DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association continued its tradition of NCAA Division
I polls for the 16th year with its 2013 weekly surveys. This season's
polls have been circulated from Feb. 18-June 26 following the 67th
annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., as UCLA captured its first
NCAA baseball title.
This is the final poll of the 2013 season, and champ UCLA topped
Southeastern Conference power Mississippi State 2-0 in games on
June 24-25 to win its NCAA-record 109th men's or women's team championship.
MSU was vying for its inaugural NCAA crown. The Bruins also became
the first non-SEC or Atlantic Coast Conference member to hold down
the No. 1 position in '13 compilations.
Arkansas (preseason), North Carolina (next 10 surveys), Vanderbilt
(April 29-May 20), and LSU (May 27-June 4) were No. 1 during 2013.
UNC was the No. 1 seed in NCAA pairings and tied for third in the
College World Series with Oregon State.
The poll voters come from 44 college baseball writers and related
media persons from throughout the nation. The final poll has representation
by 12 different conferences among the 298 baseball-playing schools
in the 2013 NCAA Division I ranks, and 18 circuits were ranked in
at least one NCBWA Top 30/35.
The preseason 2014 NCBWA DI Top 35 poll will be released in January
2014 after the pre-'14 NCBWA All-America team is denoted in December
2013.
FINAL 2013 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (JUNE 26) |
1. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
49-17 |
11 |
2. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
51-20 |
9 |
3. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
59-12 |
4 |
4. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
52-13 |
5 |
5. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
50-16 |
8 |
6. |
LSU |
SEC |
57-11 |
1 |
7. |
Indiana |
Big Ten |
49-16 |
12 |
8. |
Louisville |
Big East |
51-14 |
13 |
9. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
54-12 |
2 |
10. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
51-10 |
3 |
11. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
50-12 |
6 |
12. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
47-17 |
10 |
13. |
South Carolina |
SEC |
43-20 |
16 |
14. |
Kansas State |
Big 12 |
45-19 |
14 |
15. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
44-20 |
15 |
16. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
43-21 |
19 |
17. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
48-16 |
7 |
18. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
39-22 |
17 |
19. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
41-19 |
18 |
20. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
37-22-1 |
20 |
21. |
Virginia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
40-22 |
26 |
22. |
Florida Atlantic |
Sun Belt |
42-22 |
24 |
23. |
Austin Peay |
Ohio Valley |
47-15 |
25 |
24. |
Cal Poly |
Big West |
40-19 |
21 |
25. |
Central Arkansas |
Southland |
42-22 |
27 |
26. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
38-24 |
22 |
27. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
37-27 |
29 |
28. |
Campbell |
Big South |
49-10 |
23 |
29. |
Clemson |
Atlantic Coast |
40-22 |
24 |
30. |
South Alabama |
Sun Belt |
43-20 |
30 |
Others receiving votes (listed
alphabetically): Arizona (34-21), Bryant (45-18-1),
Coastal Carolina (37-23), Elon (34-30), Illinois
(35-20), Illinois State (39-19), Kentucky (30-25),
Liberty (36-29), Louisiana (43-20), Mercer (43-18),
New Mexico (37-22), Notre Dame (34-24), Sam Houston
State (38-22), San Diego (37-25), Seton Hall (37-19),
Saint Louis (41-21), Texas A&M (34-29), Troy
(42-20), UC Irvine (33-22), UC Santa Barbara (35-25),
William & Mary (39-24). |
Dropped out: None. |
By conference: Atlantic Coast
7, Southeastern 6, Pac-12 4, Big 12 3, Big West
2, SBC 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Conference
USA 1, Ohio Valley 1, Southland 1. |
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