JACKSON- The Millsaps Majors baseball team closed out their most successful season in school history by earning a number-8 ranking in the final D3baseball.com poll. 

Millsaps rocketed 15 spots from number-23 in the end-of-regular-season poll. After winning the first Southern Athletic Association regular season, they doubled-down on the hardware by winning the SAA tournament as well. 

The wins kept on coming after the Majors earned an at-large birth in the South Regional hosted by Rhodes College at USA Stadium in Millington, TN. Wins over Bridgewater, Methodist and Salisbury advanced the Majors to the regional title game for just the second time in school history. 

In a thrilling, back-and-forth contest, the Majors punched their first ever ticket to the College World Series with a 7-6 win over Salisbury scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. 

After two heartbreaking losses in Appleton, the Majors finished the season an impressive 38-14. The number eight ranking to end a season is the second highest in Majors' history. The Millsaps men's basketball team finished the 2008 season with a number-six national ranking. 

The full poll can be viewed here.