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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls
for the 11th year with its 2008 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will
be circulated from Feb. 25-June 30 following the NCAA World Series
in Omaha, Neb.
The poll voters come from 30 college baseball writers and related
media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation
by nine different conferences among the 298 baseball-playing schools
in the 2008 NCAA Division I ranks.
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NCBWA DIVISION I TOP 30 POLL (MARCH 17) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Overall |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
17-0 |
5-0 |
1 |
| 2. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10 |
12-2 |
2-1 |
2 |
| 3. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
14-3 |
4-1 |
3 |
| 4. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
13-2 |
4-1 |
5 |
| 5. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
16-1 |
4-1 |
6 |
| 6. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
12-4 |
4-1 |
9 |
| 7. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
12-3 |
3-1 |
7 |
| 8. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
11-5 |
3-3 |
4 |
| 9. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
14-1 |
4-0 |
11 |
| 10. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
12-5 |
3-1 |
10 |
| 11. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
13-2 |
4-0 |
14 |
| 12. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
18-0 |
7-0 |
17 |
| 13. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
12-6 |
4-1 |
13 |
| 14. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
13-5 |
3-2 |
8 |
| 15. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
11-3 |
4-0 |
15 |
| 16. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
13-4 |
3-3 |
12 |
| 17. |
UCLA |
Pacific-10 |
10-5 |
3-1 |
19 |
| 18. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
15-2 |
3-1 |
20 |
| 19. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
15-4 |
4-1 |
23 |
| 20. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
14-4 |
3-2 |
16 |
| 21. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
10-6 |
3-2 |
18 |
| 22. |
San Diego |
West Coast |
12-7 |
5-0 |
27 |
| 23. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
9-7 |
1-3 |
21 |
| 24. |
California |
Pacific-10 |
13-2-1 |
4-1 |
30 |
| 25. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
7-6 |
2-1 |
26 |
| 26. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
11-5 |
2-2 |
25 |
| 27. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
8-4 |
0-0 |
29 |
| 28. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
13-4 |
1-3 |
22 |
| 29. |
Pepperdine |
West Coast |
13-5 |
3-2 |
28 |
| 30. |
UCF |
Conference USA |
16-1 |
5-0 |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Arkansas (12-5), Bethune-Cookman (10-6), Charlotte
(14-2), Duke (16-3), East Carolina (13-4), Elon
(17-2), Florida (14-3), Georgia (8-7), Houston (12-6),
Jacksonville (13-3), Louisville (9-5), Michigan
(8-6), Nebraska (14-2), N.C. State (10-5), North
Carolina-Wilmington (13-4), Oklahoma (15-5), Oral
Roberts (11-4), Sam Houston State (12-6), Southern
Miss (10-6), St. John's (12-4), St. Mary's (10-4),
Tennessee (12-4), Texas-San Antonio (12-5), Tulane
(13-5), Washington State (13-5), William & Mary
(15-4) |
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Dropped out: Arkansas (24). |
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By conference: Atlantic Coast 6, Pacific-10
6, Big 12 5, Southeastern 4, Big West 3, Conference
USA 2, West Coast 2, Big South 1, Missouri Valley
1. |
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