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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.
The Rice Owls kept rolling through Conference USA with another
unbeaten week (4-0) to retain the top spot in the NCBWA poll. Three ACC
teams - Clemson, North Carolina and Virginia - also had perfect weeks to
give the league three of the top five slots in the rankings. Cal State Fullerton
kept pace at No. 3 with a 3-1 week.
The ACC, seven 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 (MAY 22) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Overall |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
46-10 |
4-0 |
1 |
| 2. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
43-13 |
4-0 |
2 |
| 3. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
39-13 |
3-1 |
3 |
| 4. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
45-11 |
4-0 |
5 |
| 5. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
45-11 |
4-0 |
6 |
| t6. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
39-17 |
3-0 |
10 |
| t6. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
38-13 |
3-0 |
9 |
| 8. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
42-13 |
2-2 |
8 |
| 9. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
42-14 |
3-1 |
7 |
| 10. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
38-18 |
0-3 |
4 |
| t11. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
39-14 |
2-2 |
11 |
| t11. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
39-17 |
2-1 |
13 |
| 13. |
Houston |
Conference USA |
36-19 |
1-0 |
14 |
| 14. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
39-17 |
2-1 |
18 |
| 15. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
38-17 |
3-1 |
23 |
| 16. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
33-19 |
1-2 |
12 |
| 17. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
38-17 |
3-0 |
17 |
| 18. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
39-15 |
3-1 |
24 |
| 19. |
Notre Dame |
Big East |
41-14-1 |
3-1 |
19 |
| 20. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
39-17 |
2-2 |
15 |
| 21. |
Winthrop |
Big South |
42-14 |
1-2 |
16 |
| t22. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
36-20 |
3-1 |
30 |
| t22. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
43-18 |
3-0 |
25 |
| 24. |
Miami, Fla. |
Atlantic Coast |
35-19 |
1-2 |
t20 |
| 25. |
Pepperdine |
West Coast |
38-18 |
2-0 |
- |
| 26. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
36-20 |
2-2 |
22 |
| 27. |
Elon |
Southern |
42-14 |
3-1 |
29 |
| 28. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
39-15 |
1-3 |
t20 |
| 29. |
Hawaii |
Western Athletic |
40-13 |
3-1 |
- |
| 30. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
35-19 |
1-2 |
27 |
| Others receiving
votes (listed alphabetically): Connecticut (38-16-1), Fresno
State (39-16), Jacksonville (41-15), Kansas (38-23), Kent State
(35-17), Louisiana-Lafayette (37-18), Michigan (38-18), Ohio State
(35-19), Old Dominion (39-15), Rhode Island (34-14), San Francisco
(37-19), Southern Mississippi (37-19), Troy (41-14), UCLA (30-22),
Vanderbilt (33-23), Wake Forest (33-20) |
| Dropped out:
Old Dominion (26), Wake Forest (28) |
| By conference:
Atlantic Coast 7, Southeastern 6, Big 12 4, Conference USA 3, Pacific-10
2, Southern 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big West 1, Missouri Valley
1, Western Athletic 1, West Coast 1 |
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