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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 took two of three from South Florida to
get back to No. 1 in the NCBWA poll. Texas, top-ranked for four straight
weeks, dropped a Tuesday game to Texas State before winning two of three
from Missouri and fell to No. 2. Cal State Fullerton stayed hot with its
third straight three-game weekend sweep, this one over UCSB. Nebraska
moved up to a season-high No. 4 as the Big 12 sports three of the
nation's top ten teams.
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NCBWA TOP 35 POLL (MAY 2, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
38-8 |
2 |
| 2. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
37-9 |
1 |
| 3. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
33-11 |
3 |
| 4. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
37-9 |
6 |
| 5. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
33-11-1 |
5 |
| 6. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
31-12 |
4 |
| 7. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
32-12 |
7 |
| 8. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
32-8 |
8 |
| 9. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
29-15 |
9 |
| 10. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
30-17 |
10 |
| 11. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
32-14 |
12 |
| 12. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
36-10-1 |
11 |
| 13. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
38-9 |
13 |
| 14. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
32-14 |
14 |
| 15. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
32-12 |
15 |
| 16. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
37-14 |
16 |
| 17. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
31-14 |
18 |
| 18. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
31-13 |
17 |
| 19. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
32-15 |
19 |
| 20. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
33-13 |
21 |
| 21. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
29-17 |
20 |
| 22. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
35-9 |
26 |
| 23. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
32-13 |
- |
| 24. |
UCF |
Atlantic Sun |
35-9 |
23 |
| 25. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
34-11 |
22 |
| 26. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
27-15 |
24 |
| 27. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
24-15 |
25 |
| 28. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
31-14 |
28 |
| 29. |
Creighton |
Missouri Valley |
34-10 |
30 |
| 30. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
28-11 |
34 |
| 31. |
Cal Poly |
Big West |
30-14 |
32 |
| 32. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
32-14 |
27 |
| 33. |
Northwestern State |
Southland |
34-15 |
t35 |
| 34. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
38-14 |
- |
| 35. |
San Francisco |
West Coast |
31-14 |
- |
| Others receiving
votes (listed alphabetically): Army, Auburn, Boston College,
Bowling Green, Brigham Young, Clemson, UC Irvine, George Washington,
Georgia, Georgia Southern, Hawai'i, Illinois, Indiana, Lamar, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi State, UNC Wilmington, Nevada, N.C. State, Oral
Roberts, Pepperdine, Rhode Island, St. John's, San Francisco, Stetson,
Texas A&M, Texas State, Troy, UAB, UNLV, Vanderbilt, Washington,
Winthrop. |
| Dropped out:
Oklahoma State (29), Mississippi State (31), Vanderbilt (33), Virginia (t35). |
| By conference:
Southeastern 7, Pacific-10 5, Atlantic Coast 4, Big 12 4, Conference
USA 3, Big West 3, Missouri Valley 2, Atlantic Sun 1, Big South
1, Southern 1, Southland 1, Sun Belt 1, Western Athletic 1, West
Coast 1. |
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Records are through games of Sun., May 1 |
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