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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 swept a weekend series from Memphis to retain
the top ranking in the NCBWA Top 35 Poll. Cal State Fullerton, headed to
the White House on Friday as the defending national champions, won two of
three from Cal Poly to move up to No. 2. Nebraska took two of three from
Missouri to jump over Texas to No. 3. The Huskers will play Creighton at
Omaha's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium on Tuesday. Texas fell to No. 4 after
losing two of three at Kansas, while Miami stayed put at No. 5.
| NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
(MAY 9, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
42-8 |
1 |
| 2. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
36-12 |
3 |
| 3. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
39-10 |
4 |
| 4. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
39-11 |
2 |
| 5. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
36-11-1 |
5 |
| 6. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
34-13 |
7 |
| 7. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
36-8 |
8 |
| 8. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
32-15 |
9 |
| 9. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
30-17 |
10 |
| 10. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
32-15 |
6 |
| 11. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
36-10-1 |
12 |
| 12. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
41-11 |
13 |
| 13. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
41-14 |
16 |
| 14. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
34-16 |
14 |
| 15. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
33-16 |
11 |
| 16. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
33-16 |
17 |
| 17. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
32-16 |
15 |
| 18. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
32-15 |
19 |
| 19. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
35-14 |
32 |
| 20. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
35-14 |
20 |
| 21. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
32-16 |
18 |
| 22. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
29-18 |
21 |
| 23. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
35-9 |
22 |
| 24. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
35-15 |
23 |
| 25. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
37-11 |
25 |
| 26. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
27-15 |
26 |
| 27. |
UCF |
Atlantic Sun |
37-13 |
24 |
| 28. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
27-16 |
27 |
| 29. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
34-15 |
28 |
| 30. |
Creighton |
Missouri Valley |
36-12 |
29 |
| 31. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
34-15 |
30 |
| 32. |
Cal Poly |
Big West |
31-16 |
31 |
| 33. |
Northwestern State |
Southland |
34-15 |
33 |
| 34. |
St. John's |
Big East |
33-13 |
- |
| 35. |
San Francisco |
West Coast |
34-14 |
35 |
Others receiving votes
(listed alphabetically): Army, Auburn, Boston College,
Bowling Green, Brigham Young, California, Clemson, UC Irvine, East Carolina,
George Washington, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Hawai'i, Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas, Lamar, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi State,
UNC Wilmington, Nevada, N.C. State, Oral Roberts, Pepperdine, Rhode
Island, Stetson, Texas A&M, Texas State, Troy, UAB, UNLV, Vanderbilt,
Virginia, Washington, Wichita State, Winthrop. |
| Dropped out: Wichita
State (34). |
| By conference:
Southeastern 7, Pacific-10 5, Atlantic Coast 4, Big 12 4, Conference
USA 3, Big West 3, Atlantic Sun 1, Big East 1, Big South 1, Missouri
Valley 1, Southern 1, Southland 1, Sun Belt 1, Western Athletic 1, West
Coast 1. |
| Records
are through games of Sun., May 8 |
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