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May 21, 2002
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter

Clemson drops to No. 7

FLORIDA STATE RECLAIMS
TOP RANKING IN NCBWA POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, with a panel of college baseball experts, presents its popular NCAA Division I Top 35 poll in 2002.

Voting on the weekly NCBWA poll is conducted by a select panel of the organization’s members. Each 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 week through the end of the College World Series.

Here is the May 21 survey with school records in parentheses:

NCBWA COLLEGE BASEBALL POLL

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School (Record)
Florida State (51-12)
Rice (44-11)
South Carolina (44-12)
Wake Forest (42-9)
Texas (43-13)
Houston (41-14)
Clemson (44-12)
Georgia Tech (44-12)
Alabama (44-12)
LSU (38-17)
Florida (40-15)
Stanford (37-16)
North Carolina (39-17)
Nebraska (39-17)
Wichita State (42-13)
Cal State Fullerton (34-17)
Notre Dame (41-14)
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Cal State Northridge (40-15)
Richmond (48-8)
Texas Tech (40-16)
South Alabama (38-16)
Arizona State (32-19)
Southern California (31-22)
San Jose State (42-15)
Louisville (39-14)
Mississippi State (33-22)
Baylor (34-22)
Texas A&M (34-22)
James Madison (41-12)
Oklahoma (33-23)
Oklahoma State (37-19)
Southern Mississippi (35-20)
East Carolina (37-18)
Northwestern State (40-15)
Ohio State (33-17)

Others Receiving Votes: Rutgers, Louisiana-Lafayette, Mississippi, Auburn, Oral Roberts, Kent State, George Washington

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.)