courtesy of www.blackcollegenines.com
 

MIAMI, Fla. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions finished tenth in the final poll of the 2018 Black College Nines Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Top 10 Baseball Polls "large school" division.

North Carolina A&T University, in the "large school" division and Albany State University, in the "small school" division, after making an incredible run through the regular season on the baseball diamond, are now crowned Historically Black College and University (HBCU) National Champions by the polling committee at Black College Nines.

North Carolina A&T  fought through a tough conference and non conference schedule and won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship by going undefeated through the tournament. The Aggies, with an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I post-season regionals, finished the regular season with an overall record of 32-23.

Black College Nines is dedicated to preserving the tradition of baseball at historically black colleges and universities in selecting national champions. The "large school" division is made up of HBCUs in the NCAA Division I classification and the "small school" division consists of HBCU schools in the NCAA Divisions II and III, as well as those schools in the NAIA and USCAA.

The final divisional polls are as follows…
 

Large School Poll
 

Rank	School	Won	Lost	Rank
1	North Carolina A&T University (MEAC) This Past Week: 3-0 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 3 Current RPI: 211	32	23	1
2	Texas Southern University (SWAC) This Past Week: 4-0 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 4 Current RPI: 217	27	26	2
3	Jackson State University (SWAC) This Past Week: 2-2 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 1 Current RPI: 228	34	18	3
4	Alabama State (SWAC) This Past Week: 3-2 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 2 Current RPI: 241	30	22	4
5	Grambling State University (SWAC) This Past Week: 3-2 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 6 Current RPI: 271	26	26	5
6	Bethune Cookman University (MEAC) This Past Week: 4-2 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 10 Current RPI: 190	24	34	6
7	North Carolina Central University (MEAC) This Past Week: 0-0 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 5 Current RPI: 222	28	24	7
8	Coppin State University (MEAC) This Past Week: 1-2 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 7 Current RPI: 273	21	23	8
9	Florida A&M University (MEAC) This Past Week: 1-2 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 8 Current RPI: 255	25	30	9
10	Arkansas Pine-Bluff University (SWAC) This Past Week: 0-2 Previous BCN Poll Rank: 9 Current RPI: 280	20	25	10

Other Teams Receiving Multiple Votes... Alcorn State, Norfolk State

Teams Dropped From Top Ten... None