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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 is the top seed in the 2005 NCAA Baseball
Tournament and the No. 1 team in the NCBWA poll for the fifth straight week.
The Wave takes its 50 wins into the tournament after rain forced a share
of the C-USA tournament title with TCU. Oregon State is headed to the NCAA
tournament for the first time since 1986 and the Pac-10 champs are ranked
second behind Tulane this week. Cal State Fullerton dropped to No. 3 and
Nebraska, off its Big 12 tourney title, moved up to No. 4. Texas rounds
out the top five.
| NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
(MAY 30, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
50-9 |
1 |
| 2. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
41-9 |
4 |
| 3. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
41-15 |
2 |
| 4. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
51-13 |
5 |
| 5. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
45-14 |
3 |
| 6. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
40-20 |
7 |
| 7. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
42-16 |
11 |
| 8. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
37-19 |
6 |
| 9. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
39-21 |
8 |
| 10. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
50-18 |
9 |
| 11. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
38-15-1 |
10 |
| 12. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
38-20 |
12 |
| 13. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
47-17 |
13 |
| 14. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
36-20 |
14 |
| 15. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
41-17 |
16 |
| 16. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
38-21 |
15 |
| 17. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
40-17 |
18 |
| 18. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
40-17-1 |
17 |
| 19. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
41-19 |
19 |
| 20. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
47-13 |
20 |
| 21. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
44-18 |
21 |
| 22. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
39-21 |
22 |
| 23. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
34-22 |
23 |
| 24. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
48-14 |
24 |
| 25. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
40-18 |
28 |
| 26. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
37-19 |
27 |
| 27. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
37-20 |
25 |
| 28. |
St. John's |
Big East |
39-16 |
26 |
| 29. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
41-19 |
29 |
| 30. |
Creighton |
Missouri Valley |
46-15 |
30 |
| 31. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
39-21 |
31 |
| 32. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
49-22 |
- |
| 33. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
40-20 |
- |
| 34. |
Ohio State |
Big Ten |
39-18 |
- |
| 35. |
Northwestern State |
Southland |
40-18 |
33 |
Others receiving votes
(listed alphabetically): Army, Auburn, Austin Peay,
Boston College, Bowling Green, California, UC Irvine, East Carolina,
Florida Atlantic, Furman, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Hawai'i, Illinois,
Kansas, Lamar, Maine, Marist, Southern (B.R.), Miami (Ohio), Michigan,
Minnesota, Nevada, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts,
Pepperdine, Rhode Island, San Francisco, South Alabama, South Carolina,
Stanford, Stetson, Texas State, Texas Tech, Troy, UCF, UNLV, Vanderbilt,
Virginia, Washington, Wichita State, Winthrop. |
| Dropped out: Cal
Poly (32), UCF (34), San Francisco (35). |
| By conference:
Southeastern 7, Atlantic Coast 6, Big 12 4, Pacific-10 4, Conference
USA 3, Big West 2, Missouri Valley 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten
1, Southern 1, Southland 1, Sun Belt 1, Western Athletic 1. |
| Records
are through games of Sun., May 29 |
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