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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of
NCAA Division I polls for the 18th year with its 2015 weekly surveys.
Polls will be circulated from Feb. 16-June 25 (weekly through June
10) following the 69th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.,
at TD Ameritade Park.
Vanderbilt (preseason No. 1) and Virginia (Feb. 16) have held
down the No. 1 position in the initial two 2015 surveys and were
the two NCAA finalists at the 2014 CWS. The poll voters come from
44 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout
the nation.
The current survey has representation by 10 different
conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2015
NCAA Division I ranks. The rankings of 2012 had a NCBWA-poll
record 22 different DI conferences and independents rated at
least one week while 19 separate circuits had team rankings in
'14.
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2015 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (FEB. 16) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
3-0 |
3-0 |
2 |
| 2. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
3-0 |
3-0 |
3 |
| 3. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
2-1 |
2-1 |
1 |
| 4. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
3-0 |
3-0 |
4 |
| 5. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
3-0 |
3-0 |
5 |
| 6. |
Houston |
American Athletic |
3-0 |
3-0 |
7 |
| 7. |
UCLA |
Pacific-12 |
3-0 |
3-0 |
9 |
| 8. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
4-0 |
4-0 |
12 |
| 9. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
2-2 |
2-2 |
6 |
| 10. |
Louisville |
Atlantic Coast |
2-1 |
2-1 |
10 |
| 11. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
4-0 |
4-0 |
13 |
| 12. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
2-1 |
2-1 |
11 |
| 13. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
3-0 |
3-0 |
14 |
| 14. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
2-2 |
2-2 |
15 |
| 15. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
3-0 |
3-0 |
16 |
| 16. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
8 |
| 17. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-12 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
21 |
| 18. |
Oregon |
Pacific-12 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
17 |
| 19. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
3-0 |
3-0 |
20 |
| 20. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
4-0 |
4-0 |
22 |
| 21. |
Ole Miss |
Southeastern |
2-1 |
2-1 |
19 |
| 22. |
Texas A&M |
Southeastern |
3-0 |
3-0 |
25 |
| 23. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
3-0 |
3-0 |
28 |
| 24. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
1-2 |
1-2 |
18 |
| 25. |
Kennesaw State |
Atlantic Sun |
2-1 |
2-1 |
26 |
| 26. |
UCF |
American Athletic |
3-0 |
3-0 |
34 |
| 27. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
3-0 |
3-0 |
- |
| 28. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
3-0 |
3-0 |
- |
| 29. |
Indiana |
Big Ten |
2-1 |
2-1 |
- |
| 30. |
Liberty |
Big South |
2-1 |
2-1 |
30 |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Arizona (3-0), Cal Poly (0-3), Central Michigan
(3-1), Clemson (1-2), College of Charleston (1-2),
Creighton (3-0), Dallas Baptist (3-0), Elon (3-0),
Florida Atlantic (3-0), FIU (2-1), Fresno State
(3-0), Georgia Tech (2-1), Illinois (4-0), Kentucky
(2-0), Loyola Marymount (3-0), Morehead State (3-1),
Notre Dame (3-1), Oregon State (2-1), Sam Houston
State (2-1), San Diego State (3-0), South Florida
(2-1), Stanford (1-2), Tennessee (1-2), Tulane (2-1),
UAB (3-0), UC Irvine (3-0), UC Santa Barbara (3-0),
UNLV (2-1), Washington (3-0), West Virginia (2-1). |
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Dropped out: Cal Poly (23), Clemson (27),
Tennessee (29). |
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By conference: SEC 9, ACC 5, Big 12 5, Pac-12
3, American Athletic 2, Big Ten 2, Atlantic Sun
1, Big South 1, Big West 1, Conference USA 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 Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the
Year, and publication and writing contests.
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