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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division
I polls for the 16th year with its 2013 weekly surveys. Polls will
be circulated from Feb. 18-June 27 (weekly through June 11) following
the 67th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at TD Ameritade
Park.
North Carolina, which had been No. 1 for 10 consecutive weeks
after Arkansas was preseason No. 1, was nudged out of the top spot
for the first time in the 2013 regular season this week by Vanderbilt
(39-6 overall to start the week). Those three schools are the only
ones to have held down the No. 1 position throughout the 2013 surveys.
The NCBWA poll voters come from 44 college baseball writers and
related media persons from throughout the nation.
The current poll has representation by 10 different conferences
(17 total for the season) among the 298 baseball-playing schools
in the 2013 NCAA Division I ranks. The surveys 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 (APRIL 29) |
| 1. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
39-6 |
4-0 |
4 |
| 2. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
41-4 |
2-2 |
1 |
| 3. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
36-7 |
2-1 |
3 |
| 4. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
39-6 |
2-2 |
2 |
| 5. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
34-8 |
4-0 |
6 |
| 6. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
33-10 |
4-0 |
7 |
| 7. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
38-8 |
3-2 |
5 |
| 8. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
35-9 |
4-0 |
9 |
| 9. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
33-12 |
2-2 |
11 |
| 10. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
34-11 |
2-1 |
13 |
| 11. |
Louisville |
Big East |
33-10 |
3-1 |
12 |
| 12. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
27-13 |
2-2 |
8 |
| 13. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
33-11 |
2-1 |
14 |
| 14. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
28-12-1 |
4-0 |
16 |
| 15. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
33-13 |
1-3 |
10 |
| 16. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
29-15 |
2-0 |
15 |
| 17. |
Indiana |
Big Ten |
34-8 |
5-0 |
17 |
| 18. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
28-14 |
0-0 |
20 |
| 19. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
28-12 |
3-1 |
22 |
| 20. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
32-11 |
5-0 |
24 |
| 21. |
Ole Miss |
Southeastern |
31-14 |
2-2 |
18 |
| 22. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
28-14 |
3-0 |
27 |
| 23. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
28-16 |
1-3 |
19 |
| 24. |
Mercer |
Atlantic Sun |
36-12 |
4-1 |
26 |
| 25. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
30-14 |
3-1 |
29 |
| 26. |
Kentucky |
Southeastern |
26-17 |
2-2 |
25 |
| 27. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
23-15 |
1-3 |
21 |
| 28. |
Cal Poly |
Big West |
28-13 |
2-2 |
23 |
| 29. |
Notre Dame |
Big East |
26-16 |
4-1 |
28 |
| 30. |
South Alabama |
Sun Belt |
34-12 |
5-0 |
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| Others receiving votes (listed
alphabetically): Alabama (27-18), Austin Peay
(32-13), CSU Bakersfield (29-16), Campbell (37-8),
Central Arkansas (31-11), Creighton (24-10), Dartmouth
(31-7), Florida (25-20), Gonzaga (28-14-1), Kansas
State (31-14), Lamar (33-11), Louisiana (31-14),
Miami (29-18), Michigan State (24-13), New Mexico
(27-16), North Florida (32-12), Ohio State (28-13),
Pittsburgh (32-10), San Diego State (22-21), Seton
Hall (26-16), South Florida (29-15), Southern Miss
(24-19), Troy (32-12), UNC Wilmington (32-13), Virginia
Tech (27-18), West Virginia (27-18). |
| Dropped out: UNC
Wilmington (30). |
| By conference: Southeastern
7, Atlantic Coast 6, Pac-12 6, Big West 3, Big 12
2, Big East 2, Atlantic Sun 1, Big Ten 1, Conference
USA 1, Sun Belt 1. |
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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.
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