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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.
Florida State won three of its four games this week – including
two of three vs. Virginia Tech – to improve to 21-2 and vault to the top
of the NCBWA Top 30. The Seminoles, among three ACC teams in the top five,
are the fifth different team to sit atop the poll this season. North Carolina
moved up to No. 2, while Georgia Tech, No. 1 a week ago, fell to No. 5.
The ACC, with seven total teams in the poll, joins the SEC with the most
ranked teams of any conference. Overall, this week's poll has representation
by ten different conferences among the 284 baseball-playing schools in the
NCAA Division I ranks.
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NCBWA TOP 30 POLL (MARCH 20) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Overall |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
21-2 |
3-1 |
2 |
| 2. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
17-3 |
4-1 |
3 |
| 3. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
15-2 |
4-0 |
t5 |
| 4. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
18-6 |
3-1 |
4 |
| 5. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
18-3 |
2-2 |
1 |
| 6. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
15-0 |
4-0 |
8 |
| 7. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
17-3 |
4-1 |
12 |
| 8. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
17-3 |
1-2 |
7 |
| 9. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
17-6 |
3-0 |
16 |
| 10. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
17-7 |
3-1 |
t13 |
| 11. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
11-6 |
1-3 |
t5 |
| 12. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
20-3 |
3-1 |
17 |
| 13. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
17-5 |
1-2 |
10 |
| 14. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
21-5 |
3-1 |
19 |
| 15. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
12-7 |
1-2 |
11 |
| 16. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
14-5 |
1-3 |
9 |
| 17. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
18-7 |
1-2 |
t13 |
| 18. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
14-8 |
2-2 |
t13 |
| t19. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
18-5 |
2-1 |
21 |
| t19. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
15-10 |
2-1 |
18 |
| 21. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
21-6 |
5-0 |
22 |
| 22. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
16-5 |
3-1 |
20 |
| 23. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
11-7 |
0-0 |
23 |
| 24. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
14-6 |
2-2 |
t24 |
| t25. |
Winthrop |
Big South |
18-5 |
3-1 |
27 |
| t25. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
19-4 |
4-0 |
- |
| 27. |
Kansas State |
Big 12 |
16-1 |
4-0 |
- |
| 28. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
17-4 |
5-0 |
- |
| 29. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
14-4 |
3-2 |
26 |
| 30. |
Old Dominion |
Colonial |
22-3 |
5-0 |
- |
| Others receiving
votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (16-7), Cal Poly (15-8),
Charlotte (15-7), Creighton (15-3), Fresno State (19-8), Hawaii
(18-8), Jacksonville (19-6), James Madison (16-4), Kansas (16-8),
Kentucky (17-4), Mississippi (12-8), Missouri (13-7), Pepperdine
(14-11), San Diego (15-10), USC (14-11), Wake Forest (17-5), West
Virginia (15-3) |
| Dropped out:
Long Beach State (t24), Pepperdine (28), Mississippi (29), Hawaii
(30) |
| By conference:
Atlantic Coast 7, Southeastern 7, Big 12 5, Conference USA 3, Pacific-10
3, Big South 1, Big West 1, Colonial 1, Missouri Valley 1, Southern
1 |
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