Bucs Open Season Ranked 7th in NJCAA Poll
On the heels of a 57 win campaign and a Top 10 finish at the NJCAA World Series a season ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers will open the 2025 season ranked #7 in the NJCAA National Poll as released by the National Office Tuesday.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- On the heels of a 57 win campaign and a Top 10 finish at the NJCAA World Series a season ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers will open the 2025 season ranked #7 in the NJCAA National Poll as released by the National Office Tuesday.
FSW was 57-10 a season ago, winning their eighth straight Conference Championship and qualifying for their fourth straight NJCAA World Series where they won three games to finish 7th. The Bucs spent the entirety of the 2024 season ranked in the Top 5 Nationally before dropping their opening game of the World Series and battling back to win three straight elimination games before dropping a 2-1 contest to Galveston to finish 7th.
The Bucs return three All-Conference players from a season ago including a pair of 1st Teamers in Virginia Mambelli and Emily Allegood.
The Preseason Poll had a heavy Florida flavor with six FCSAA squads ranked in the Top 25. The poll was led by the defending National Champion Indian River State Pioneers who won the FCSAA State and NJCAA National Championships after FSW won the Citrus Conference title over them. McLennan and Temple check in at #2 and #3 while Northwest Florida and Walters State round out the Top 5. Other Florida squads in the poll include Central Florida at #9, Gulf Coast State at #11, and Santa Fe at #20.
The Bucs open their 2025 season on Sunday at the Juco Kickoff Classic in Madeira Beach where they will play three games on Opening Day against Tallahassee State, #5 Walters State, and Rend Lake.