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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 Tulane Green Wave completed an unbeaten week with a three-game
sweep of East Carolina and Texas dropped three straight to Baylor to open
Big 12 play to cause a change at the top of the poll. While Tulane moved
up to No. 1, Cal State Fullerton took two of three from Arizona to assume
the No. 2 ranking. LSU moved up three spots to No. 3, and Georgia Tech and
Arkansas round out the top five.
There were five new entries in the Top 35 this week, including San Francisco
from the West Coast Conference. Three of the five teams that dropped out
are from the SEC, leaving the league with seven ranked schools, still tops
among all conferences.
| NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
(MARCH 21, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
19-3 |
4 |
| 2. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
17-4 |
3 |
| 3. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
17-4 |
6 |
| 4. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
16-2 |
5 |
| 5. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
18-2 |
7 |
| 6. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
21-4 |
1 |
| 7. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
17-3 |
2 |
| 8. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
24-4 |
13 |
| 9. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
20-5 |
11 |
| 10. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
15-5 |
10 |
| 11. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
12-7 |
14 |
| 12. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
15-7 |
27 |
| 13. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
17-4 |
17 |
| 14. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
16-3 |
25 |
| 15. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
17-7 |
12 |
| 16. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
16-9 |
15 |
| 17. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
19-4 |
16 |
| 18. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
13-3 |
18 |
| 19. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
18-2 |
20 |
| 20. |
UCF |
Atlantic Sun |
23-4 |
26 |
| 21. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
17-3 |
28 |
| 22. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
19-5 |
21 |
| 23. |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
11-3 |
22 |
| 24. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
16-4 |
- |
| 25. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
17-6 |
33 |
| 26. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
14-7 |
24 |
| 27. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
13-6 |
23 |
| 28. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
14-3 |
30 |
| 29. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
15-8 |
8 |
| 30. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
17-7 |
29 |
| 31. |
UAB |
Conference USA |
15-5 |
- |
| 32. |
Washington |
Pacific-10 |
13-8 |
- |
| 33. |
Florida Atlantic |
Atlantic Sun |
14-7 |
- |
| 34. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
18-5 |
35 |
| 35. |
San Francisco |
West Coast |
16-7 |
- |
| Others receiving votes
(listed alphabetically): Arizona State, Auburn, Boston College,
Clemson, UC Irvine, Bowling Green, Dallas Baptist, East Carolina, Evansville,
Florida, Hawai'i, Lamar, Louisville, Minnesota, Missouri, N.C. State,
Northwestern State, Ohio State, Oral Roberts, Pepperdine, Rhode Island,
St. John's, Southern Miss, Stetson, Texas State, UNLV, USF, Vanderbilt,
Virginia, Winthrop |
| Dropped out: Florida
(9), Georgia (19), Southern Miss (31), Vanderbilt (32), East Carolina
(34). |
| By conference:
Southeastern 7, Big 12 6, Pacific-10 5, Atlantic Coast 4, Conference
USA 3, Atlantic Sun 2, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Missouri
Valley 1, Southern 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast 1, Western Athletic 1.
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| Records
are through games of Sun., March 20 |
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