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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 Texas Longhorns have rebounded from a three-game sweep at
the hands of Baylor at the start of Big 12 play to win five of their last
six and reclaim the No. 1 ranking in the NCBWA poll. Cal State Fullerton
and Tulane stayed put at second and third while Georgia Tech, last week's
top-ranked team, fell to No. 4. Florida, bolstered by a win at Florida State
and three-game sweep of Kentucky, rose six spots to a season-high No. 5
ranking.
| NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
(APRIL 4, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
26-5 |
4 |
| 2. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
21-7 |
2 |
| 3. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
25-5 |
3 |
| 4. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
23-6 |
1 |
| 5. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
23-7 |
11 |
| 6. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
24-5 |
9 |
| 7. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
21-8 |
5 |
| 8. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
25-3 |
8 |
| 9. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
24-5 |
10 |
| 10. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
29-7 |
6 |
| 11. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
17-9 |
12 |
| 12. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
21-10 |
- |
| 13. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
24-9 |
14 |
| 14. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
25-6 |
15 |
| 15. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
21-7 |
16 |
| 16. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
24-4 |
17 |
| 17. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
21-10 |
28 |
| 18. |
Auburn |
Southeastern |
21-10 |
31 |
| 19. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
21-10 |
22 |
| 20. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
23-5 |
24 |
| 21. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
22-6 |
7 |
| 22. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
22-10 |
25 |
| 23. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
23-4 |
26 |
| 24. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
19-11 |
27 |
| 25. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
17-7 |
13 |
| 26. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
23-7 |
23 |
| 27. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
22-5 |
- |
| 28. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
22-9 |
33 |
| 29. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
21-13 |
29 |
| 30. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
20-9 |
- |
| 31. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
18-10 |
32 |
| 32. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
19-10 |
30 |
| 33. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
21-9 |
35 |
| 20. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
23-9 |
22 |
| 35. |
Evansville |
Missouri Valley |
24-7 |
- |
| Others receiving votes
(listed alphabetically): Boston College, BYU, Charlotte, Clemson,
Creighton, UC Irvine, Bowling Green, Dallas Baptist, Georgia Southern,
Hawai'i, Lamar, Louisville, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern State,
Ohio State, Oral Roberts, Pepperdine, Rhode Island, San Francisco, Southern
California, Stetson, Texas State, UNLV, USF, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Winthrop |
| Dropped out: Michigan
(18), UCF (19), Oklahoma State (21), Georgia Southern (34). |
| By conference:
Southeastern 9, Big 12 6, Atlantic Coast 5, Pacific-10 4, Conference
USA 3, Big West 2, Missouri Valley 2, Big South 1, Southern 1, Sun Belt
1, Western Athletic 1. |
| Records
are through games of Sun., April 3 |
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