IU continues to make a move in the polls...

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Of what you would consider the major college baseball polls, only D1Baseball has IU somewhere outside the top 25 since there are no "others receiving votes" with that poll. IU made the Baseball America and USA Today Coaches polls for the first time this week. Sweeping a Q4 team in Ohio certainly wasn't going shake up the college baseball world, but the win over Louisville last week helped quite a bit. IU gets a big chance to make another move in the polls this week with a game against a Q2 opponent on Tues at Ball State, and then the home series against Maryland which is also a high Q2 opponent.

IU moved from 20th to 15th in the Perfect Game poll:

College Top 25: April 24

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www.perfectgame.org

IU was 25th in the Baseball America poll:

College Baseball Top 25 Rankings — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America

Arkansas remains atop the College Baseball Top 25, Clemson rises to its highest ranking since 2007 and four new teams enter the ranking.

www.baseballamerica.com

IU remained at 23rd in the Collegiate Baseball News poll:

Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll (4-24-23) - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

baseballnews.com

IU was 25th in the coaches poll:

NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports

Weekly results from the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Baseball coaches poll, conducted weekly using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Orford]

D1 doesn’t trust us yet which is fine. I’d prefer to be under the radar but would think a series win vs md would do the trick. Mercer has said mentality is every game is a playoff game which I like… doesn’t mean we’ll win out or be perfect. Folks can analyze decisions made but can’t argue against a 5-0 week or 30-11 record at this point. He’s spent the season sorting out 8-10 key pitchers and seems we’re closing in

 

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D1 doesn’t trust us yet which is fine. I’d prefer to be under the radar but would think a series win vs md would do the trick. Mercer has said mentality is every game is a playoff game which I like… doesn’t mean we’ll win out or be perfect. Folks can analyze decisions made but can’t argue against a 5-0 week or 30-11 record at this point. He’s spent the season sorting out 8-10 key pitchers and seems we’re closing in

Here's a short quote from Kendall Rogers, the head guy at D1Baseball, on IU's exclusion from their poll and also a quick comment about hosting a regional:

"Indiana was in the mix with about 8 or 9 different teams. It was a really tough week to debate the four new teams in the rankings. As for hosting, there’s a possibility both Indiana and Indiana State host, but I wouldn’t count on it. One of those two teams will fall down the pecking order at some point, IMO."