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National Collegiate Baseball Writers March 24, 2003
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
Owls have 5-0 week to keep top spot
RICE TOPS NCBWA POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) — The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the sixth year with its weekly Top 35 survey for games played through March 24.

Weekly polls will continue through the Monday (June 23, 2003) following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The early polls of the 2003 season feature representation by 12 different conferences and top independents among the 285 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division I ranks.

NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
Rk.
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School
Rice
Georgia Tech
Arizona State
Florida State
Cal State Fullerton
Long Beach State
Baylor
Auburn
Stanford
Mississippi State
Richmond
Miami (Fla.)
Texas
Clemson
LSU
Florida
Alabama

Record
(24-1)
(20-2)
(32-4)
(25-4)
(21-5)
(16-7)
(21-6)
(22-5)
(15-8)
(17-3)
(18-2)
(19-4)
(19-10)
(16-3)
(16-7)
(19-6)
(18-5)

18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
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35.

Nebraska
Arizona
N.C. State
South Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Southern Miss
Notre Dame
Tulane
South Alabama
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Wake Forest
Washington
Texas A&M
Kansas
Northwestern State
Illinois
Oklahoma State

(14-6)
(21-8)
(21-5)
(15-5)
(23-7)
(17-6)
(9-6)
(19-6)
(15-7)
(19-9)
(18-5)
(15-7)
(16-7)
(20-8)
(20-9)
(17-8)
(10-2)
(14-8)

Also receiving votes: UNLV, Southern, Missouri, New Mexico State, Boston College, Minnesota, UNC Greensboro, Pepperdine, Coastal Carolina. Ohio State, UC Riverside, McNeese State, UCF, Tennessee, Southern California, Coastal Carolina, South Florida, Indiana, TCU.

2003 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):
January 13 (Texas)
February 3 (Texas)
February 10 (Texas)
February 17 (Texas)
February 24 (Rice)
March 3 (Rice)
March 10 (Rice)
March 17 (Rice)

March 24 (Rice)
March 31 (Rice)
April 7 (Rice)
April 14 (Rice)
April 21 (Florida St.)
April 28 (Cal State Fullerton)
May 5 (Florida St.)

May 12 (Florida St.)
May 19 (Florida St.)
May 26 (Rice)

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