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Dallas Baptist's rise continues with national seed in sight (The Associated Press)

Dallas Baptist is on the verge of taking another step toward coach Dan Heefner's goal of making the Patriots an elite college baseball program.

The Patriots (39-9) are on a 10-game win streak and are ranked as high as No. 9 in this week's polls. They are headed for their fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in five years.

The difference is the Patriots, No. 1 in the RPI seven of the last eight weeks, are on track to open the tournament at home and earn one of the eight national seeds for the first time. A No. 1 RPI team has never been denied a national seed since the tournament went to its current format in 1999.