Juco : : Rankings
Junior College Top 50 Teams
Published: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Florida’s
Fifth-Ranked Polk State First to Punch Ticket
The
top five teams in Perfect Game’s ranking of the nation’s Top 50
Junior College Teams have remained unchanged for a month, but
Florida’s Polk State, ranked No. 5, has achieved the
most-noteworthy development in that period.
On
Monday, Polk State became the first team to qualify for this year’s
Junior College World Series as it came out of the loser’s bracket
to win two games on the final day of the Florida community-college
state championship. The Vikings beat No. 15-ranked Palm Beach State
in the deciding game, 8-4, to push its record on the season to 42-9.
Nine
more teams will join Polk State at the Junior College World Series,
scheduled for May 26-June 2 in Grand Junction, Colo., by qualifying
through various regional and district tournaments over the next two
weeks.
Post-season
play is well underway on a number of fronts nationally as teams vie
for a number of championships—both at the national and state
levels.
California’s
Orange Coast College (33-4-1) continues to hang on to its No. 1
ranking that it has held since March. The Pirates have only a state
championship to contend for as California junior colleges do not
participate in the Junior College World Series, but they won their
first two games of the 36-team California state junior-college
tournament, advancing to the state’s Round of 16. The four
survivors of Super Regional play meet in the state final May 18-20.
At
No. 2, Iowa Western (51-4), the 2010 national champion, is Perfect
Game’s highest-ranked team that is eligible to participate in the
Junior College World Series. The Reivers begin regional play Friday.
No. 3-ranked Walters State (49-8), the 2006 national champion, won
its first game Monday at the Tennessee junior-college championship
tournament, while Texas’ No. 4-ranked Howard College (41-10), the
2009 national champion, opens play in the National Junior College
Athletic Association Region 5 tournament Saturday.
Meanwhile,
the NJCAA Division II and Division III national tournaments have also
gotten underway, with the D-II World Series scheduled for Enid,
Okla., May 26-June 2 and D-III World Series slated for Tyler, Texas,
May 19-25. LSU-Eunice (48-4) is the top-ranked D-II team in the
Perfect Game Top 50 at No. 10.
Teams
in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges,
consisting of 28 junior colleges in Oregon, Washington and British
Columbia, will contend for their own championship, beginning in the
next two weeks. Defending champion Bellevue (Wash.) CC is the
NWAACC’s top-ranked team, remaining steady at No. 33.
To
follow the respective tournaments, please link to the following
websites:
www.njcaa.org
www.cccaasports.org
www.nwaacc.org
4-30 - Rankings as of April 30
#Season complete
* National Junior College Division II team
| RK |
4-30 |
Team |
State |
Overall |
| 1 |
1 |
Orange Coast |
CA |
33-4 |
| 2 |
2 |
Iowa Western |
IA |
51-4 |
| 3 |
3 |
Walters State |
TN |
48-8 |
| 4 |
4 |
Howard |
TX |
41-10 |
| 5 |
5 |
Polk State |
FL |
43-10 |
| 6 |
6 |
Louisburg |
NC |
50-8 |
| 7 |
7 |
Central Arizona |
AZ |
45-13 |
| 8 |
8 |
Salt Lake |
UT |
40-8 |
| 9 |
10 |
Middle Georgia |
GA |
40-11 |
| 10 |
12 |
*LSU-Eunice |
LA |
48-4 |
| 11 |
13 |
Feather River |
CA |
32-6 |
| 12 |
14 |
Jefferson |
MO |
44-9 |
| 13 |
9 |
#Santa Fe |
FL |
37-13 |
| 14 |
18 |
Rio Hondo |
CA |
35-3 |
| 15 |
16 |
#Palm Beach State |
FL |
38-15 |
| 16 |
17 |
Western Nevada |
NV |
42-13 |
| 17 |
19 |
Central Alabama |
AL |
40-11 |
| 18 |
20 |
Santa Ana |
CA |
31-7 |
| 19 |
21 |
Florence-Darlington |
SC |
44-10 |
| 20 |
31 |
Grayson County |
TX |
41-15 |
| 21 |
11 |
Cisco |
TX |
43-12 |
| 22 |
22 |
Seminole State |
OK |
39-13 |
| 23 |
23 |
Columbia State |
TN |
38-10 |
| 24 |
15 |
#Chipola |
FL |
39-17 |
| 25 |
25 |
Georgia Perimeter |
GA |
42-14 |
| 26 |
26 |
Yavapai |
AZ |
40-18 |
| 27 |
29 |
Crowder |
MO |
41-15 |
| 28 |
27 |
San Mateo |
CA |
29-10 |
| 29 |
24 |
Wabash Valley |
IL |
46-11 |
| 30 |
28 |
Northeast Texas |
TX |
32-14 |
| 31 |
30 |
Johnson County |
KS |
39-16 |
| 32 |
34 |
Lamar |
CO |
43-9 |
| 33 |
33 |
Bellevue |
WA |
31-8 |
| 34 |
41 |
Wallace State-Hanceville |
AL |
38-15 |
| 35 |
32 |
*Heartland |
IL |
41-6 |
| 36 |
36 |
Ohlone |
CA |
28-10 |
| 37 |
37 |
Neosho County |
KS |
44-14 |
| 38 |
38 |
Spartanburg Methodist |
SC |
39-15 |
| 39 |
39 |
Fresno |
CA |
27-11 |
| 40 |
43 |
Mt. San Antonio |
CA |
30-8 |
| 41 |
35 |
#State College of Florida-Manatee |
FL |
33-17 |
| 42 |
40 |
Navarro |
TX |
33-18 |
| 43 |
44 |
San Jacinto |
TX |
33-23 |
| 44 |
45 |
*Des Moines Area |
IA |
42-12 |
| 45 |
47 |
Glendale |
CA |
27-10 |
| 46 |
48 |
New Mexico |
NM |
35-18 |
| 47 |
|
Northeastern |
CO |
43-14 |
| 48 |
|
John A. Logan |
IL |
36-20 |
| 49 |
|
Everett |
WA |
25-8 |
| 50 |
50 |
Harford |
MD |
40-12 |
Dropped out: Eastern Oklahoma State, Tacoma, #Central Florida
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