For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
NCAA Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS – The third and final NCAA Division II Baseball Regional Rankings were released and the NSIC has Minnesota State, the University of Mary and Augustana ranked sixth, seventh and eighth.  

The NCAA Central Region is made up of teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Great American Conference (GAC). Automatic bids are awarded to the tournament champions from each conference with the final five spots awarded on an at-large basis.

The championship preliminary round competition provides for 16 regional sites that consist of either 3-team or 4-team, double-elimination tournaments. The winners of these regional-round competitions advance to a super-regional round that consist of two teams competing in a best-of-three series.

The NCAA DII Baseball Selection Show is scheduled to stream on NCAA.com on Sunday, May 10 at 9 p.m. central time.  
 

RK	Team	DII Rec	In-Reg	LW
1	Pittsburg St.	40-9	40-9	1
2	Rogers St.	38-12	38-12	2
3	Central Mo.	34-14	33-13	3
4	Northwest Mo.St.	35-15	32-14	5
5	Mo. Southern St.	33-16	33-16	9
6	Minnesota State	37-12	33-9	4
7	UMary	34-16	33-13	6
8	Augustana	37-13	37-12	7
9	Emporia St.	35-15	31-15	10
10	Arkansas Tech	33-20	32-18	NR

Dropped Out: #8 Arkansas Monticello


Central Region | Selection Criteria

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 126 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.