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Section 9. 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. The District Champion of the host region may be placed in the final game of the opening round.
E. 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 10. Substance Abuse
The use of all tobacco products by any coach, player, official, or other individual involved in the conducting of any NJCAA sponsored
regular season or postseason play is prohibited within the confines of the playing area. Any individual not in compliance shall be
disqualified from further participation in that contest.
Section 11. Open Wound Policy
Under circumstances when constant or profuse bleeding occurs, the participant may be attended to by the appropriate team official,
following NCAA Baseball Rules. Should bleeding not be controlled immediately, the player shall be removed from the game.
Section 12. Tournament Lodging
Should the Tournament Host/NJCAA National Office choose to assign lodging for this event, all participating colleges must honor that
assignment or pay for those rooms.
Section 13. Code of Conduct
All coaches, athletes and support personnel are expected to be familiar with and follow the NJCAA Code of Conduct. This code may
be found under Article XVI of the NJCAA bylaws.
Section 14. Dress Decorum
All players and official team personnel must be in full uniform when entering the playing field. All team personnel must wear a minimum
of dress casual when attending tournament functions. Violators of dress decorum will be asked by either the Tournament Director or
NJCAA Representative to alter dress to comply with the stated dress decorum. If they don't comply, the incident will be referred to the
Standards and Ethics Committee for possible sanction.
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 III 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 III 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 III Baseball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
a. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Division III Baseball Committee.
b. A first-place vote receives 10 points and 10th-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-10 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 pol