1 spot and the 400th victory for Mundelein Head Baseball coach Tood Parola.
1. Mundelein 13-0
2. Streamwood 12-0
3. Leyden 11-0
4. Stevenson 8-2
5. Prospect 9-2
6. South Elgin 7-3
7. Huntley 10-1
8. St. Charles North 8-3
9. Schaumburg 7-1
10. Neuqua Valley 7-3
11. Wheaton North 7-3
12. Downers South 8-5
13. Cary Grove 8-4
14. Glenbard North 9-3
15. Naperville Central 8-4
16. Warren 8-4
17. St. Charles East 7-4
18. Geneva 7-2
19. Burlington Central 9-3
20. Hersey 6-4
Illinois High School Baseball rankings from the SunTimes as of April 4th 2011.
1. Providence Catholic
2. Mt. Carmel
3. Nazareth
4. Plainfield North
5. Mundelein
6. St. Rita
7. St. Laurence
8. Downer Grove South
9. Neuqua Valley
10. Oak Park River Forest
Baseball rankings for Illinois High School teams as of March 25th 2011 from the Chicago Sun Times.
1. Providence Catholic
2. Downers Grove South
3. Nazareth Academy
4. St. Rita
5. St. Laurence
6. New Trier
7. Plainfield North
8. Lemont
9. Mount Carmel
10. Lyons
11. Lake Zurich
12. Cary-Grove
13. Oak Park
14. Westminster Christian
15. Sandburg
16. Stevenson
17. Neuqua Valley
18. Steamwood
19. St. Charles North
20. St. Charles East
John A. Logan College moves up to #15 on the NJCAA Basball Division I poll on March 16th after a 12-2 start. Wabash Valley College (16-5) lands at #21 and Olney Central College (17-3) makes their first appearance at #25 on the national poll.
The NJCAA, along with Perfect Game, has released it's the 2011 Baseball Pre-Season Rankings for each division. Listed below are the ranked teams from Illinois.
Division I:
#24. Wabash Valley College
Others receiving votes - John A. Logan College
Division II:
#1. Heartland Community College
#5. Parkland College
Others receiving votes - Kankakee Community College
Division III:
#3. Joliet Junior College
Others receiving votes - Waubonsee Community College
To view the entire lists, you can click on the link below.
2011 NJCAA Baseball Pre-Season Rankings
The Illinois Wesleyan Titans, last years Division III National Champions, are ranked 5th on the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper pre-season poll. The Titans finished the 2010 season with a 31-21 record.
Other Illinois teams that received votes but did not land in the rankings are:
North Central College (31-11)
North Park (28-15)
Aurora University (27-16)
