EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville baseball team found itself nationally ranked in all five major national collegiate baseball polls on Wednesday after the final polls were released.
Here’s a look at where UE ranked in the various polls:
— 11th in the Perfect Game Top 25
— 15th in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25
— 16th in the D1Baseball.com Top 25 (main poll used by media)
— 23rd in the Baseball America Top 25
— 23rd in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25
The No. 16 ranking in the D1Baseball.com Top 25 marks UE’s highest season-ending finish in the main media poll in the Division I level program history.
Evansville finished the 2024 season with a 39-26 overall record. The Purple Aces swept all four games in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament to claim the MVC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. UE then won the program’s first-ever NCAA Regional Tournament title by winning the Greenville (N.C.) Regional to advance to the program’s first-ever NCAA Super Regional.
In the Knoxville Super Regional, Evansville pushed the No. 1 national seed, Tennessee, to the brink of elimination, as the Purple Aces forced the ‘if necessary’ game three with a 10-8 victory over the Volunteers. Tennessee suffered one of only two losses in the NCAA Tournament on its way to the 2024 national championship.
