Baseball receives votes in American Baseball Coaches Association poll
By Caleb Scott
| ABCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern baseball team debuted in the American Baseball Coaches Association poll this week after receiving votes in the poll.
For the first time since the 2015-16 season, Northern received votes in the poll.
Northern received 16 votes in the poll after sweeping Baldwin Wallace and Mount Union in back-to-back twinbills.
Trinity (Tex.) held the top spot with 479 points and 15 first place votes, while Rowan (N.J.) is second with 445 points and Randolph-Macon (Va.) rounded out the top-3 with 425 points.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday at 1 p.m. as they travel to Westerville to take on Otterbein in a double header.
ABCA Poll
Apr. 17, 2018
| Rank | School (FPV) | Record | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | Trinty (Tex.) (15) | 28-3 | 479 | 1 |
| 2. | Rowan (N.J.) | 22-5 | 445 | 3 |
| 3. | Randolph-Macon (Va.) | 24-3-1 | 425 | 6 |
| 4. | Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) | 17-5 | 420 | 2 |
| 5. | Wooster (1) | 20-3 | 397 | 7 |
| 6. | Mass.-Boston | 22-5 | 384 | 8 |
| 7. | Wis.-Whitewater | 15-3 | 375 | 4 |
| 8. | Cortland (N.Y.) State | 25-6 | 357 | 10 |
| 9. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 27-6 | 355 | 5 |
| 10. | Case Western Reserve | 23-4 | 340 | 9 |
| 11. | Redlands (Cal.) | 28-9 | 292 | 15 |
| 12. | TCNJ | 19-5 | 284 | 17 |
| 13. | Texas Lutheran | 26-8 | 270 | 11 |
| 14. | Roanoke (Va.) | 22-7 | 251 | 13 |
| 15. | Marietta | 18-6 | 244 | 12 |
| 16. | Chapman (Cal.) | 26-8 | 207 | 22 |
| 17. | Franklin (Ind.) | 22-2 | 173 | 21 |
| 18. | La Roche (Pa.) | 18-5-1 | 138 | 23 |
| 19. | Carthage (Wis.) | 21-4 | 136 | 26 |
| 20. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 14-4 | 133 | 19 |
| 21. | Oswego (N.Y.) State | 18-8 | 127 | 14 |
| 22. | Webster (Mo.) | 17-7 | 115 | 25 |
| 23. | Keystone (Pa.) | 18-7 | 114 | 24 |
| 24. | Methodist (N.C.) | 27-9 | 106 | 18 |
| 25. | Spalding (Ky.) | 22-5 | 101 | 16 |
| 26. | Shenandoah (Va.) | 24-6 | 95 | 29 |
| 27. | Salibury (Md.) | 23-7 | 87 | RV |
| 28. | Sourthern Maine | 16-6 | 75 | RV |
| 29. | Western New England | 19-5 | 68 | 28 |
| 30. | Endicott (Mass.) | 17-6 | 52 | 20 |
Others Receiving Votes: Wis.-La Crosse 38, Wis.-Stevens Point 33, St. John's (Minn.) 29, Heidelberg (Ohio) 25, La
Verne (Calif.) 20, Alvernia (Pa.) 19, Concordia (Texas) 17, North Central (Ill.) 16, Ohio Northern 16, Adrian
(Mich.) 15, Mitchell (Conn.) 15, Babson (Mass.) 13, Denison (Ohio) 12, Earlham (Ind.) 12, LaGrange (Ga.) 11,
Berry (Ga.) 9, Bethel (Minn.) 6, Stevens (N.J.) 4, MIT 3, St. Scholastica (Minn.) 3, Texas-Tyler 3, Rhodes (Tenn.)
2, St. Joseph's (Maine) 2, Union (N.Y.) 2, Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) 1