Campbellsville University will open the 2010 season in February where 2009 left off - ranked No. 8 in the NAIA Baseball Coaches' Poll. The Tigers have 503 points in the 2010 preseason poll released Tuesday.


The Tigers finished the 2009 season with a 39-12 record and its fifth-straight Mid-South Conference Championship. CU went on to advance to the NAIA World Series for the first time in program history.

This time last year, Campbellsville received one point in the 2009 preseason poll. The Tigers broke into the Top 25 for the first time in 2009 on March 17, coming in at No. 12 with a 16-2 record. The Tigers broke into the Top 10 the next week at No. 8 and remained in the Top 10 the remainder of the season. This is the eighth-straight poll  for CU to appear in the Top 10.

CU opens the 2010 season with a weekend series Feb. 12-14 at Auburn University-Montgomery.

2010 NAIA Baseball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll - (Nov. 17)

RANK	LAST WEEK^	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Lubbock Christian University (Texas) (23)	52-8	684
2	3	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)	45-13	649
3	2	Oklahoma City University	53-9	642
4	5	Southern Polytechnic State Univ. (Ga.)	53-10	609
5	10	Lee University (Tenn.)	53-14	568
6	7	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) (1)	40-15	566
7	6	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. (Fla.)	44-14	561
8	8	Campbellsville University (Ky.)	39-12	503
9	13	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)	39-21	497
10	11	Bellevue University (Neb.)	41-12	495
11	9	Tennessee Wesleyan College	44-15	476
12	15	Lindenwood University (Mo.)	45-12	397
13	12	University of British Columbia	38-13	371
T14	21	William Carey University (Miss.)	36-22	341
T14	18	Wayland Baptist University (Texas)	43-15	341
16	14	Union College (Ky.)	44-12	310
17	RV	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)	36-20	298
18	19	Louisiana State University-Shreveport	42-16	283
19	RV	Cumberland University (Tenn.)	33-25	254
20	NR	Warner University (Fla.)	37-18	245
21	16	Madonna University (Mich.)	39-12	242
22	17	Malone University (Ohio)	47-16	223
23	RV	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)	37-23	195
24	24	Saint Xavier University (Ill.)	41-15	180
25	RV	Northwood University (Texas)	36-19	132

Others receiving votes:

Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) 124; Union University (Tenn.) 94; Texas Wesleyan University 72; Taylor University (Ind.) 62; Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) 59; William Jewell College (Mo.) 59; McKendree University (Ill.) 56; California Baptist University 45; Belhaven College (Miss.) 35; Jamestown College (N.D.) 30; University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) 24; University of Houston - Victoria (Texas) 24; Spring Arbor University (Mich.) 17; Bluefield College (Va.) 11; Nebraska Wesleyan University 8; Ohio Dominican University 8; Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) 7; Oklahoma Baptist University 6; Biola University (Calif.) 6; University of St. Francis (Ill.) 3; Georgetown College (Ky.) 1; Indiana Institute of Technology 1; Lambuth University (Tenn.) 1; Mount Mercy College (Iowa) 1; Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.) 1; Dickinson State University (N.D.) 1; Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.) 1; Sterling College (Kan.) 1; Culver-Stockton College (Mo.) 1; William Woods University (Mo.) 1; Park University (Mo.) 1; Peru State College (Neb.) 1; University of Rio Grande (Ohio) 1; University of South Carolina - Beaufort (SC) 1

^ Rating from the 2009 final regular season poll.

* Final overall record from 2009 season, as submitted by the conference rater.