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. This is the final poll of the 2006 season.

The Oregon State Beavers won two straight from North Carolina after dropping Game 1 to win the best-of-3 championship series and the national championship at the College World Series. After coming through the losers' bracket by shutting out Rice in consecutive games, OSU trailed 5-0 in Game 2 to Carolina, but rallied to win, 11-7, and force a deciding Game 3. Monday night, the Beavers broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning and held on for a 3-2 win to claim the school's first national title.

The ACC, SEC and Big 12, with six teams in the poll, finished with the most ranked teams of any conference. Overall, this final poll had representation by 11 different conferences among the 284 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division I ranks.

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