March 31, 2014
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VIRGINIA 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.

Virginia (four weeks, current), Florida State (March 17), South Carolina (March 10), Cal State Fullerton (preseason No. 1), and Oregon State (Feb. 17), already have held down the No. 1 position in the poll after eight weeks of surveys in 2014. This equals last season’s five total teams at 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 eight different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2014 NCAA Division I ranks, and 14 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.

Rk. School Conference Record Week Pvs.
1. Virginia Atlantic Coast 23-4 5-0 1
2. South Carolina Southeastern 24-3 5-0 4
3. Florida State Atlantic Coast 22-5 3-1 2
4. Louisiana Sun Belt 26-3 4-1 5
5. Vanderbilt Southeastern 23-6 3-1 6
6. Cal Poly Big West 23-4 4-0 9
7. Oregon State Pacific-12 21-6 2-1 8
8. Louisville American Athletic 21-6 4-0 10
9. Oregon Pacific-12 19-8 2-3 7
10. LSU Southeastern 20-8-1 0-4 3
11. Texas Big 12 22-7 3-1 16
12. Houston American Athletic 22-5 3-1 17
13. Mississippi State Southeastern 20-10 3-1 15
14. Rice Conference USA 21-9 2-3 13
15. Clemson Atlantic Coast 17-9 3-0 20
16. Cal State Fullerton Big West 14-10 1-2 11
17. UCLA Pacific-12 16-10 2-2 14
18. Ole Miss Southeastern 21-8 0-4 12
19. Florida Southeastern 19-9 4-0 -
20. Oklahoma State Big 12 19-9 3-1 24
21. Alabama Southeastern 19-8 4-0 30
22. Kentucky Southeastern 19-9 2-2 21
23. UC Santa Barbara Big West 19-5 2-2 26
24. Washington Pacific-12 20-5-1 4-0 -
25. N.C. State Atlantic Coast 15-11 1-3 18
26. Texas Tech Big 12 22-9 3-2 27
27. Miami Atlantic Coast 17-12 4-1 -
28. Tennessee Southeastern 19-7 0-3 23
29. Oklahoma Big 12 20-9 2-2 28
30. North Carolina Atlantic Coast 15-12 0-4 19
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama State (24-8), Arizona State (15-11), Arkansas (17-10), Auburn (19-10), Dallas Baptist (20-7), Duke (17-12), East Carolina (17-11), FIU (22-6), Indiana (15-10), Kansas (18-10), Liberty (21-7), Maryland (16-8), Mercer (22-7), New Mexico (19-9-1), Pepperdine (20-7), Pittsburgh (15-11), Sacramento State (16-11), Sam Houston State (19-10), San Diego (18-9), San Diego State (21-7), Seton Hall (18-5), South Florida (17-10), TCU (15-12), Tennessee Tech (23-6), Texas A&M (18-11), UAB (19-9), UC Irvine (18-9), UCF (17-12), UNLV (19-8), VCU (20-4), West Virginia (15-8).
Dropped out: Texas A&M (22), Auburn (25), FIU (29).
By conference: Southeastern 9, Atlantic Coast 6, Big 12 4, Pacific-12 4, Big West 3, American 2, Conference USA 1, Sun Belt 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)