COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The NJCAA national office released the 2015 Marucci Sports Division II baseball rankings on Wednesday and Northwest is ranked 17th in the first regular season poll.

The rankings are based off team performance through Sunday, March 15, and do not reflect results of games played since that date.

Joining the Rangers from NJCAA Region 23 are No. 1 Hinds, No. 4 LSU Eunice, No. 8 Jones County and No. 19 East Mississippi.

Northwest is off to an 11-5 start this season, winners in 10 of its last 13 games. 

The next NJCAA baseball poll will be released Wednesday, April 1. Click here for the full Top 20 poll.