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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division
I polls for the 15th year with its 2012 weekly surveys. Polls
will be circulated from Feb. 20-June 28, following the 66th
annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at the second-year TD
Ameritade Stadium.
To date, Florida has held the No. 1 NCBWA ranking in all four
'12 polls. In fact, the first nine positions this week are the
same as the Feb. 27 compilations.
The poll voters come from 42 college baseball writers and
related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's
poll has representation by nine different conferences among the
291 baseball-playing schools in the 2012 NCAA Division I ranks,
and there have been 11 circuits in the surveys this season. Last
year there were 16 different leagues (from 30 in NCAA Division
I) among the Top 30 polls.
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2012 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 5) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
10-1 |
3-0 |
1 |
| 2. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
10-1 |
3-1 |
2 |
| 3. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
9-1 |
3-1 |
3 |
| 4. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
11-1 |
3-1 |
4 |
| 5. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
11-1 |
5-0 |
5 |
| 6. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
8-2 |
3-1 |
6 |
| 7. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
11-2 |
4-1 |
7 |
| 8. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
9-1 |
3-0 |
8 |
| 9. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
10-2 |
4-0 |
9 |
| 10. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
8-2 |
3-1 |
11 |
| 11. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
8-3 |
5-0 |
15 |
| 12. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
8-2 |
3-0 |
14 |
| 13. |
Georgia |
Southeastern |
10-2 |
3-2 |
12 |
| 14. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
8-3 |
1-3 |
10 |
| 15. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
10-2 |
5-0 |
16 |
| 16. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
7-3 |
3-1 |
17 |
| 17. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
5-4 |
1-2 |
13 |
| 18. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
10-1 |
3-0 |
23 |
| 19. |
Ole Miss |
Southeastern |
9-2 |
4-1 |
22 |
| 20. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
8-3 |
4-0 |
25 |
| 21. |
UCF |
Conference USA |
10-2 |
5-0 |
26 |
| 22. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
8-4 |
3-1 |
24 |
| 23. |
Louisville |
Big East |
8-3 |
2-2 |
19 |
| 24. |
California |
Pac-12 |
8-2 |
4-0 |
28 |
| 25. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
4-7 |
2-2 |
18 |
| 26. |
TCU |
Mountain West |
4-6 |
2-2 |
21 |
| 27. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
6-4-1 |
1-3 |
20 |
| 28. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
9-4 |
3-2 |
27 |
| 29. |
Gonzaga |
West Coast |
10-0 |
3-0 |
- |
| 30. |
Maryland |
Atlantic Coast |
9-1 |
4-0 |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Appalachian State (9-2), Boston College (6-3), Cal
Poly (9-3), College of Charleston (7-3), East Carolina
(8-2), FIU (4-5), Hawaii (9-4), Kentucky (11-0),
Liberty (12-1), Mississippi State (10-2), Missouri
State (9-3), Pepperdine (8-4), Purdue (8-1), Southeastern
Louisiana (9-2), Southern California (8-3), Southern
Miss (8-4), Stetson (9-2), Stony Brook (4-3), Texas
State (8-3), Texas Tech (9-3), Tulane (10-2), UC
Irvine (6-5), Vanderbilt (4-7),
Virginia Tech (11-2), Washington (9-3). |
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Dropped out: USC (29), UC Irvine (30). |
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By conference: Atlantic Coast 7, Pac-12 7,
Southeastern 6, Big 12 4, Conference USA 2, Big
East 1, Big West 1, Mountain West 1, West Coast
1. |
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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
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the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests.
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