NTCA Preseason Top 25 Poll


Four Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) bowling programs are nationally ranked in the National Tenpin Cocahes Association (NTCA) Preseason Top 25 poll, which was released on Wednesday.

Defending MEAC champion North Carolina A&T State, now an associate member of the conference for bowling, is the highest ranked of the league's programs, coming in at No. 5 behind defending NCAA champion Nebraska, McKendree, Arkansas State and Vanderbilt.

Delaware State came in at No. 14 in the poll, followed by Monmouth (No. 19) and Maryland Eastern Shore (No. 20). Monmouth is coming off its first ever appearance in the MEAC Bowling Championship title match this past season, while UMES is returning to the lanes for the first time since 2019-20.

Associate member UAB was among the Also Receiving Votes category.