INDIANAPOLIS – The NSIC Champion Augustana baseball team is ranked fourth in the final official NCAA Division II Central Region Rankings. The Vikings are one of two NSIC teams in the top-10 rankings.
 
Augustana is in the rankings with a 40-8 record against DII opponents, all games against in-region opponents. Augustana won its opening round NSIC Tournament game earlier this afternoon and will take on Wayne State in the winners bracket on Thursday afternoon with first pitch set for 3:30 p.m.
 
The 39-team NCAA Central Region is made up of teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Great American Conference (GAC). Automatic bids are awarded to the tournament champions from each conference with the final five spots awarded on an at-large basis.

The championship preliminary round competition provides for 16 regional sites that consists of 4-teams, double-elimination tournaments. The winners of these regional-round competitions advance to a super-regional round that consists of two teams competing in a best-of-three series.

The NCAA DII Baseball Selection Show will stream on NCAA.com on Sunday, May 14 at 9 p.m. central time.  

Full Rankings    DII Rec.    In-Region Rec. 
Central Missouri     45-6           44-4
Missouri Southern  39-13        39-13
Arkansas Tech       34-16        33-15
Augustana              40-8          40-8
 Central Okla.         36-14        36-14
Ark. - Monticello     28-20        28-20
Harding                 34-15        34-15
Pittsburg St.           34-16       33-16
Southern Ark.        30-18        30-18
Minnesota State    33-16        31-12

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