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. This is the final weekly polls for the
2004 season.
The polls of the 2004 season had representation by 16 different conferences
and top independents among the 285 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA
Division I ranks. This is the final regular-season poll of the season.
FINAL 2004 NCBWA TOP
35 |
Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
1. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
47-22 |
5 |
2. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
58-15 |
2 |
3. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
52-17 |
3 |
4. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Independent |
50-13 |
4 |
5. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
45-23 |
7 |
6. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
36-27 |
8 |
7. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
46-19 |
4 |
8. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
45-24 |
6 |
9. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
40-21 |
9 |
10. |
East Carolina |
Conference USA |
51-13 |
10 |
11. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
44-21 |
11 |
12. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
46-14 |
12 |
13. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
46-14 |
13 |
14. |
Notre Dame |
Big East |
51-12 |
14 |
15. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
41-21 |
15 |
16. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
43-22 |
16 |
17. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
45-23 |
17 |
18. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
42-22 |
18 |
19. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
45-19 |
19 |
20. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
49-16 |
20 |
21. |
Oral Roberts |
Mid-Continent |
50-11 |
21 |
22. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
44-15 |
22 |
23. |
Washington |
Pacific-10 |
39-20 |
23 |
24. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
40-21 |
24 |
25. |
UCF |
Atlantic Sun |
47-18 |
25 |
26. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
45-19 |
26 |
27. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
39-21 |
27 |
28. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
41-18 |
28 |
29. |
Florida Atlantic |
Atlantic Sun |
47-17 |
29 |
30. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
38-24 |
30 |
31. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
47-16 |
31 |
32. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
43-21 |
32 |
33. |
Lamar |
Southland |
41-16 |
33 |
34. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
38-24 |
34 |
35. |
Birmingham-Southern |
Big South |
47-18 |
35 |
Dropped out: None. |
Others receiving votes:
St. Bonaventure, North Carolina State, Clemson, UC Irvine, Nebraska,
Cal Poly, UL Lafayette, Minnesota, Northwestern State, Ohio State, Richmond,
Oregon State, USF, Army, Dallas Baptist, Texas-Arlington, Washington
State, Albany, Central Connecticut State, George Mason, TCU, Missouri,
Houston, Coastal Carolina, UCLA, Mississippi State, Le Moyne, Middle
Tennessee, UNC Wilmington, Tennessee, St. John's, Pepperdine. |
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