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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, March
2, 9) 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 9) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
12-1 |
2-1 |
1 |
| 2. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
10-2 |
3-1 |
2 |
| 3. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
15-1 |
5-0 |
4 |
| 4. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
14-2 |
4-1 |
3 |
| 5. |
Oregon |
Pacific-12 |
13-2 |
3-0 |
8 |
| 6. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
11-4 |
2-2 |
5 |
| 7. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
12-3 |
5-1 |
10 |
| 8. |
Texas A&M |
Southeastern |
16-0 |
4-0 |
14 |
| 9. |
UCLA |
Pacific-12 |
11-4 |
1-3 |
6 |
| 10. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
11-6 |
3-1 |
11 |
| 11. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
10-4 |
4-1 |
16 |
| 12. |
UCF |
American Athletic |
14-2 |
4-1 |
18 |
| 13. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
10-4 |
1-3 |
7 |
| 14. |
USC |
Pacific-12 |
15-1 |
3-1 |
23 |
| 15. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
14-3 |
1-3 |
9 |
| 16. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
10-6 |
2-2 |
13 |
| 17. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
13-3 |
5-0 |
22 |
| 18. |
Louisville |
Atlantic Coast |
10-5 |
3-1 |
19 |
| 19. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
10-6 |
2-2 |
15 |
| 20. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-12 |
9-5 |
2-1 |
21 |
| 21. |
Houston |
American Athletic |
9-7 |
1-3 |
12 |
| 22. |
Florida Atlantic |
Conference USA |
14-2 |
5-0 |
25 |
| 23. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
11-4 |
3-1 |
26 |
| 24. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
8-6 |
1-2 |
17 |
| 25. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
8-4 |
1-2 |
20 |
| 26. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
10-2 |
4-1 |
29 |
| 27. |
Arizona |
Pacific-12 |
15-4 |
5-0 |
- |
| 28. |
San Diego State |
Mountain West |
13-3 |
2-2 |
27 |
| 29. |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
11-3-1 |
3-1 |
- |
| 30. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-12 |
13-3 |
5-0 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama (9-6), Arkansas (9-3), Auburn (13-3), Cal
State Fullerton (9-5), Cal State Northridge (11-4),
California (12-3), Campbell (13-2), Clemson (8-6),
Georgia Southern (11-5), Georgia Tech (11-4), Kennesaw
State (8-5), Louisiana-Lafayette (10-5), Milwaukee
(8-3), Nevada (13-2), Ole Miss (8-6), San Diego
(6-7), Stanford (9-8), Tulane (12-4), UNC Wilmington
(9-4), Washington State (11-5). |
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Dropped out: Ole Miss (24), Alabama (28),
Tulane (30). |
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By conference: Pac-12 6, Southeastern 6,
Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 4, American Athletic 2,
Big Ten 2, Conference USA 2, 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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