(May 18, 2005) ?C The Fordham Baseball team closed out the 2005 season with a number ten ranking in the final Top 15 Northeast Coaches Poll, as run by College Baseball Insider.com. The poll, released on a weekly basis, has the Rams ranked tenth in the Northeast, joining fellow Atlantic 10 schools Rhode Island (t-4th) and George Washington (7th) in the top 15 while Dayton is also receiving votes. The Rams, who are 33-18 overall, close out the 2005 regular season with a game today Rutgers and another on Friday at Hofstra at 2:00 p.m. before traveling to Dayton, Ohio next week to compete in the Atlantic 10 Championships from May 25th through the 28th. The Rams, who finished the A-10 season with a 17-7 mark, will enter the tournament as the third seed of the six-team tournament. CollegeBaseballInsider.com Northeast Coaches Poll Final 2005 Poll Institution (2005 Record), Points (1st Place Votes) 1. St. John??s (35-14), 117 (5) 2. North Carolina-Wilmington (36-17), 114 (3) 3. Boston College (34-16), 96 T4. Rhode Island (30-18) 76 T4. Virginia Commonwealth (28-17), 76 6. Army (37-11), 71 7. George Washington (36-16), 67 8. George Mason (30-17), 66 9. Harvard (27-15), 51 10. Fordham (33-18), 50 11. Rutgers (29-19), 44 12. Pittsburgh (27-19), 42 t13. Maine (28-16), 19 t13. Notre Dame (29-21-1), 19 15. Marist (25-18), 13 Receiving Votes: Towson (9), Dayton (8), Binghamton (7), Connecticut (7), Northeastern (3), Quinnipiac (3), Richmond (1), Siena (1).