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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 2007 preseason predictions and weekly
surveys. Weekly polls will continue from Feb. 5 to June 26, following
the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.
The Rice Owls top the initial poll of the 2007 season,
which has representation by 11 different conferences among the 284
baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division I ranks. The SEC boasts
ten teams in the preseason poll to lead all conferences.
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2007 PRESEASON NCBWA TOP 35 POLL (JAN. 10) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
57-13 |
3 |
| 2. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
53-16 |
5 |
| 3. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
41-25 |
13 |
| 4. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
54-15 |
2 |
| 5. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
42-24 |
6 |
| 6. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
41-21 |
16 |
| 7. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
47-15 |
14 |
| 8. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
39-21 |
27 |
| 9. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
50-15 |
4 |
| 10. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
50-18 |
7 |
| 11. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
38-27 |
- |
| 12. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
42-17 |
19 |
| 13. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
44-22 |
11 |
| 14. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
37-21 |
28 |
| 15. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
44-21 |
22 |
| 16. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
43-21 |
21 |
| 17. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
50-16 |
1 |
| 18. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
46-22 |
- |
| 19. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
47-23 |
8 |
| 20. |
Pepperdine |
West Coast |
42-21 |
24 |
| 21. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
41-20 |
23 |
| 22. |
TCU |
Mountain West |
39-23 |
- |
| 23. |
UCLA |
Pacific-10 |
33-25 |
- |
| 24. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
33-27 |
18 |
| 25. |
Tennessee |
Southeastern |
31-24 |
- |
| 26. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
37-26 |
30 |
| 27. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
44-17 |
17 |
| 28. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
44-21 |
9 |
| 29. |
Evansville |
Missouri Valley |
43-22 |
29 |
| 30. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
45-22 |
10 |
| 31. |
Winthrop |
Big South |
46-18 |
26 |
| 32. |
USC |
Pacific-10 |
25-33 |
- |
| 33. |
Oral Roberts |
Mid-Continent |
41-16 |
15 |
| 34. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
35-24 |
- |
| 35. |
Mississippi
State |
Southeastern |
37-23 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Arizona (27-28), Auburn (22-34), California (26-28),
College of Charleston (46-17), Charlotte (35-20-1),
Elon (45-18), Florida (28-28), Fresno State (45-18),
Hawaii (45-17), Houston (39-22), Jacksonville (43-19),
Kansas (43-25), Kent State (38-19), Long Beach State
(29-27), Louisiana-Lafayette (39-20), Michigan (43-21),
Missouri (35-28), North Carolina State (40-23),
Notre Dame (45-17-1), Ohio State (37-21), Rhode
Island (34-16), San Diego State (23-36), San Francisco
(39-23), Southern Miss (39-23), St. John's (40-19),
Troy (47-16), UC Irvine (36-24), UC Riverside (29-25),
Wake Forest (33-22), Washington State (36-23), West
Virginia (36-22). |
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By conference: Southeastern 10, Atlantic
Coast 6, Big 12 5, Pacific-10 5, Conference USA
2, Missouri Valley 2, Big South 1, Big West 1, Mid-Continent
1, Mountain West 1, West Coast 1. |
Records are from the 2006 season; Previous rank
is from final 2006 poll
Note: The NCBWA ranked 30 teams in its poll last
season |
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