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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 finished pre-conference play with
a blanking of Rice and a three-game sweep of Purdue to move to 21-1 and
retain their No. 1 ranking. South Carolina swept a two-game, home-and-home
set with Clemson to improve to 15-1 and move up to No. 2. Cal State Fullerton
took two of three from Tulane in New Orleans to move up to No. 3 and drop
the Green Wave down two spots to No. 4. Georgia Tech continues its climb
in the poll, up to No. 5 after scoring 47 runs in a three-game sweep of
Wake Forest.
Two Conference USA teams – East Carolina and Southern Miss – are new
entries to the poll giving C-USA four ranked teams. Tennessee moved in at
No. 30 to give the SEC ten schools in the Top 35.
| NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
(MARCH 14, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
21-1 |
1 |
| 2. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
15-1 |
3 |
| 3. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
14-3 |
4 |
| 4. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
15-3 |
2 |
| 5. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
16-2 |
8 |
| 6. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
14-4 |
6 |
| 7. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
16-1 |
11 |
| 8. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
14-5 |
5 |
| 9. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
15-4 |
15 |
| 10. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
11-3 |
12 |
| 11. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
13-4 |
9 |
| 12. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
15-5 |
14 |
| 13. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
21-4 |
7 |
| 14. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
11-7 |
13 |
| 15. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
14-6 |
18 |
| 16. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
17-2 |
20 |
| 17. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
13-3 |
21 |
| 18. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
9-2 |
17 |
| 19. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
10-5 |
16 |
| 20. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
12-2 |
25 |
| 21. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
16-3 |
19 |
| 22. |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
8-3 |
30 |
| 23. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
9-6 |
22 |
| 24. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
12-5 |
24 |
| 25. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
13-3 |
23 |
| 26. |
UCF |
Atlantic Sun |
19-3 |
29 |
| 27. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
11-7 |
31 |
| 28. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
13-3 |
27 |
| 29. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
14-6 |
28 |
| 30. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
14-3 |
- |
| 31. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
12-3 |
- |
| 32. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
12-3 |
10 |
| 33. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
15-5 |
26 |
| 34. |
East Carolina |
Conference USA |
11-4 |
- |
| 35. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
14-5 |
34 |
Others receiving votes
(listed alphabetically): Arizona State, Auburn,
Bowling Green, California, Clemson, UC Irvine, Charlotte, Dallas Baptist,
East Carolina, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Hawai'i, Lamar, Minnesota,
Missouri, Northwestern State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oral Roberts, Pepperdine,
Rhode Island, St. John's, Stetson, Texas State, UAB, UNLV, Virginia,
Washington, Winthrop. |
| Dropped out: Winthrop
(32), Clemson (33), Long Beach State (t35), N.C. State (t35). |
| By conference:
Southeastern 10, Big 12 6, Atlantic Coast 4, Conference USA 4, Pacific-10
4, Atlantic Sun 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Missouri Valley
1, Sun Belt 1, Western Athletic 1. |
| Records
are through games of Sun., March 13 |
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