INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Colorado State University Pueblo baseball team is No. 4 in this week's second edition of the 2025 NCAA Division II South Central Region rankings that were released Wednesday afternoon. The NCAA regional rankings are annually used to determine the teams that qualify for the NCAA Division II Baseball Championships.

This is the second of three editions of the regional rankings before the unveiling of the 56-team tournament field, which is set for 10 p.m. ET online at www.NCAA.com on Sunday, May 11. Each set of rankings includes all games played through this past Sunday.

Three of the eight regionally ranked teams hail from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as Colorado Mesa (33-10 D-II, 30-10 in-region) is No. 3 and Regis (30-14 D-II, 27-13 in-region) is No. 5. The other five teams in the rankings are from the Lone Star Conference as Angelo State (39-7 D-II, 39-7 in-region) is No. 1, UT-Tyler (41-9 D-II, 41-9 in-region) is No. 2, St. Edward's (3-17 D-II, 31-17 in-region) is No. 6, Lubbock Christian (31-19 D-II, 31-19 in-region) is No. 7 and West Texas A&M (29-19 D-II, 29-19 in-region) is No. 8.

The Pack, who is currently sitting fourth in the RMAC standings, is sporting a 29-17 D-II overall record and has a 27-17 in-region record and is 4-6 against teams currently ranked in the South Central Region as they are 1-1 against Lubbock Christian, 2-2 against Regis and 1-3 against Colorado Mesa and 7-11 overall against regionally ranked teams as they are 2-2 against West Region No. 1 Northwest Nazarene and 1-3 against West Region No. 6 MSU-Billings.

The top six teams from the South Central Region in the final rankings will earn a spot in this year's NCAA Division II Baseball Championships as the South Central Regional Championships will feature two automatic qualifiers – the tournament champions from the RMAC and LSC – and four at-large selections from the final regional rankings.

Following the completion of the conference tournaments, 56 teams from a total of eight regions will advance to the 2025 NCAA Division II Baseball Championships. Per the NCAA, teams will participate at regional sites in a double-elimination tournament. The 16 teams advancing from regional competition will participate in a two-team, best-of-three super regional at eight sites. The South Central Regional will feature two three-team regional sites.

CSU Pueblo, who concludes the regular season this weekend (May 1-3) with a four-game series at UCCS, before competing in next week's RMAC Tournament, is seeking its 11th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2015. The Pack is 11-20 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including advancing to the NCAA Division II World Series in 1996 after winning the West Regional on its home field.