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Juco  | Rankings | 5/5/2015

JUCO Top 25 Teams: May 5

Photo: Iowa Western




Junior College Top 25: April 28

After a relatively slow weekend on the 2015 post-season tournament front, almost every team in Perfect Game’s ranking of the nation’s Top 25 junior colleges jumps into action later this week.

The bulk of the teams will participate in regional-tournament play at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I level, with berths in the Junior College World Series, set for May 23-30 in Grand Junction, Colo., at stake for the winners. Ten regional champions will qualify.

Five of PG’s Top 25 teams are from Florida, and all those clubs will engage in the NJCAA’s Gulf District Tournament, a 10-team double-elimination competition in Lakeland, Fla., that is annually one of the nation’s most hotly-contested championships. The teams to beat would appear to be No. 2 St. Johns River State (44-8) and No. 4 Chipola (39-10), though St. Johns River, which has been ranked first or second all season by PG, has never won that tournament.

The NJCAA Central District Tournament, which also starts Friday, in Wichita, Kan., also features two Top 10 teams in PG’s latest raking, No. 3 Cowley County (49-3) and No. 8 Johnson County (48-9).

The NJCAA Southwest District tournament, which opens Friday in Lubbock, Texas, is another that bears watching as it involves three more Top 25 teams in No. 11 Howard (42-13), No. 12 Grayson (36-15) and No. 17 Weatherford (34-13).

Meanwhile, the third round of the 36-team California state junior-college tournament resumes Thursday with separate best-of-3 series slated for eight sites. No. 1-ranked San Joaquin Delta (35-3), which unexpectedly needed a decisive third game to turn back the College of the Sequoias in regional competition over the weekend, will face Cabrillo College. San Joaquin Delta has held down the top spot in PG’s Top 25 almost from the start of the 2015 season after winning its first 28 games. The two other ranked California teams, No. 5 Palomar and No. 14 Fresno (31-8), also advanced to the Round of 16. The four-team state final is set for Fresno from May 23-25. California schools are not members of the NJCAA.

Besides the California schools, Tennessee’s No. 7 Walters State (51-10) was the only other Top 25 school involved in post-season competition over the weekend. The Senators won the Tennessee state title to advance to the East Central District tournament, which is slated to begin May 14.

Meanwhile, Iowa Western, which has won the Junior College World Series in three of the last five years, will be heavily favored to win the Iowa junior-college tournament this weekend. From there, the No. 6-ranked Rievers (46-5) would need to win the NJCAA Northern District Tournament to return to Grand Junction.

Three NJCAA Division II teams—No. 15 Hinds, Miss. (38-5), No. 16 LSU-Eunice (41-9) and No. 20 Paradise Valley, Ariz. (38-15)—also continue action on the road to the D-II World Series, scheduled for Enid, Okla., May 23-30.


Records through games of May 3


Rk. Prev. Team ST Record Conf. Next Game
1 1 San Joaquin Delta CA 35-3 19-2 Fri. in California JC super regionals
2 2 St. Johns River FL 44-8 19-4 Fri. in NJCAA Gulf District Tournament
3 4 Cowley County KS 49-3 22-3 Fri. in NJCAA Central District Tournament
4 3 Chipola FL 39-10 16-4 Fri. in NJCAA Gulf District Tournament
5 5 Palomar CA 32-6 21-3 Fri. in California JC super regionals
6 6 Iowa Western IA 46-5 22-2 Fri. in NJCAA Region 11 Tournament
7 7 Walters State TN 51-10 21-5 May 14 in NJCAA East Central Tournament
8 8 Johnson County KS 48-9 30-6 Fri. in NJCAA Central District Tournament
9 9 Southern Nevada NV 41-15 23-9 Fri. in NJCAA Region 18 Tournament
10 10 Palm Beach State FL 38-15 17-11 Fri. in NJCAA Gulf District Tournament
11 14 Howard TX 42-13 28-8 Fri. in NJCAA Southwest District Tournament
12 11 Grayson TX 36-15 24-8 Fri. in Southwest District Tournament
13 12 Cochise AZ 44-15 27-9 Thurs. in NJCAA Region I Tournament
14 13 Fresno CA 31-8 21-3 Fri. in California JC super regionals
15 16 Hinds MS 38-5 21-5 Thurs. at Mississippi state JC Tournament
16 18 LSU-Eunice LA 41-9 0-0 May 14 in NJCAA II South District Tournament
17 15 Weatherford TX 34-13 21-11 Fri. in NJCAA Southwest District Tournament
18 17 Northwest Florida State FL 32-12 12-7 Fri. in NJCAA Gulf District Tournament
19 19 Polk State FL 35-14 17-7 Fri. in NJCAA Gulf District Tournament
20 20 Paradise Valley AZ 38-15 30-10 Thurs. in NJCAA II Southwest District Tourney
21 23 Pitt NC 32-11 17-9 Participating in NJCAA Region II Tournament
22 21 San Jacinto TX 35-18 29-9 Fri. I NJCAA Southern District Tournament
23 NR Seminole State AL 36-15 15-5 Thurs. in NJCAA Region 2 Tournament
24 24 Connors State OK 40-11 14-6 Thurs. in NJCAA Region 2 Tournament
25 NR Lower Columbia WA 33-8 21-0 Regular season incomplete

Dropped out: No. 22. Chattahoochee Valley, Ala. (37-15)


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