Ricky Nelson’s 2011 Preseason Top 25
I’m back. Here’s my initial take on the 2011 season. No, there are not any Central Region teams in my top 25, including the defending national champs. The D3baseball.com top 25 comes out later this month.
Tell me where I went wrong. I know Keystone lost a lot in the draft, but man, did it reload with another class of great transfers. There are a few teams I wish I could have made room for, but it is what it is.
(My rank, ABCA rank)
1(1). Heidelberg
2(3). UW-Stevens Point
3(25). Keystone
4(6). Shenandoah
5(22). Wheaton (Mass.)
6(9). Birmingham-Southern
7(12). Linfield
8(11). Tufts
9(8). UW-Whitewater
10(4). Kean
11(13). St. Thomas
12(14). Chapman
13(16). Marietta
14(RV). Plattsburgh State
15(17). Pomona-Pitzer
16(28). Wooster
17(2). Cortland State
18(NR). Endicott
19(10). Mass-Boston
20(7). Johns Hopkins
21(NR). Methodist
22(RV). St. Joseph’s (Maine)
23(NR). Franklin
24(NR). Frostburg State
25(30). Rowan
In ABCA top 25 and not mine: No. 5 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 15 Mississippi College, No. 18 St. Scholastica, No. 19 Trinity (TX), No. 20 Texas-Tyler, No. 21 Salisbury, No. 23 St. John Fisher, No. 24 Buena Vista
-Ricky Nelson
