INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – In the final weekly NCAA Division II South Central Regional baseball rankings, Colorado State University Pueblo is ranked eighth in this week's third and final edition of the regional rankings that were released Wednesday afternoon. The NCAA regional rankings are used each year to determine which teams qualify for the NCAA Division II Baseball Championships.

Wednesday's edition of the regional rankings was the third and final 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 10. Each set of rankings includes all games played through this past Sunday.

Three of the eight regionally ranked teams in the South Central Regional hail from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, as Colorado Mesa (45-3 D-II, 41-3 in-region) is No. 1, while MSU Denver (36-14 D-II, 30-13 in-region) is ranked No. 7, and the Pack, which is 26-23 in D-II games and 25-20 in-region, is ranked No. 8. The other five teams in the rankings are from the Lone Star Conference as UT-Tyler (40-10 D-II, 40-10 in-region) is No. 2, Angelo State (37-15 D-II, 37-15 in-region) is No. 3, St. Mary's (37-15 D-II, 37-15 in-region) is No. 4, Lubbock Christian (33-19 D-II, 33-19 in-region) and St. Edward's (31-20 D-II, 31-20 in-region) is at No. 6.

The Pack, who finished fourth in the regular season RMAC standings, is currently sporting a 26-24 overall record and has a 25-20 in-region record and is 6-10 against teams current regionally ranked teams as they are 3-1 against MSU Denver, 0-4 against Colorado Mesa and is 2-2 against West Region No. 3 Cal Poly Pomona and 1-3 against West Region No. 5 Northwest Nazarene.

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 eight regions will advance to the 2026 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 opened play in the double-elimination RMAC Tournament on Wednesday against No. 3-seeded UCCS in Grand Junction, Colo.

The Pack is seeking its 11th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2015 this season. 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.