Baseball | 5/4/2026 2:55:00 PM

After capturing their first Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) West Division Championship in school history, the Cloud County Community College baseball team has risen to No. 2 in the final regular season NJCAA Division I Baseball Rankings Presented by Netting Professionals. The No. 2 ranking marks Cloud County's highest national ranking in program history.

Johnson County Community College remains No. 1, receiving all 10 first-place votes. Blinn College moved up two spots to No. 3, while Gaston College dropped two spots to No. 4. Chipola College rounds out the top five.

The T-Birds have been ranked inside the top 10 nationally for ten consecutive weeks. Cloud County concluded the regular season with a 47-5 overall record and a 28-4 mark in KJCCC play.

Postseason play begins with a best-of-three series in the opening round of the 2026 NJCAA Division I Plains District Tournament May 7-9. Cloud County is the No. 2 seed and will face No. 15 seed Highland in Concordia on Thursday, May 7 at 2 pm. Game two will be played Friday, May 8 at 1 pm. If necessary, game three will be played Saturday, May 9 at 1 pm.