FHSU Athletics
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Fort Hays State Baseball moved up three spots in the latest ABCA NCAA Division II Baseball Poll, released on Tuesday. The Tigers jumped from No. 27 last week to No. 24 this week after winning two out of three in a tough road series at Pittsburg State last weekend. The Tigers are 19-6 overall and lead the MIAA standings at 14-2.
Fort Hays State joins Central Missouri as the two teams from the MIAA listed in the national poll, which ranks a Top 30, while Central Oklahoma is receiving votes. Central Missouri is ranked No. 3 in the nation and will host No. 24 ranked FHSU later this week (Mar. 28-30) for a three-game series in Warrensburg. Both FHSU and UCM hold overall records of 19-6 for the season, while FHSU leads the MIAA at 14-2 and UCM is second at 11-3. But first, Fort Hays State plays its first of three conference games with Emporia State (14-10, 7-6 MIAA) this season on Tuesday (Mar. 25) at Larks Park in Hays.
After a 5-4 overall start to the season, Fort Hays State has been on a tear in MIAA play winning 14 of its last 16 games. FHSU is 7-2 this season against teams which have spent time among the Top 30 of the ABCA Top 25 Poll this season. FHSU went 2-1 against Missouri Southern when it was ranked No. 25, 3-0 against Central Oklahoma when it was ranked No. 29, and 2-1 against Pittsburg State, which ranked as high as No. 27 back in the March 4 edition of the ABCA Poll but was unranked when playing FHSU last weekend.
Fort Hays State also jumped into the Top 25 of the supplemental online D2Baseball Poll this week, released on Monday (Mar. 24). The Tigers are No. 25, while Central Missouri ranks No. 5. Fort Hays State has yet to crack the NCBWA poll this year, which releases every Wednesday.
ABCA DII Coaches Poll - March 25, 2025
Rank - School - Record - Points
1 - Tampa (Fla.) - 23-4 - 270
2 - Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) - 24-4 - 258
3 - Central Missouri - 19-6 - 255
4 - Catawba (N.C.) - 23-7 - 240
5 - Angelo State (Texas) - 24-6 - 235
6 - Minnesota State - 17-2 - 220
7 - Westmont (Calif.) - 24-5 - 218
8 - Texas-Tyler - 25-8 - 212
9 - Carson-Newman (Tenn.) - 23-6 - 198
10 - Point Loma (Calif.) - 20-8 - 192
11 - Florida Southern - 22-6 - 180
12 - Rollins (Fla.) - 20-7 - 171
13 - Mount Olive (N.C.) - 20-9 - 158
14 - West Chester (Pa.) - 17-5 - 148
15 - Young Harris (Ga.) - 20-9 - 140
16 - North Greenville (S.C.) - 25-8 - 138
17 - Grand Valley State (Mich.) - 19-5 -136
18 - Harding (Ark.) - 24-5 - 125
19 - West Texas A&M - 23-7 - 115
20 - Millersville (Pa.) - 18-3 - 108
21 - Delta State (Miss.) - 22-7 - 92
22 - Davenport (Mich.) - 18-5 - 90
23 - Seton Hill (Pa.) - 17-3 - 82
24 - Fort Hays State (Kan.) - 19-6 - 70
25 - West Florida - 19-10 - 60
26 - St. Edward's (Texas) - 22-8 - 50
27 - Chico State (Calif.) - 18-11 - 38
28 - Colorado Mesa - 18-8 - 34
29 - East Stroudsburg (Pa.) - 16-6 - 19
T30 - Cal State San Bernardino - 21-9 - 12
T30 - North Georgia - 20-9 - 12
Others Receiving Votes: Augustana (S.D.), Shippensburg (Pa.), New Haven (Conn.), California (Pa.), Saginaw Valley State (Mich.), Ashland (Ohio), Lubbock Christian (Texas), Mississippi College, Arkansas Monticello, Molloy (N.Y.), Central Oklahoma, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Northwest Nazarene (Idaho), Cal State Monterey Bay, Missouri-St. Louis, Lewis (Ill.), Francis Marion (S.C.), Barton (N.C.), Flagler (Fla.), Lander (S.C.), Bentley (Mass.), Southern Connecticut State, Southern New Hampshire, Goldey-Beacom (Del.)