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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 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will
continue from Feb. 5 to June 26, following the NCAA World Series
in Omaha, Neb.
The Vanderbilt Commodores make it three straight weeks
in the top spot in the poll, which has representation by 10 different
conferences among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division
I ranks. The ACC and SEC each still boast seven teams in the poll
to lead all conferences.
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NCBWA POLL (MARCH 5) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Overall |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
14-0 |
4-0 |
1 |
| 2. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
10-1 |
2-0 |
2 |
| 3. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
11-1 |
4-1 |
3 |
| 4. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
17-0 |
4-0 |
5 |
| 5. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
14-1 |
4-0 |
8 |
| 6. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
12-5 |
3-1 |
9 |
| 7. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
7-3 |
1-2 |
4 |
| 8. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
13-3 |
2-1 |
7 |
| 9. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
11-6 |
2-2 |
6 |
| 10. |
Pepperdine |
West Coast |
13-4 |
3-1 |
12 |
| 11. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
12-6 |
3-0 |
14 |
| 12. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
12-5 |
2-2 |
10 |
| 13. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
12-2 |
4-0 |
t16 |
| 14. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
9-5 |
3-0 |
15 |
| 15. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
10-5 |
1-2 |
11 |
| 16. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
9-4 |
3-1 |
18 |
| 17. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
12-0 |
5-0 |
21 |
| 18. |
Auburn |
Southeastern |
13-2 |
3-1 |
23 |
| 19. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
8-4 |
0-0 |
19 |
| 20. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
10-3 |
4-0 |
24 |
| 21. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
15-1 |
4-0 |
30 |
| 22. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
5-4 |
0-2 |
13 |
| 23. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
10-4 |
2-2 |
t16 |
| 24. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
12-2 |
3-1 |
26 |
| 25. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
13-5 |
2-2 |
20 |
| 26. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
10-2 |
3-1 |
- |
| 27. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
10-3 |
2-2 |
25 |
| 28. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
9-4 |
4-0 |
27 |
| 29. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
8-6 |
2-2 |
22 |
| 30. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
11-1 |
4-0 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Charlotte (10-3), Duke (13-1), Florida Atlantic
(12-3), Kansas State (9-2), Lipscomb (11-5), Louisiana-Lafayette
(11-2), Michigan (5-2), Mississippi State (6-1),
San Diego (12-8), South Alabama (10-4), USC (13-7),
Stetson (10-3), TCU (10-4), Texas Tech (12-5), UC
Irvine (12-4-1), UCLA (7-7), Winthrop (10-7). |
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Dropped out: Florida Atlantic (28), Louisiana-Lafayette
(29). |
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By conference: Atlantic Coast 7, Southeastern
7, Big 12 4, Conference USA 3, Pacific-10 3, Big
West 2, Big South 1, Missouri Valley 1, Southern
1, West Coast 1. |
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