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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The North Carolina Tar Heels
have moved into the top spot in the latest National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Division I Poll. The Tar Heels were 2-0
last week and moved up one spot, replacing preseason No. 1 Arkansas.
The NCBWA continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls with
its 2013 preseason predictions and weekly surveys. Weekly polls
will continue through June 11, with the final poll following the
67th annual 2013 NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at three-year-old
TD Ameritrade Park. The poll voters come from 51 college baseball
writers and related media persons from throughout the nation.
The current poll has representation by seven different conferences
among the 298 baseball-playing schools in the 2013 NCAA Division
I ranks. The polls of 2012 had a NCBWA-poll record 22 different
DI conferences and independents rated at least one week.
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2013 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (FEB. 18) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
2-0 |
2-0 |
2 |
| 2. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
3-0 |
3-0 |
3 |
| 3. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
2-1 |
2-1 |
1 |
| 4. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
2-1 |
2-1 |
4 |
| 5. |
Oregon |
Pacific-12 |
3-0 |
3-0 |
8 |
| 6. |
UCLA |
Pacific-12 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
5 |
| 7. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
2-1 |
2-1 |
6 |
| 8. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-12 |
3-0 |
3-0 |
10 |
| 9. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
3-0 |
3-0 |
11 |
| 10. |
Arizona |
Pacific-12 |
3-0 |
3-0 |
14 |
| 11. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
2-0 |
2-0 |
12 |
| 12. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
2-1 |
2-1 |
18 |
| 13. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
4-0 |
4-0 |
16 |
| 14. |
Stanford |
Pacific-12 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
7 |
| 15. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
4-0 |
4-0 |
17 |
| 16. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
0-1 |
0-1 |
9 |
| 17. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
2-1 |
2-1 |
15 |
| 18. |
Ole Miss |
Southeastern |
3-0 |
3-0 |
25 |
| 19. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
4-0 |
4-0 |
23 |
| 20. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
3-0 |
3-0 |
21 |
| 21. |
Louisville |
Big East |
2-1 |
2-1 |
19 |
| 22. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-12 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
22 |
| 23. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
3-0 |
3-0 |
29 |
| 24. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
0-3 |
0-3 |
13 |
| 25. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
2-0 |
2-0 |
30 |
| 26. |
Texas A&M |
Southeastern |
2-1 |
2-1 |
24 |
| 27. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
3-0 |
3-0 |
23 |
| 28. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
3-0 |
3-0 |
32 |
| 29. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
26 |
| 30. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
2-1 |
2-1 |
28 |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Appalachian State (1-0), Baylor (0-3), Cal Poly
(3-0), California (3-0), Coastal Carolina (2-0),
Creighton (3-0), Florida Atlantic (3-0), FIU (3-0),
Georgia Southern (2-1), Mercer (3-0), New Mexico
(1-2), Notre Dame (2-1), Oklahoma State (2-1), Pepperdine
(4-0), Pittsburgh (3-0), Sam Houston State (1-2),
San Diego (0-3), San Diego State (3-0), South Carolina-Upstate
(1-0), Southeastern Louisiana (3-0), Saint Louis
(2-1), Texas Tech (4-0), Tulane (2-1), UT Arlington
(3-0), Virginia Tech (4-0). |
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Dropped out: San Diego (20), Baylor
(27). |
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By conference: Southeastern 9, Atlantic Coast
7, Pac-12 6, Big 12 3, Conference USA 2, Big West
2, Big East 1. |
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college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and
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