Page 115 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

Section 14. National Poll Procedure
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.
a. 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 I Baseball Committee. Poll will be released the third
Tuesday of January. The first regular season poll will be voted on the second Monday in February. The last poll will be voted on during
the second Monday in May.
C. The NJCAA Division I 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 Presto Sports Stats System and
disseminated to the NJCAA Division I Baseball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
a. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
b. A first-place vote receives 20 points and 20th-place vote receives 1 point.
E. Poll voting criteria:
a. Record vs. Division I NJCAA teams
b. Record vs. Division I top 20 teams
c. Overall record vs Division II & Division III
d. 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: Jan. 21^, Feb. 10, 17, 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
^Preseason poll