TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State baseball enters the 2024 NCAA Tournament ranked in all five national Division I polls for the sixth consecutive week as the various organizations announced their Top 25 rankings on Monday ahead of this week's NCAA Regional rounds.
Indiana State (42-13) received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament marking the fourth time in the last five seasons the Sycamores have advanced into the postseason. The Sycamores took the No. 2 seed in the Lexington Regional paired with No. 2 National Seed Kentucky, Illinois, and Western Michigan. The Sycamores open play on Friday, May 31, against Illinois with first pitch at Kentucky Proud Park set for 7 p.m. ET.
The Sycamores remained No. 14 in the Perfect Game and No. 20 in the D1Baseball polls. ISU dropped to No. 22 in the NCBWA, No. 24 in the Baseball America, and No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches polls following their run to the Missouri Valley Tournament Championship Game.
The Sycamores enter the NCAA ranked No. 10 overall in the NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI) playing the No. 19 non-conference strength of schedule and No. 75 overall strength of schedule during the regular season.
Indiana State boasts a 26-11 record in road or neutral site games sitting as the only team in the top 100 in the RPI with 26 wins away from home, while tying Oregon State for the national Division I lead with nine neutral site victories.
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