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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.
With a 6-0 week, Clemson jumped over Cal State Fullerton and North
Carolina to No. 2. While Rice retained its top ranking for the fifth
straight week, UNC, Virginia and Georgia Tech give the ACC four ranked
teams among the top seven.
The ACC, with eight teams in the poll, has the most ranked teams of any
conference. Overall, this week's poll has representation by 11 different
conferences among the 284 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division
I ranks.
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NCBWA TOP 30 POLL (MAY 15) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Overall |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
42-10 |
3-1 |
1 |
| 2. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
39-13 |
6-0 |
4 |
| 3. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
36-12 |
1-0 |
3 |
| 4. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
38-15 |
2-0 |
5 |
| 5. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
41-11 |
2-3 |
2 |
| 6. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
41-11 |
2-1 |
9 |
| 7. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
39-13 |
3-1 |
8 |
| 8. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
40-11 |
3-0 |
14 |
| 9. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
35-13 |
1-2 |
6 |
| 10. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
36-17 |
2-1 |
11 |
| 11. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
37-12 |
1-4 |
7 |
| 12. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
32-17 |
2-1 |
18 |
| 13. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
37-16 |
3-0 |
17 |
| 14. |
Houston |
Conference USA |
35-19 |
1-2 |
15 |
| 15. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
37-15 |
0-3 |
12 |
| 16. |
Winthrop |
Big South |
41-12 |
4-0 |
21 |
| 17. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
35-17 |
1-2 |
10 |
| 18. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
37-16 |
0-3 |
13 |
| 19. |
Notre Dame |
Big East |
38-13-1 |
1-2 |
16 |
| t20. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
38-12 |
5-1 |
24 |
| t20. |
Miami, Fla. |
Atlantic Coast |
34-17 |
2-1 |
23 |
| 22. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
34-18 |
2-2 |
19 |
| 23. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
35-16 |
4-0 |
30 |
| 24. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
36-14 |
3-1 |
28 |
| 25. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
40-18 |
4-1 |
29 |
| 26. |
Old Dominion |
Colonial |
38-12 |
1-3 |
20 |
| 27. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
34-17 |
1-2 |
22 |
| 28. |
Wake Forest |
Atlantic Coast |
33-17 |
2-2 |
27 |
| 29. |
Elon |
Southern |
39-13 |
0-0 |
- |
| 30. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
33-19 |
2-1 |
- |
| Others receiving
votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor (33-19), Connecticut
(33-16-1), Hawaii (37-12), Jacksonville (38-15), Kansas (35-23),
Kent State (33-16), LSU (33-19), Mississippi State (33-19), UNC
Wilmington (36-17), Pepperdine (36-18), Rhode Island (31-12),
Southern Miss (34-19), St. John's (36-15), Texas Tech (31-20-1),
Troy (38-14), UCLA (27-21) |
| Dropped out:
Louisiana State (25), Mississippi State (26) |
| By conference:
Atlantic Coast 8, Southeastern 6, Big 12 4, Conference USA 3,
Pacific-10 2, Southern 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big West 1,
Colonial 1, Missouri Valley 1 |
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