Complete NCAA Regional Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Central Missouri Mules baseball team is ranked No. 1 in the initial NCAA Division II Central Region rankings released on Wednesday night.

The Mules (31-9) are one of two MIAA teams ranked in the top eight. Missouri Western is ranked No. 2 in the poll. Minnesota State is ranked third followed by Southern Arkansas and St. Cloud State to round out the top five. The top six teams in the final regional rankings will qualify for the NCAA-II Central Region Tournament May 16-19 at a campus site to be determined.

The Central Region is made up of teams from the MIAA, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and Great American Conference.

The Mules wrap up the regular season hosting a three-game series this weekend against Emporia State. The series gets underway at 1 p.m. on Saturday with a doubleheader and wraps up on Sunday with a single-game at 1 p.m. Saturday is Senior Day with the Mules seniors being honored in a pre-game ceremony. Saturday is also the 10-year reunion for the 2003 National Championship Mules Baseball team. The team will be introduced on the field during a ceremony between games of the doubleheader.

CENTRAL	School	Overall Record	In-Region Record
1	Central Missouri	31-9-0	30-8-0
2	Missouri Western State	32-7-0	30-7-0
3	Minnesota State Mankato	26-7-0	21-6-0
4	Southern Arkansas	33-13-0	28-12-0
5	St. Cloud State	23-5-0	19-3-0
6	Arkansas Tech	29-18-0	23-16-0
7	Wayne State (Neb.)	24-10-0	20-7-0
8	Southwestern Oklahoma State	27-13-1	23-11-0