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C. Diamond DI-PRO Low Seam baseball is the official baseball of the NJCAA. Baseballs used in the NJCAA Baseball Tournament
shall be secured through the NJCAA National Office and shipped directly to the host.
D. The NJCAA Division II Baseball Committee, in coordination with the NJCAA Director of Championships shall have jurisdiction over the
technical aspects of the tournament and officials.
E. If a participating institution has a written policy against Sunday competition, the tournament schedule shall be adjusted to
accommodate that institution and such adjustment shall not require its team to play sooner than when it was originally scheduled.
Notice of such written policy must be filed with the NJCAA National Office prior to September 1, each academic year. Alternate
brackets can be obtained from the NJCAA National Office.
F. All NJCAA Baseball Tournament Umpires must be recommended to the Tournament Umpire Coordinator. Recommendations
must include a letter, resume' and references. The coordinator shall check the references and assign acceptable prospects to
the available list. The coordinator will check specific availability prior to formal approval by the NJCAA.
G. No umpire will be allowed to work more than two consecutive years at the Division II Championship. Each year a minimum of two
umpires will be rotated out of the tournament. Whenever possible no umpire will be allowed to work behind the plate while the
district he is from is playing. The assignment for the final two games will be at the discretion of the Tournament Executive
Committee (including the NJCAA Representative).
H. All districts with interregional play and national tournament games shall be played with a minimum of three officials.
Section 5. Finances
Each college shall pay its own expenses.
Section 6. Miscellaneous Procedures
A. Only scheduled seven or nine inning games may be used in figuring team, individual statistics and overall record. Official games that
have been shortened as the result of weather conditions may also be included.
B. Conferences playing their official conference schedule during the fall season may petition the NJCAA National Office to include their
fall statistics in their official season records.
C. A game or scrimmage shall consist of a maximum of nine innings of play (NCAA Baseball Rules-Rule 5 Section 6). Once a
game/scrimmage extends play past nine innings, for any reason other than a tie, the NJCAA will count that play as the start of a
second game/scrimmage.
D. For scheduled seven (7) inning games, Conferences or Regions may adopt a run rule of ten (10) runs after five (5) innings. For all
scheduled nine (9) inning games Conferences or Regions may adopt a run rule of ten (10) runs after five (5) innings and eight (8)
runs after seven (7) innings.
Section 7. National Poll
A. In order for teams to be considered for weekly national rankings, all scores from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA
Presto Sports Stats System by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday of each week.
1. All statistics from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA Presto Sports Stats System by 2:00 PM ET on Monday of
each week.
B. The preseason rankings will be conducted at the discretion of the NJCAA Division II Baseball Committee. Poll will be released the third
Tuesday of January. The first regular season poll will be voted on the first Monday in March. The last poll will be voted on during the
third Monday in May.
C. The NJCAA Division II Baseball Poll will be released Monday of each week unless the Monday is a national holiday where the poll will
be released on Tuesday.
D. Each team’s performance from the previous week will be compiled in a report through the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System and
disseminated to the NJCAA Division II Baseball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
1. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Division II Baseball Committee
2. A first-place vote receives 20 points and 20th-place vote receives 1 point.
E. Poll voting criteria:
1. Record vs. Division I, Division II, Division III NJCAA opponents
2. Record vs. Division II top 20 teams
3. Overall record on the road, at a neutral site, at home
F. The poll voters will submit their top-20 rankings to the NJCAA National Office online system by 1:00 PM ET on Mondays, unless the
Monday prior is a national holiday where votes will be due on Tuesday. The National Office will compile the votes for each team and
release the final rankings Monday afternoon.
G. Poll Dates: TBD
^Preseason poll