DALLAS (NCBWA) –
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its
tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the eighth year with its 2005 weekly surveys.
Weekly polls will continue each Monday through June 28,
following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.
The top-ranked Texas Longhorns swept
Stanford in a three-game series on their way to an
11-0 start, their best since 1995, to keep the
nation's No. 1 ranking. Tulane outscored visiting
Arizona State, 23-7, in a weekend sweep to move to 7-0
and up to No. 2 in the poll. Unbeaten LSU moved up
three notches to No. 3 this week.
UC Irvine, at No. 23, is among six new teams to
enter the poll this week. No. 19 USC and No. 14 Texas A&M made the biggest
jumps, moving up seven and six spots, respectively. Stanford,
meanwhile, dropped ten places, from fifth to 15th. The
SEC, with now nine schools in the rankings, leads all
conferences.
| NCBWA
TOP 35 POLL (FEB. 21, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
11-0 |
1 |
| 2. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
7-0 |
4 |
| 3. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
7-0 |
6 |
| 4. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
5-1 |
3 |
| 5. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
8-2 |
2 |
| 6. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
6-0 |
7 |
| 7. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
4-0 |
8 |
| 8. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
3-0 |
9 |
| 9. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
9-1 |
11 |
| 10. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
5-1 |
10 |
| 11. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
7-1 |
13 |
| 12. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
5-2 |
12 |
| 13. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
11-1 |
14 |
| 14. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
5-2 |
20 |
| 15. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
7-5 |
5 |
| 16. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
3-1 |
17 |
| 17. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
0-0 |
18 |
| 18. |
Notre Dame |
Big East |
3-1 |
19 |
| 19. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
4-0 |
26 |
| 20. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
5-2 |
21 |
| 21. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
6-0 |
24 |
| 22. |
UCF |
Atlantic Sun |
7-2 |
25 |
| 23. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
6-2 |
- |
| 24. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
6-1 |
28 |
| 25. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
7-3 |
27 |
| 26. |
Winthrop |
Big South |
8-1 |
30 |
| 27. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
7-1 |
- |
| 28. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
5-2 |
22 |
| 29. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
2-0 |
34 |
| 30. |
Oral Roberts |
Mid-Continent |
4-2 |
32 |
| 31. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
7-1 |
- |
| 32. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
5-0 |
- |
| 33. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
5-2 |
- |
| 34. |
Florida Atlantic |
Atlantic Sun |
4-2 |
31 |
| 35. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
5-1 |
- |
| Others receiving votes
(listed alphabetically): Alabama, Auburn, Cal Poly, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Elon, George Mason,
Hawai'i, Jacksonville, Kansas, Lamar, UL Lafayette, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon State,
Pepperdine, Rhode Island, San Jose State, Southern Miss, Tennessee, Texas Tech, UC Irvine, UNLV, USF. |
| Dropped out: Arizona
State (15), Long Beach State (16), Clemson (23), Washington (29), Virginia
(33), Stetson (35). |
| By conference:
Southeastern 9, Big 12 6, Atlantic Coast 5, Pacific-10 3, Atlantic Sun 2,
Big West 2, Conference USA 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Mid-Continent 1,
Missouri Valley 1, Southern 1, Western Athletic 1. |
| Records are
through games of Sun., Feb. 20 |
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