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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.
Texas A&M has become the fifth different school to nail down
No. 1 with this week’s voting. Vanderbilt (preseason No. 1, March
30-April 6), Virginia (Feb. 16-23-March 2-9), TCU (March 16), and
LSU (March 23) previously have held the top positions in the initial
2015 surveys. The poll voters come from 42 college baseball writers
and related media persons from throughout the nation.
The current survey has representation by 11 different conferences
among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2015 NCAA Division
I ranks. There have been 13 conferences with Top 30 rated teams
in 2015. 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 (APRIL 13) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Texas A&M |
Southeastern |
33-3 |
3-1 |
2 |
| 2. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
31-6 |
4-1 |
3 |
| 3. |
UCLA |
Pacific-12 |
25-7 |
2-1 |
4 |
| 4. |
Louisville |
Atlantic Coast |
27-8 |
3-1 |
6 |
| 5. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
28-9 |
1-3 |
1 |
| 6. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
28-9 |
4-0 |
10 |
| 7. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
26-8 |
3-2 |
5 |
| 8. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-12 |
23-9 |
2-1 |
9 |
| 9. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
28-9 |
4-0 |
11 |
| 10. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
26-8 |
3-1 |
14 |
| 11. |
USC |
Pacific-12 |
26-9 |
1-3 |
7 |
| 12. |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
28-6-1 |
4-0 |
18 |
| 13. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
26-12 |
1-4 |
8 |
| 14. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
24-11 |
2-2 |
13 |
| 15. |
Florida Atlantic |
Conference USA |
28-8 |
2-2 |
17 |
| 16. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
23-15 |
1-3 |
12 |
| 17. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
26-7 |
2-2 |
19 |
| 18. |
UCF |
American Athletic |
25-12 |
2-2 |
16 |
| 19. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
22-14 |
3-1 |
23 |
| 20. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
25-9 |
2-1 |
24 |
| 21. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
21-14 |
2-3 |
15 |
| 22. |
College of Charleston |
Colonial |
24-8 |
3-1 |
26 |
| 23. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
24-10 |
2-3 |
21 |
| 24. |
Nebraska |
Big Ten |
26-11 |
3-1 |
30 |
| 25. |
Houston |
American Athletic |
23-13 |
2-2 |
22 |
| 26. |
Missouri State |
Missouri Valley |
24-8 |
4-0 |
- |
| 27. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
23-14 |
2-3 |
20 |
| 28. |
Iowa |
Big Ten |
23-9 |
2-2 |
29 |
| 29. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
24-12 |
3-1 |
- |
| 30. |
Missouri |
Southeastern |
24-12 |
2-1 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama State (23-11), Bradley (22-9), California
(22-11), Columbia (19-11), Connecticut (22-13),
Creighton (20-9), Indiana (21-11), Liberty (23-13),
Long Beach State (19-12), Memphis (22-10), Mississippi
State (22-16), Nevada (27-9), North Carolina (22-14),
North Florida (27-12), Notre Dame (24-10), Ohio
State (23-9), Oklahoma (24-14), Oregon (21-16),
Radford (23-12), San Diego (21-13), San Diego State
(26-11), South Florida (24-12-1), Southeastern Louisiana
(26-11), Texas (19-17), UC Irvine (21-11), UNC Wilmington
(25-8). |
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Dropped out: Texas (25), Nevada (27), San
Diego State (28). |
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By conference: Southeastern 6, Atlantic Coast
5, Big Ten 4, Big 12 3, Pacific-12 3, American Athletic
2, Conference USA 2, Missouri Valley 2, Big South
1, Big West 1, Colonial 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,
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Year, and publication and writing contests.
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