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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.
Two-time defending NCAA champ South Carolina holds the No. 1
position for the first time in 2012. Previously, Florida State (four
times) and Florida has (eight times during the first 13 surveys)
have been No. 1, and ACC and SEC remain as the two conferences represented
atop the poll 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 21 circuits
and independents 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 (MAY 14) |
| 1. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
38-13 |
2-1 |
3 |
| 2. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
38-14 |
3-1 |
5 |
| 3. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
40-10 |
1-3 |
1 |
| 4. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
36-14 |
3-1 |
6 |
| 5. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
39-11 |
1-3 |
2 |
| 6. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
37-14 |
3-0 |
7 |
| 7. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
38-13 |
4-0 |
8 |
| 8. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
41-11 |
4-0 |
9 |
| 9. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
39-13 |
1-2 |
4 |
| 10. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
37-14 |
3-0 |
10 |
| 11. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
32-14 |
3-0 |
11 |
| 12. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
35-13 |
4-0 |
12 |
| 13. |
UCF |
Conference USA |
40-12 |
3-1 |
13 |
| 14. |
Purdue |
Big Ten |
39-10 |
4-1 |
14 |
| 15. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
32-15 |
2-1 |
15 |
| 16. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
36-13 |
3-1 |
17 |
| 17. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
33-15 |
3-0 |
19 |
| 18. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
35-17 |
1-2 |
16 |
| 19. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
34-15-1 |
3-1 |
21 |
| 20. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
32-17 |
2-2 |
18 |
| 21. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
32-18 |
2-1 |
20 |
| 22. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
32-17 |
3-0 |
23 |
| 23. |
Ole Miss |
Southeastern |
34-18 |
3-0 |
25 |
| 24. |
Louisville |
Big East |
35-17 |
2-2 |
22 |
| 25. |
TCU |
Mountain West |
32-16 |
3-0 |
26 |
| 26. |
San Diego |
West Coast |
38-13 |
2-2 |
24 |
| 27. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
29-18 |
2-0 |
28 |
| 28. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
33-19 |
3-0 |
- |
| 29. |
Sam Houston State |
Southland |
34-16 |
2-1 |
29 |
| 30. |
Utah Valley |
Great West |
39-11 |
4-0 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Appalachian State (36-12), Army (39-12), Clemson
(30-20), Coastal Carolina (34-16), College of Charleston
(34-17), Cornell (31-15-1), Dallas Baptist (36-16),
East Carolina (32-19-1), Georgia (29-22), Georgia
Tech (31-21), Indiana State (40-12), Mississippi
State (31-20), Missouri State (35-17), Pepperdine
(29-19), South Carolina-Upstate (33-15), St. John's
(32-19), Stetson (34-18), Stony Brook (39-11), Tulane
(35-17), UNC Wilmington (32-19) |
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Dropped out: Dallas Baptist (27), East Carolina
(30). |
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By conference: Pac-12 6, Southeastern 6,
Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 4, Conference USA 2, Big
East 1, Big West 1, Big Ten 1, Great West 1, Mountain
West 1, Southland 1, West Coast 1. |
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college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and
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