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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
(NCBWA) continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the seventh
year with its 2004 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will continue from Feb.
2 through June 30, 2004, following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.
The early polls of the 2004 season have representation by 16 different
conferences and top independents among the 285 baseball-playing schools
in the NCAA Division I ranks.
| NCBWA TOP 35 (APRIL
26, 2004) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
41-6 |
1 |
| 2. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
31-6 |
2 |
| 3. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
33-7 |
3 |
| 4. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Independent |
30-9 |
4 |
| 5. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
29-9 |
7 |
| 6. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
31-11 |
8 |
| 7. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
29-11 |
9 |
| 8. |
East Carolina |
Conference USA |
35-6 |
10 |
| 9. |
Notre Dame |
Big East |
32-8 |
5 |
| 10. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
28-7 |
11 |
| 11. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
31-11 |
6 |
| 12. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
30-11 |
12 |
| 13. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
29-13 |
30 |
| 14. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
30-12 |
14 |
| 15. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
31-11 |
13 |
| 16. |
Auburn |
Southeastern |
28-14 |
16 |
| 17. |
Oral Roberts |
Mid-Continent |
33-7 |
18 |
| 18. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
26-16 |
15 |
| 19. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
33-12 |
19 |
| 20. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
35-9 |
20 |
| 21. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
31-11 |
22 |
| 22. |
UCF |
Atlantic Sun |
32-8 |
21 |
| 23. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
31-12 |
23 |
| 24. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
32-7 |
25 |
| 25. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
27-13 |
- |
| 26. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
26-11 |
26 |
| 27. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
27-14 |
- |
| 28. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
27-14 |
29 |
| 29. |
Washington |
Pacific-10 |
24-13 |
32 |
| 30. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
27-12 |
17 |
| 31. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
28-13 |
- |
| 32. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
26-15 |
- |
| 33. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
27-13 |
28 |
| 34. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
25-17 |
- |
| 35. |
Lamar |
Southland |
31-11 |
- |
Dropped out: Florida
State (24), North Carolina State (27), Cal Poly (31),
Cal State Fullerton (33), Rutgers (34), UNLV (35). |
| Others receiving votes:
Florida State, Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Louisiana-Lafayette, Southern,
New Mexico State, Lamar, Birmingham-Southern, Minnesota, Texas-Arlington,
Arizona, The Citadel, Ohio State, Stetson, Richmond, Oregon State, South
Florida, Army, TCU, Houston, Austin Peay, Mississippi State, Michigan
State, St. John's, Dallas Baptist, Washington State, Florida Atlantic,
Albany, Central Connecticut State. |
Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college
baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of
the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates
and official votes in the Howser Award Player of the Year, Regional Player
of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors preseason
All-American awards, publication and writing contests.
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