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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.
After a week at No. 3, Florida State (43-12) returned to the
top of the poll. South Carolina, the two-time defending NCAA
champion, dropped to No. 5. The Southeastern Conference, with
seven ranked teams, including four of the Top 12, leads all
conferences. The Pac-12 has six teams in the poll this week.
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 297 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 21) |
| 1. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
43-12 |
3-2 |
3 |
| 2. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
40-16 |
2-2 |
2 |
| 3. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
42-12 |
3-1 |
5 |
| 4. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
39-15 |
3-1 |
4 |
| 5. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
39-15 |
1-2 |
1 |
| 6. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
41-14 |
4-0 |
6 |
| 7. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
42-14 |
3-1 |
9 |
| 8. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
42-13 |
4-0 |
7 |
| 9. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
41-14 |
4-0 |
10 |
| 10. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
38-14 |
3-1 |
12 |
| 11. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
36-14 |
4-0 |
11 |
| 12. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
41-15 |
0-4 |
8 |
| 13. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
36-16 |
3-1 |
17 |
| 14. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
39-17 |
4-0 |
18 |
| 15. |
Purdue |
Big Ten |
41-12 |
2-2 |
14 |
| 16. |
UCF |
Conference USA |
41-14 |
1-2 |
13 |
| 17. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
38-15 |
2-2 |
16 |
| 18. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
36-16-1 |
2-1 |
19 |
| 19. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
33-18 |
1-3 |
15 |
| 20. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
35-18 |
3-1 |
20 |
| 21. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
34-19 |
2-1 |
21 |
| 22. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
35-18 |
3-1 |
22 |
| 23. |
Louisville |
Big East |
38-18 |
3-1 |
24 |
| 24. |
TCU |
Mountain West |
35-17 |
3-1 |
25 |
| 25. |
San Diego |
West Coast |
39-13 |
1-0 |
26 |
| 26. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
34-21 |
3-1 |
- |
| 27. |
Utah Valley |
Great West |
43-12 |
4-1 |
30 |
| 28. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
35-21 |
2-2 |
28 |
| 29. |
Ole Miss |
Southeastern |
34-22 |
0-4 |
23 |
| 30. |
Stony Brook |
America East |
43-11 |
4-0 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Appalachian State (38-14), Army (40-13), Cal Poly
(33-20), Campbell (40-16), Clemson (32-24), Coastal
Carolina (37-17), College of Charleston (37-18),
Dallas Baptist (39-17), East Carolina (34-20-1),
Indiana State (41-15), Kent State (37-17), Missouri
State (37-18), New Mexico (33-22), New Mexico State
(35-20), Pepperdine (32-20), Sam Houston State (36-18),
Saint Louis (40-16), Texas (30-20), Tulane (37-18),
UNC Wilmington (35-20), Vanderbilt (29-25). |
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Dropped out: Texas (27), Sam Houston State
(29). |
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By conference: Southeastern 7, Pac-12 6,
Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 3, Conference USA 2, America
East 1, Big East 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Great
West 1, Mountain West 1, West Coast 1. |
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