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March 17, 2014
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
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SEC boasts three of top six teams, nine overall

FLORIDA STATE TOPS NCBWA DIVISION I POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 17th year with its 2014 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 17-June 26 (weekly through June 10) following the 68th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at TD Ameritade Park.

Florida State has become the fifth different school to be ranked in the top spot in the rankings in 2014. Cal State Fullerton (preseason No. 1), Oregon State (Feb. 17), Virginia (Feb. 24-March 3) and South Carolina (March 10) also held down the No. 1 positions in the first six 2014 surveys. Last season only five teams were No. 1 during the entire January-June NCBWA compilations. The 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 among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2014 NCAA Division I ranks, and 13 circuits have been rated this season. The rankings of 2012 had a NCBWA-poll record 22 different DI conferences and independents rated at least one week while 12 separate circuits had team rankings in '13.

NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 17)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Week	Pvs.
1.	Florida State	Atlantic Coast	17-2	5-0	2
2.	South Carolina	Southeastern	18-1	3-1	1
3.	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	15-3	4-0	3
4.	Oregon State	Pacific-12	18-3	4-0	4
5.	Vanderbilt	Southeastern	18-3	3-1	5
6.	LSU	Southeastern	17-4	3-2	6
7.	Louisville	American Athletic	15-4	5-0	10
8.	Louisiana	Sun Belt	17-2	4-0	11
9.	Oregon	Pacific-12	14-5	2-1	9
10.	Cal Poly	Big West	17-3	6-0	12
11.	N.C. State	Atlantic Coast	14-5	1-3	7
12.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	10-7	2-2	8
13.	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	14-5	4-1	13
14.	UCLA	Pacific-12	12-7	4-0	15
15.	Ole Miss	Southeastern	17-4	3-2	14
16.	Rice	Conference USA	15-6	5-0	18
17.	Clemson	Atlantic Coast	12-6	3-1	17
18.	Mississippi State	Southeastern	15-8	3-1	20
19.	Texas	Big 12	15-6	2-2	16
20.	Oklahoma State	Big 12	14-6	3-2	19
21.	Tennessee	Southeastern	17-2	3-1	26
22.	Sam Houston State	Southland	16-4	3-1	24
23.	Houston	American Athletic	15-3	4-0	30
24.	TCU	Big 12	12-7	3-1	27
25.	San Diego	West Coast	14-4	4-0	-
26.	Texas A&M	Southeastern	14-7	3-2	23
27.	Kentucky	Southeastern	14-6	1-3	21
28.	Alabama	Southeastern	12-6	3-1	-
29.	Texas Tech	Big 12	16-5	2-2	25
30.	Oklahoma	Big 12	15-5	4-0	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Auburn (13-7), College of Charleston (15-4), Dallas Baptist (15-4), Florida (13-7), Florida Atlantic (14-7), FIU (16-4), Georgia Tech (11-8), Indiana (9-8), Indiana State (14-2), Kansas (14-5), Liberty (14-7), Memphis (13-6), Miami (11-9), New Mexico (12-7-1), San Diego State (15-4), Seton Hall (12-3), South Florida (13-7), Tennessee Tech (17-4), Texas State (13-6), UAB (16-5), UC Santa Barbara (13-3), UNLV (13-5), VCU (16-3), Washington (12-5-1).
Dropped out: Miami (22), Indiana (28), FIU (29).
By conference: Southeastern 9, Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 5, Pacific-12 3, American 2, Big West 2, Conference USA 1, Southland 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast 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 Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests.

2014 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):
• Preseason (Cal State Fullerton) • Feb. 17 (Oregon State) • Feb. 24 (Virginia) • March 3 (Virginia) • March 10 (South Carolina) • March 17 (Florida State)	• March 24 (Virginia) • March 31 (Virginia) • April 7 (Virginia) • April 14 (Virginia) • April 21 (Virginia) • April 28 (Virginia)	• May 5 (Oregon State) • May 12 (Oregon State) • May 19 (Oregon State) • May 26 (Louisiana) • June 3 (Louisiana) • June 26 (Vanderbilt)

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