March 8, 2010
For Immediate Release
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LSU TOPS NCBWA POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 13th year with its 2010 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 22-June 29 following the 64th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., and final CWS competition at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.

The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 10 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2010 NCAA Division I ranks.

Rk. School Conference Record Week Pvs.
1. LSU Southeastern 11-0 4-0 1
2. Florida State Atlantic Coast 10-0 4-0 3
3. Arizona State Pacific-10 11-0 4-0 4
4. Virginia Atlantic Coast 9-2 3-1 2
5. Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 10-1 3-0 7
6. Texas Big 12 8-3 3-1 6
7. Florida Southeastern 7-2 2-2 5
8. TCU Mountain West 8-2 3-1 8
9. Clemson Atlantic Coast 9-1 3-1 9
10. Louisville Big East 11-0 4-0 11
11. North Carolina Atlantic Coast 10-1 4-0 12
12. Coastal Carolina Big South 10-1 3-0 13
13. Miami Atlantic Coast 7-3 2-2 10
14. Arkansas Southeastern 8-2 3-1 15
15. Rice Conference USA 7-5 4-1 16
16. UCLA Pacific-10 9-0 3-0 20
17. East Carolina Conference USA 7-3 3-0 19
18. Oregon State Pacific-10 7-3 2-1 18
19. Oklahoma Big 12 11-1 5-0 22
20. Ole Miss Southeastern 9-2 3-1 21
21. Vanderbilt Southeastern 10-1 4-0 25
22. UC Irvine Big West 6-5 2-2 14
23. Ohio State Big Ten 8-2 3-1 23
24. Kentucky Southeastern 9-1 3-1 27
25. Stanford Pacific-10 7-4 3-1 26
26. Cal State Fullerton Big West 4-6 2-2 17
27. Alabama Southeastern 8-1 3-1 28
28. South Carolina Southeastern 6-4 2-2 24
29. Texas A&M Big 12 9-2 4-0 -
30. N.C. State Atlantic Coast 10-1 4-0 -
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Appalachian State (9-0), Auburn (9-2), Belmont (10-1), College of Charleston (9-3), Connecticut (5-1), East Tennessee State (8-2), Florida International (8-2), Georgia (6-6), Houston (5-5), Kansas (7-3), Kansas State (9-2), Lamar (9-2), Liberty (9-0), Mississippi State (8-3), New Mexico (8-4), Oregon (9-5), Southeastern Louisiana (11-1), Southern Miss (7-4), St. John's (7-2), Washington State (9-1), Western Carolina (8-2), Western Kentucky (8-3), Wichita State (7-1).
Dropped out: Georgia (29), St. John's (30).
By conference: Southeastern 8, Atlantic Coast 7, Pacific-10 4, Big 12 3, Big West 2, Conference USA 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Mountain West 1.

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates and official votes in the Dick Howser Trophy, Regional Players of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors the Pro-Line Athletic Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please visit ncbwa.com.

2010 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):
Preseason (Texas)
Feb. 22 (LSU)
March 1 (LSU)
March 8 (LSU)
March 15 (Virginia)
March 22 (Virginia)
March 29 (Arizona State)
April 5 (Arizona State)
April 12 (Virginia)
April 19 (Arizona State)
April 26 (Texas)
May 3 (Texas)
May 10 (Texas)
May 17 (Texas)
May 24 (Texas)
May 31 (Virginia)
June 15 (Arizona State)
June 29 (South Carolina)