Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll (May 5)
1. Mount Olive 49-5
2. Delta State 42-8
3. Tampa 38-9-1
4. Emporia State 46-7
5. Abilene Christian 41-14
6. Sonoma State 42-12
7. Southern Arkansas 42-9
8. Columbus State 39-15
9. U.C.-San Diego 41-14
10. USC-Aiken 43-13
11t. Valdosta State 35-17
11t. Cal. State-Chico 37-13
13. West Alabama 43-10
14. Tusculum 40-13
15t. Mesa State 40-15
15t. Wayne State (Neb.) 38-10
17. St. Joseph's (Ind.) 41-14
18. Nebraska-Omaha 39-11
19t. Erskine 44-9
19t. Catawba 38-16
21. Ouachita Baptist 43-13
22. West Virginia State 36-12
23. Central Missouri 38-14
24. West Chester 41-14
25. North Georgia 37-19
26. Southern Indiana 36-18
27. Western Oregon 36-18
28. Bryant 38-17
29t. Franklin Pierce 35-12-1
29t. Wayne State (Mich.) 30-15

Others receiving votes: Francis Marion (28), Cal. St.-Stanislaus (26), St. Edwards (20), Metro State (10), Ashland (10), Belmont Abbey (4), Grand Valley (4), Shippensburg (4), Bellarmine (2), Carson-Newman (2), Nova S.E. (1), Florida Southern (1), Lynn (1), Florida Tech. (1), Georgia College & State (1), N.C.-Pembroke (1), Montevallo (1), St. Mary's, Tex. (1), Northern Kentucky (1).

NCBWA Poll (May 5)
1. Mount Olive (N.C.) [10] 49-5
2. Tampa (Fla.) 38-9-1
3. Delta State (Miss.) 42-8
4. Emporia State (Kan.) 46-7
5. Sonoma State (Calif.) 42-12
6. Southern Arkansas 42-9
7. West Alabama 45-10
8. Columbus State (Ga.) 39-15
9. UC San Diego 41-14
10. Saint Joseph's (Ind.) 41-14
11. Tusculum (Tenn.) 40-13
12. Bryant (R.I.) 37-15
13. Abilene Christian (Texas) 41-14
14. West Chester (Pa.) 41-14
15. Central Missouri 38-14
16. South Carolina Aiken 43-13
17. Chico State (Calif.) 37-13
18. Erskine (S.C.) 44-9
19. Nebraska-Omaha 39-11
20. Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 35-12
21. West Virginia State 36-12
22. Catawba (N.C.) 38-16
23. Concord (W.Va.) 35-13
24. Mesa State (Colo.) 40-15
25. Wayne State (Neb.) 38-10

NCAA Central Region Rankings (May 8)
1. Emporia State
2. Wayne State (Neb.)
3. Nebraska-Omaha
4. Central Missouri
5. Minnesota State-Mankato
6. Upper Iowa
7. Concordia-St. Paul
8. Missouri Western