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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.
Florida State returns atop the survey for the fourth time this
season and third week in succession. Florida has held the No. 1
post eight times during the first 12 surveys, and there have two
conferences represented at No. 1 in 2012.
The poll voters come from 42 college baseball writers and related
media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation
by 12 different conferences among the 291 baseball-playing schools
in the 2012 NCAA Division I ranks, and there have been 19 circuits
and independents in the surveys this season. Last year there also
were 16 different leagues (from 30 in NCAA Division I) among the
Top 30 polls.
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2012 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MAY 7) |
| 1. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
39-7 |
3-0 |
1 |
| 2. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
38-8 |
0-0 |
2 |
| 3. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
36-12 |
3-1 |
3 |
| 4. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
38-11 |
3-1 |
4 |
| 5. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
35-13 |
2-1 |
5 |
| 6. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
33-13 |
3-1 |
8 |
| 7. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
34-14 |
3-1 |
9 |
| 8. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
34-13 |
4-0 |
10 |
| 9. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
37-11 |
1-2 |
7 |
| 10. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
34-14 |
4-1 |
12 |
| 11. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
29-14 |
1-3 |
6 |
| 12. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
31-13 |
3-1 |
15 |
| 13. |
UCF |
Conference USA |
37-11 |
2-1 |
13 |
| 14. |
Purdue |
Big Ten |
35-9 |
1-2 |
11 |
| 15. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
30-14 |
4-0 |
17 |
| 16. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
34-15 |
3-2 |
14 |
| 17. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
33-12 |
3-0 |
20 |
| 18. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
30-15 |
2-1 |
21 |
| 19. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
30-15 |
1-2 |
16 |
| 20. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
30-17 |
3-1 |
19 |
| 21. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
31-14-1 |
1-0 |
22 |
| 22. |
Louisville |
Big East |
33-15 |
2-2 |
18 |
| 23. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
29-17 |
3-0 |
23 |
| 24. |
San Diego |
West Coast |
36-11 |
3-0 |
24 |
| 25. |
Ole Miss |
Southeastern |
31-18 |
3-2 |
26 |
| 26. |
TCU |
Mountain West |
29-16 |
3-1 |
29 |
| 27. |
Dallas Baptist |
Independent |
34-14 |
5-0 |
- |
| 28. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
27-18 |
2-2 |
27 |
| 29. |
Sam Houston State |
Southland |
32-15 |
1-3 |
25 |
| 30. |
East Carolina |
Conference USA |
31-16-1 |
3-0 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Appalachian State (34-11), Army (37-12), Clemson
(28-19), Coastal Carolina (32-14), Cornell (32-14),
Georgia (28-20), Indiana State (36-12), Mississippi
State (29-18), Missouri State (34-14), Oklahoma
(30-19), Pepperdine (26-18), South Carolina-Upstate
(32-14), Southeastern Louisiana (33-16), St. John's
(31-17), Stony Brook (36-11), Tulane (32-16), UC
Irvine (27-17), UNC Wilmington (29-18), Utah Valley
(35-11). |
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Dropped out: Appalachian State (28), Stony
Brook (30). |
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By conference: Pac-12 6, Southeastern 6,
Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 3, Conference USA 3, Big
East 1, Big West 1, Big Ten 1, Independent 1, Mountain
West 1, Southland 1, West Coast 1. |
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