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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
has completed its eighth year of NCAA Division I polls with its final 2005
survey. Weekly polls ran from Feb. 7-June 27, 2005, following the NCAA World
Series in Omaha, Neb. The polls of the 2005 season have had representation
by 14 different conferences and top independents among the 283 baseball-playing
schools in the NCAA Division I ranks.
The Texas Longhorns, winners of the College World Series, top
the final poll. Florida, with its run to the championship series, finished
at No. 2. Tulane, No. 1 in the poll much of the season, dropped to No. 5.
In this final poll, the Southeastern Conference had the most schools represented
with seven, but the Big 12 can boast three of the top six with Baylor finishing
No. 4 and Nebraska ranked sixth.
| FINAL 2005 NCBWA TOP
35 POLL (JUNE 27, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
56-16 |
4 |
| 2. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
48-23 |
5 |
| 3. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
42-25 |
8 |
| 4. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
46-24 |
6 |
| 5. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
56-12 |
1 |
| 6. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
57-15 |
3 |
| 7. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
46-12 |
2 |
| 8. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
46-21 |
7 |
| 9. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
46-18 |
9 |
| 10. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
45-19 |
10 |
| 11. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
53-20 |
11 |
| 12. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
41-19-1 |
12 |
| 13. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
45-19 |
13 |
| 14. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
39-21 |
14 |
| 15. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
48-20 |
15 |
| 16. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
41-22 |
16 |
| 17. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
43-23 |
17 |
| 18. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
40-22 |
18 |
| 19. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
48-19 |
19 |
| 20. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
40-23 |
20 |
| 21. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
37-22 |
21 |
| 22. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
41-19 |
22 |
| 23. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
41-19-1 |
23 |
| 24. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
48-15 |
24 |
| 25. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
40-23 |
25 |
| 26. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
50-16 |
26 |
| 27. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
41-20 |
27 |
| 28. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
39-22 |
28 |
| 29. |
St. John's |
Big East |
41-18 |
29 |
| 30. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
41-21 |
30 |
| 31. |
Creighton |
Missouri Valley |
48-17 |
31 |
| 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, 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, 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 Sun., June 26 |
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