Page 118 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

Section 15. 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
PrestoSports 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 PrestoSports 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 second Monday in February. The last poll will be voted on during
the second 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.
a. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Division II 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, Division II, Division III NJCAA opponents
b. Record vs. Division II top 20 teams
c. 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