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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, 23 and March
2) have held down the No. 1 position in the initial three 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. There have been 12 conferences with Top 30 rated teams
in 2015. The rankings of 2012 had a NCBWA-poll record 22 different
Division I 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 (MARCH 2) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
10-0 |
3-0 |
1 |
| 2. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
7-1 |
1-0 |
2 |
| 3. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
10-1 |
4-0 |
3 |
| 4. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
10-1 |
4-0 |
4 |
| 5. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
9-2 |
5-0 |
5 |
| 6. |
UCLA |
Pacific-12 |
10-1 |
4-0 |
7 |
| 7. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
9-1 |
1-0 |
9 |
| 8. |
Oregon |
Pacific-12 |
10-2 |
3-1 |
12 |
| 9. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
13-0 |
5-0 |
15 |
| 10. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
7-2 |
1-1 |
10 |
| 11. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
8-5 |
3-2 |
11 |
| 12. |
Houston |
American Athletic |
8-4 |
2-3 |
6 |
| 13. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
8-4 |
1-2 |
8 |
| 14. |
Texas A&M |
Southeastern |
12-0 |
5-0 |
19 |
| 15. |
Miami, Florida |
Atlantic Coast |
8-4 |
3-1 |
13 |
| 16. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
6-3 |
2-1 |
14 |
| 17. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
7-4 |
3-1 |
16 |
| 18. |
UCF |
American Athletic |
10-1 |
3-1 |
21 |
| 19. |
Louisville |
Atlantic Coast |
7-4 |
4-1 |
17 |
| 20. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
7-2 |
2-1 |
18 |
| 21. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-12 |
7-4 |
3-1 |
20 |
| 22. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
8-3 |
4-0 |
22 |
| 23. |
USC |
Pacific-12 |
12-0 |
4-0 |
- |
| 24. |
Ole Miss |
Southeastern |
6-4 |
2-2 |
23 |
| 25. |
Florida Atlantic |
Conference USA |
9-2 |
3-1 |
30 |
| 26. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
8-3 |
2-2 |
26 |
| 27. |
San Diego State |
Mountain West |
11-1 |
4-0 |
- |
| 28. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
7-4 |
3-2 |
25 |
| 29. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
6-1 |
0-0 |
29 |
| 30. |
Tulane |
American Athletic |
10-2 |
4-1 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Arizona (10-4), Arkansas (4-2), Arkansas State (7-3),
Auburn (9-3), Baylor (6-5), Cal State Northridge
(11-3), California (7-3), Clemson (6-3), Coastal
Carolina (7-3), Columbia (2-2), Georgia Southern
(8-4), Georgia Tech (8-3), Illinois (8-2-1), Kennesaw
State (6-4), Long Beach State (8-3), Oregon State
(8-3), San Diego (4-6), Stanford (6-6), UAB (8-2). |
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Dropped out: Kennesaw State (24), Illinois
(27), Baylor (28). |
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By conference: Southeastern 8, Atlantic Coast
5, Big 12 4, Pac-12 4, American Athletic 3, Conference
USA 2, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Missouri Valley 1,
Mountain West 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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