Fulton, Mo. - A strong opening weekend sweep of a very good Buena Vista University team has the Blue Jay baseball team flying high! That strong start has been recognized nationally as Zach Bishop's squad received nine votes for the D3Baseball.com Top 25. The Blue Jays will get a chance to face off with the nation's No. 14 team Webster University this weekend on the road. The Blue Jays will play the Gorloks in a double header on Saturday March 13th at GCS Credit Union Ballpark in Sauget, Ill. The first pitch for game one is set for 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. for game two. Webster Baseball COVID-19 Attendance Policy - Fans will be allowed with masks and social distancing at GCS Credit Union Ballpark. Below is the complete D3Baseball poll.
2021 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Week 3
Through games of Sunday, March 7, 2021:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Trinity (Texas) (13) | 6-0 | 598 | 3 |
| 2 | Cal Lutheran (9) | 0-0 | 562 | 1 |
| 3 | North Central (Ill.) (1) | 2-0 | 506 | 6 |
| 4 | Chapman | 0-0 | 489 | 5 |
| 5 | Salisbury | 1-0 | 466 | 8 |
| 6 | Babson (1) | 0-0 | 452 | 4 |
| 7 | Washington U. | 3-0 | 443 | 7 |
| 8 | Rowan (1) | 0-0 | 394 | 9 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 0-0 | 385 | 12 |
| 10 | Southern Maine | 0-0 | 376 | 10 |
| 11 | Randolph-Macon | 1-2 | 370 | 2 |
| 12 | Kean | 0-0 | 347 | 11 |
| 13 | Webster | 4-1 | 324 | 14 |
| 14 | UW-Whitewater | 0-0 | 268 | 16 |
| 15 | Marietta | 0-0 | 249 | 17 |
| 16 | Aurora | 3-0 | 220 | 21 |
| 17 | Adrian | 4-2 | 211 | 19 |
| 18 | Birmingham-Southern | 10-5 | 196 | 15 |
| 19 | Mass-Boston | 0-0 | 185 | 18 |
| 20 | Berry | 14-2 | 172 | 23 |
| 21 | Shenandoah | 1-1 | 143 | 13 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 0-0 | 71 | 24 |
| 23 | Wooster | 0-0 | 71 | 22 |
| 24 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 8-2 | 58 | - |
| 25 | Heidelberg | 0-0 | 51 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Rhodes
Others recieving votes: Concordia Texas 50, Cortland 49, Denison 36, Christopher Newport 35, Rhodes 31, Texas Lutheran 30, St. Thomas (Minn.) 27, Trinity (Conn.) 25, Saint John's (Minn.) 20, LaGrange 20, St. John Fisher 15, William Paterson 12, Baldwin Wallace 11, Oswego State 10, Simpson 10, Concordia Chicago 9, Westminster (Mo.) 9, Mass.-Dartmouth 6, Texas-Dallas 5, Piedmont 4, Alma 3, Augustana 3, Centenary (La.) 3, Marymount 3, Case Western Reserve 2, Earlham 2, Franklin & Marshall 2, Keystone 2, Washington & Jefferson 2, Anna Maria 1, Belhaven 1, Millikin 1, Tufts 1.
The D3baseball.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.
