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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, the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament,
cruised into the NCAA Super Regionals along with each of the other top seven
teams that remain unchanged in the NCBWA rankings. Tennessee, vaulted eight
spots from No. 19 to No. 11 by advancing and USC moved up 11 spots to No.
15 with its regional win. No team dropped from the rankings this week.
| NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
(JUNE 7, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
53-9 |
1 |
| 2. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
44-9 |
2 |
| 3. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
45-16 |
3 |
| 4. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
54-13 |
4 |
| 5. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
49-15 |
5 |
| 6. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
43-20 |
6 |
| 7. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
45-17 |
7 |
| 8. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
42-21 |
9 |
| 9. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
53-18 |
10 |
| 10. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
41-17-1 |
11 |
| 11. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
44-19 |
19 |
| 12. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
39-21 |
8 |
| 13. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
44-17 |
15 |
| 14. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
47-18 |
21 |
| 15. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
37-19 |
26 |
| 16. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
40-22 |
12 |
| 17. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
37-22 |
23 |
| 18. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
42-21 |
31 |
| 19. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
48-19 |
13 |
| 20. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
40-23 |
16 |
| 21. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
37-22 |
14 |
| 22. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
41-19 |
17 |
| 23. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
41-19-1 |
18 |
| 24. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
48-15 |
20 |
| 25. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
40-23 |
22 |
| 26. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
50-16 |
24 |
| 27. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
41-20 |
25 |
| 28. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
39-22 |
27 |
| 29. |
St. John's |
Big East |
41-18 |
28 |
| 30. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
41-21 |
29 |
| 31. |
Creighton |
Missouri Valley |
48-17 |
30 |
| 32. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
51-24 |
32 |
| 33. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
42-22 |
33 |
| 34. |
Ohio State |
Big Ten |
40-20 |
34 |
| 35. |
Northwestern State |
Southland |
41-20 |
35 |
| 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, Michigan, 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: None. |
| 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 Mon., June 6 |
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