Johns Hopkins Picked 22nd in Collegiate Baseball Preseason Ranking

Defending champion Johns Hopkins is the lone Centennial representative among the top 30 as Collegiate Baseball unveiled its 2012 preseason rankings.

Rank    School Name ’11 Final Record Point Totals
1. Marietta, OH 47-4 270
2. Chapman, CA 37-13 261
3. Kean, NJ 42-11 259
4. Christopher Newport, VA 39-7 255
5. SUNY-Cortland, NY 36-10 252
6. Linfield, OR 33-11 249
7. Wisc.-Whitewater 37-13 245
8. Buena Vista, IA 34-18 242
9. Eastern Connecticut St. 34-13 240
10. Alvernia, PA 38-9 237
11. Western New England, MA 42-11 236
12. Wisc.-Stevens Point 34-10 234
13. Thomas More, KY 29-9 230
14. Heidelberg, OH 36-13 228
15. Redlands, CA 30-13 225
16. Wheaton, MA 32-12 222
17. Salisbury, MD 34-14 219
18. St. Scholastica, MN 37-7 218
19. Carthage, WI 32-12 214
20. Tufts, MA 27-9-1 211
21. Southern Maine 22-19 208
22. Johns Hopkins, MD 27-15 205
23. Birmingham-Southern, AL 30-9 203
24. Piedmont, GA 32-15 200
25. Coe, IA 32-12 195
26. Adrian, MI 31-11 193
27. Rowan, NJ 31-13-1 190
28. Texas-Tyler 33-8 188
29. St. Thomas, MN 28-17 186
30. Illinois Wesleyan 28-18 183

Other Top Teams: Keystone, PA (38-12), Trinity, TX (34-13), Concordia-Chicago, IL (35-10), Bridgewater St., MA (26-17), Case Western Reserve, OH (33-15), St. John Fisher, NY (25-10), Aurora, IL (30-14), Shenandoah, VA (37-7), Brockport St., NY (30-14), Amherst, MA (25-10), Webster, MO (32-13), Randolph-Macon, VA (24-20), Wooster, OH (22-17), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY (24-15), California Lutheran (25-15), Saint Joseph's, ME (32-15), George Fox, OR (23-13), Franklin, IN (30-14), North Park, IL (30-12), Misericordia, PA (30-16), Pomona-Pitzer, CA (27-12), Rose-Hulman, IN (27-16), La Verne, CA (25-14), Anna Maria, MA (26-19), Old Westbury, NY (24-20), Rutgers-Newark, NJ (24-19), William Paterson, NJ (20-17-1), Manchester, IN (28-15).