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June 12, 2012
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
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Gators enter College World Series at No. 1

FLORIDA TOPS NCBWA DIVISION I POLL

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, Florida State and two-time defending champ South Carolina have held the No. 1 NCBWA rankings in ’12. All eight NCAA Super Regional hosts were ranked among last week’s Top 30. The final NCBWA poll of 2012 will be released after the June 25/26 NCAA DI Baseball championship round at the CWS.

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 22 circuits or 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.

2012 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (JUNE 12)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Week	Pvs.
1.	Florida	Southeastern	47-18	5-0	1
2.	Florida State	Atlantic Coast	48-15	5-0	2
3.	UCLA	Pac-12	47-14	5-0	4
4.	South Carolina	Southeastern	45-17	5-0	5
5.	Arizona	Pac-12	43-17	5-0	9
6.	Arkansas	Southeastern	44-20	5-1	10
7.	Stony Brook	America East	52-13	6-2	18
8.	Baylor	Big 12	49-17	5-3	3
9.	Kent State	Mid-American	46-18	5-1	22
10.	LSU	Southeastern	47-18	4-2	6
11.	Oregon	Pac-12	46-19	4-2	8
12.	Stanford	Pac-12	41-18	3-2	7
13.	N.C. State	Atlantic Coast	43-20	4-3	11
14.	Oklahoma	Big 12	42-25	4-3	13
15.	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	46-16	2-2	12
16.	TCU	Mountain West	40-22	4-3	15
17.	St. John's	Big East	40-23	3-2	20
18.	Rice	Conference USA	41-19	1-2	14
19.	Texas A&M	Big 12	43-18	1-2	16
20.	Kentucky	Southeastern	45-18	2-2	17
21.	UCF	Conference USA	45-17	2-2	19
22.	Oregon State	Pac-12	40-20	2-2	21
23.	Purdue	Big Ten	45-14	1-2	23
24.	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	39-19-1	1-2	24
25.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	36-21	1-2	25
26.	Arizona State	Pac-12	36-20	0-0	26
27.	Vanderbilt	Soubtheastern	35-28	2-2	27
28.	Louisville	Big East	41-22	2-2	29
29.	Utah Valley	Great West	47-12	0-0	30
30.	Mississippi State	Southeastern	40-24	1-2	28
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Appalachian State (41-18), Army (41-15), Austin Peay State (40-24), Cal Poly (36-20), Clemson (35-28), Dallas Baptist (41-19), Georgia Tech (38-26), Miami (26-23), Ole Miss (37-26), Missouri State (40-22), New Mexico (37-24), Sam Houston State (40-22), Samford (41-23), San Diego (40-17).
Dropped out: None.
By conference: Southeastern 7, Pac-12 6, Atlantic Coast 4, Big 12 3, Big East 2, Conference USA 2, America East 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Great West 1, Mid-American 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.

2012 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):
• Preseason (Florida) • Feb. 20 (Florida) • Feb. 27 (Florida) • March 5 (Florida) • March 12 (Florida) • March 19 (Florida) • March 26 (Florida)	• April 2 (Florida) • April 9 (Florida State) • April 16 (Florida) • April 23 (Florida State) • April 30 (Florida State) • May 7 (Florida State)	• May 14 (South Carolina) • May 21 (Florida State) • May 28 (Florida) • June 5 (Florida) • June 12 (Florida) • June 26 (Arizona)

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