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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.
By taking two out of three games from Miami in a 4-1 overall week,
the North Carolina Tar Heels have assumed the top spot in the poll.
Carolina is the seventh different team to be ranked No. 1 by the NCBWA.
Rice moved back up to No. 2 with a perfect week, while the ACC still
boasts three of the nation's top six teams.
The SEC, with eight teams in the poll, has the most ranked teams of any
conference. Overall, this week's poll has representation by 12 different
conferences among the 284 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division
I ranks.
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NCBWA TOP 30 POLL (APRIL 10) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Overall |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
27-7 |
4-1 |
2 |
| 2. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
28-8 |
4-0 |
3 |
| 3. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
31-4 |
4-0 |
4 |
| 4. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
24-5 |
4-0 |
7 |
| 5. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
26-8 |
2-1 |
6 |
| 6. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
24-8 |
4-1 |
8 |
| 7. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
27-6 |
1-3 |
1 |
| 8. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
25-6 |
3-3 |
5 |
| 9. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
24-11 |
3-0 |
11 |
| 10. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
25-8 |
3-2 |
9 |
| 11. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
25-8 |
2-2 |
10 |
| 12. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
25-10 |
3-1 |
15 |
| 13. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
25-10 |
2-1 |
12 |
| 14. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
27-9 |
2-1 |
14 |
| 15. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
21-9 |
2-1 |
13 |
| 16. |
Old Dominion |
Colonial |
31-4 |
2-1 |
16 |
| 17. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
27-6 |
4-0 |
20 |
| 18. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
24-10 |
3-1 |
17 |
| 19. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
27-9 |
3-1 |
22 |
| 20. |
Winthrop |
Big South |
26-9 |
3-2 |
23 |
| 21. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
23-11 |
3-1 |
25 |
| 22. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
24-10 |
3-1 |
27 |
| 23. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
20-14 |
2-2 |
18 |
| 24. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
24-11 |
2-2 |
21 |
| 25. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
21-10 |
3-1 |
- |
| 26. |
Ohio State |
Big Ten |
19-7 |
4-1 |
- |
| 27. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
20-16 |
1-3 |
19 |
| 28. |
Notre Dame |
Big East |
22-8 |
5-0 |
- |
| 29. |
Miami, Fla. |
Atlantic Coast |
24-12 |
1-2 |
26 |
| 30. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
25-8 |
3-1 |
- |
| Others receiving
votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor (22-11), Charlotte
(22-10-1), Creighton (20-8), Houston (21-14), Jacksonville
(26-10), Kansas (22-13), Lamar (25-11), UNC Wilmington (25-9),
Purdue (17-9), Rhode Island (16-6), San Diego (22-12), USC
(20-14), Stanford (14-11), Tennessee (19-13), Troy (24-9),
Vanderbilt (21-11), Wake Forest (24-11), West Virginia (25-7) |
| Dropped out:
Tennessee (24), Vanderbilt (28), West Virginia (29), Wake Forest
(30) |
| By conference:
Southeastern 8, Atlantic Coast 7, Big 12 3, Conference USA 3,
Pacific-10 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 1,
Colonial 1, Missouri Valley 1, Southern 1 |
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