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January 28, 2002
For Immediate Release
Contact: Russ Anderson

Cardinal the consensus preseason pick

STANFORD HEADLINES
2002 NCBWA PRESEASON POLL

HOUSTON (NCBWA) – Stanford University headlines the 2002 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason poll, released by the organization today.

The Cardinal, who advanced to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. last June, completed a clean sweep as the top-ranked team in each of the major preseason polls.

Voting on the weekly NCBWA poll is conducted by a select panel of the organization’s members. The first poll of the 2002 season has representation by several different conferences and top independents among the 279 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division I ranks.

Weekly polls will continue each Monday through the end of the College World Series.

NCBWA PRESEASON POLL

Rank
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
School
Stanford
Miami, Fla.
Southern California
Clemson
Florida State
Tulane
South Carolina
Nebraska
LSU
Rice
Wichita State
Cal State Fullerton
Texas
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Arizona State
Ole Miss
2001
(51-17)
(53-12)
(45-19)
(41-22)
(47-19)
(56-13)
(49-20)
(50-16)
(44-22)
(47-20)
(42-24)
(48-18)
(36-26)
(49-13)
(42-22)
(37-20)
(39-23)
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
Baylor
Georgia Tech
Central Florida
Mississippi State
Wake Forest
Rutgers
Ohio State
Minnesota
Purdue
Texas Tech
Cal State Northridge
Louisiana-Lafayette
Long Beach State
Texas A&M
Oral Roberts
Nevada
California
Ball State
(37-24)
(41-20)
(51-14)
(39-24)
(44-18)
(42-17)
(43-18)
(39-21)
(32-24)
(43-20)
(34-22)
(28-28)
(35-23)
(33-27)
(48-13)
(30-26)
(34-25)
(34-23)

2002 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):

• January 28 (Stanford)
• February 5 (Stanford)
• February 12 (Stanford)
• February 19 (Stanford)
• February 26 (Stanford)
• March 5 (Stanford)
• March 12 (Florida St.)
• March 19 (Florida St.)
• March 26 (Clemson)
• April 2 (Clemson)
• April 9 (Clemson)
• April 16 (Clemson)

• April 23 (Clemson)
• April 30 (Clemson)
• May 7 (Clemson)
• May 14 (Clemson)
• May 21 (Florida St.)
• May 28 (Florida St.)