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March 6, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
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ACC now boasts four of the top five behind Owls

RICE TOPS NCBWA TOP 30 POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the ninth year with its 2006 preseason predictions and weekly surveys. Weekly polls will continue through June 27, following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The Rice Owls took two of three from Cal State Fullerton to stay in the top spot in the poll. Rice is the third team this season to occupy the No. 1 ranking. The Owls are getting set to try to avenge an earlier loss to Texas when they host the Longhorns Tuesday night.

Georgia tech scored 48 runs in the three-game sweep of Rutgers to move up to No. 2. Florida State also had a perfect week, including a win over rival Florida, to rise to No. 5. No. 3 North Carolina and fourth-ranked Clemson give the ACC four of the top five teams. The ACC, along with the SEC, has seven teams in the poll.

Overall, this week's poll has representation by nine different conferences among the 284 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division I ranks.

NCBWA TOP 30 POLL (MARCH 6)
Rk.	School	Conference	Overall	Week	Pvs.
1.	Rice	Conference USA	13-3	3-1	1
2.	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	13-0	3-0	3
3.	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	10-1	3-1	2
4.	Clemson	Atlantic Coast	7-2	2-1	4
5.	Florida State	Atlantic Coast	14-1	4-0	6
6.	Nebraska	Big 12	8-2	3-0	7
7.	Arkansas	Southeastern	13-1	4-1	8
8.	Tennessee	Southeastern	11-2	4-0	10
9.	Tulane	Conference USA	10-4	2-1	9
10.	Oregon State	Pacific-10	9-4	3-0	12
11.	LSU	Southeastern	13-2	3-1	14
12.	Mississippi State	Southeastern	6-0	3-0	18
13.	Florida	Southeastern	9-6	1-3	5
14.	Arizona State	Pacific-10	14-5	4-0	21
15.	South Carolina	Southeastern	9-2	1-1	19
16.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	10-6	2-2	13
17.	Stanford	Pacific-10	10-5	1-1	17
18.	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	13-2	4-0	24
19.	Texas	Big 12	10-8	1-2	11
20.	Long Beach State	Big West	10-7	1-3	15
21.	Texas A&M	Big 12	13-2	3-1	-
22.	N.C. State	Atlantic Coast	13-4	1-3	16
23.	Mississippi	Southeastern	8-3	2-2	22
24.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	9-3	3-1	28
25.	Miami (Fla.)	Atlantic Coast	12-6	3-0	29
26.	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-4	3-1	30
27.	Baylor	Big 12	9-3	3-1	-
28.	Pepperdine	West Coast	9-9	1-3	20
29.	Winthrop	Big South	12-4	2-2	23
30.	Wake Forest	Atlantic Coast	10-3	4-0	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (12-3), Arizona (10-5), Cal Poly (12-6), Charleston (10-3), Charlotte (11-2), Georgia (7-2), Hawaii (13-6), Jacksonville (12-3), Kansas (13-4), San Diego (8-8), Virginia (12-2), Washington (12-4)
Dropped out: Georgia (25), Hawaii (26), San Diego (27)
By conference: Atlantic Coast 7, Southeastern 7, Big 12 5, Conference USA 3, Pacific-10 3, Big West 2, Big South 1, Missouri Valley 1, West Coast 1

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2006 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):
• Preseason (Texas) • Feb. 6 (Florida) • Feb. 13 (Florida) • Feb. 20 (Florida) • Feb. 27 (Rice) • March 6 (Rice) • March 13 (Georgia Tech)	• March 20 (Florida State) • March 27 (Florida State) • April 3 (South Carolina) • April 10 (North Carolina) • April 17 (Rice) • April 24 (Rice) • May 1 (Rice)	• May 8 (Rice) • May 15 (Rice) • May 22 (Rice) • May 29 (Rice) • June 6 (Rice) • June 13 (Rice)

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