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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 final regular-season
poll has representation by 13 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 (FINAL REGULAR SEASON:
MAY 26) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Overall |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast
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47-8 |
4-0 |
2 |
| 2. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast
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48-10 |
2-1 |
4 |
| 3. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast
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46-12 |
1-2 |
1 |
| 4. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10
|
45-11 |
1-2 |
3 |
| 5. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
42-16 |
2-1 |
6 |
| 6. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
37-19 |
2-2 |
7 |
| 7. |
San Diego |
West Coast
|
41-15 |
2-0 |
8 |
| 8. |
Rice |
Conference USA
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42-13 |
0-2 |
5 |
| 9. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
38-16 |
2-1 |
9 |
| 10. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South
|
47-12 |
4-1 |
13 |
| 11. |
LSU |
Southeastern
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43-16-1 |
4-0 |
t16 |
| 12. |
Arizona |
Pacific-10
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38-17 |
3-1 |
15 |
| 13. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
40-14-1 |
1-2 |
10 |
| 14. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
43-16 |
1-2 |
11 |
| 15. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
38-19 |
1-2 |
12 |
| 16. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley
|
44-15 |
3-0 |
18 |
| 17. |
Georgia |
Southeastern
|
35-21-1 |
0-2 |
14 |
| 18. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
37-19 |
3-1 |
23 |
| 19. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
37-20 |
3-1 |
25 |
| 20. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10
|
33-21-2 |
2-2 |
20 |
| 21. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern
|
40-20 |
3-2 |
21 |
| 22. |
California |
Pacific-10
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33-19-2 |
1-2 |
t16 |
| 23. |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
45-12 |
3-0 |
24 |
| 24. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern
|
42-17 |
1-2 |
19 |
| 25. |
Oral Roberts |
Summit |
46-12 |
3-0 |
30 |
| 26. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern
|
38-21 |
1-2 |
22 |
| 27. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast
|
38-20 |
1-2 |
26 |
| 28. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast
|
39-19 |
1-2 |
27 |
| 29. |
Elon |
Southern |
43-16 |
4-0 |
- |
| 30. |
TCU |
Mountain West
|
43-17 |
4-1 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama (34-26), Bethune-Cookman (36-20), Charlotte
(43-14), Dallas Baptist (37-17), East Carolina (40-19),
Florida (34-22), Houston (39-22), Louisville (41-19),
Mississippi (37-24), New Orleans (42-19), North
Carolina-Wilmington (42-15-1), Pepperdine (36-19),
St. John's (41-14), Sam Houston State (37-23), Southern
Miss (40-20), UC Davis (34-22), Virginia (38-21). |
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Dropped out: East Carolina (t28), North Carolina-Wilmington
(t28). |
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By conference: Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 5,
Southeastern 5, Pacific-10 4, Big West 3, Big South
1, Big Ten 1, Conference USA 1, Missouri Valley
1, Mountain West 1, Southern 1, Summit 1, West Coast
1. |
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