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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, March 30-April 6), Virginia
(Feb. 16-23-March 2-9), TCU (March 16), LSU (March 23, April 20)
and Texas A&M (April 13) have held the top positions during 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 12 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 20) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
34-6 |
3-0 |
2 |
| 2. |
UCLA |
Pacific-12 |
28-8 |
3-1 |
3 |
| 3. |
Texas A&M |
Southeastern |
35-5 |
2-2 |
1 |
| 4. |
Louisville |
Atlantic Coast |
30-9 |
3-1 |
4 |
| 5. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
31-10 |
3-1 |
6 |
| 6. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
30-8 |
4-0 |
7 |
| 7. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
28-9 |
2-1 |
10 |
| 8. |
Southern California |
Pacific-12 |
29-10 |
3-1 |
11 |
| 9. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
29-12 |
1-3 |
5 |
| 10. |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
32-6-1 |
4-0 |
12 |
| 11. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-12 |
25-11 |
2-2 |
8 |
| 12. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
30-12 |
4-0 |
13 |
| 13. |
Miami |
Atlantic Coast |
30-11 |
2-2 |
9 |
| 14. |
Florida Atlantic |
Conference USA |
31-9 |
3-1 |
15 |
| 15. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
25-12 |
1-1 |
14 |
| 16. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
26-16 |
3-1 |
16 |
| 17. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
29-8 |
3-1 |
17 |
| 18. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
25-15 |
3-1 |
19 |
| 19. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
24-15 |
3-1 |
21 |
| 20. |
College of Charleston |
Colonial |
27-9 |
3-1 |
22 |
| 21. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
27-11 |
3-1 |
23 |
| 22. |
Houston |
American Athletic |
26-14 |
3-1 |
25 |
| 23. |
Missouri State |
Missouri Valley |
27-9 |
3-1 |
26 |
| 24. |
UCF |
American Athletic |
26-15 |
1-3 |
18 |
| 25. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
27-12 |
2-3 |
20 |
| 26. |
Nebraska |
Big Ten |
29-13 |
3-2 |
24 |
| 27. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
25-16 |
2-2 |
27 |
| 28. |
Nevada |
Mountain West |
31-9 |
4-0 |
- |
| 29. |
Iowa |
Big Ten |
26-11 |
3-2 |
28 |
| 30. |
Missouri |
Southeastern |
26-14 |
2-2 |
30 |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama State (27-11), Arkansas (24-17), Bradley
(26-10), California (23-13), Columbia (23-12), Long
Beach State (21-14), Memphis (25-12), North Carolina
(24-15), North Florida (30-13), Notre Dame (26-12),
Ohio State (26-10), Oral Roberts (27-11), Oregon
(23-18), Oregon State (25-12), Radford (25-13),
San Diego State (27-14), San Francisco (22-19),
Southeastern Louisiana (30-11), Tennessee Tech (18-19),
UC Irvine (23-13), UNC Wilmington (28-8). |
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Dropped out: Georgia Tech (29). |
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By conference: Southeastern 6, Atlantic Coast
4, 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, 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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