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National Collegiate Baseball Writers April 21, 2003
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
'Noles supplant Rice at No. 1
FLORIDA STATE 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 April 20.

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

The polls of the 2003 season have featured representation by 13 different conferences and top independents among the 285 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division I ranks.

NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
Rk.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

School
Florida State
Cal State Fullerton
Rice
Stanford
Georgia Tech
Arizona State
Auburn
N.C. State
Nebraska
Texas
Long Beach State
Mississippi State
Florida Atlantic
LSU
Notre Dame
Richmond
Texas A&M

Record
(36-6)
(34-8)
(37-6)
(26-11)
(32-7)
(39-9)
(31-10)
(30-8)
(29-10)
(31-13)
(26-12)
(28-9)
(34-10)
(26-13)
(29-8)
(31-7)
(32-12)

18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.

Miami (Fla.)
Arkansas
UNLV
Southern Miss
Tulane
North Carolina
Missouri
Arizona
Baylor
Lamar
Oklahoma State
Minnesota
New Mexico State
TCU
South Carolina
Pepperdine
Alabama
Clemson

(28-9)
(30-8)
(32-11)
(30-10)
(29-12)
(30-11)
(27-12)
(28-14)
(27-16)
(27-12)
(26-13)
(23-13)
(31-11)
(26-15)
(25-15)
(26-15)
(27-13)
(27-12)

Also receiving votes: South Florida, Southeast Missouri, Southern, Virginia Commonwealth, Connecticut, Virginia Tech, Washington, Indiana State, Coastal Carolina, Southern California, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Kansas, UC Riverside, Western Carolina, Virginia Tech, West Virginia.

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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