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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.
LSU is No. 1 for the third week in succession after Texas A&M
became the fifth different school to nail down No. 1 in the April
13 survey. Vanderbilt (preseason No. 1, March 30-April 6), Virginia
(Feb. 16-23-March 2-9), TCU (March 16), and LSU (March 23, April
20-27-May 4) 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 12 different conferences
among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2015 NCAA Division
I ranks. There have been 14 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 (MAY 4) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Week |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
40-8 |
3-1 |
1 |
| 2. |
Louisville |
Atlantic Coast |
36-11 |
2-1 |
3 |
| 3. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
37-9 |
3-1 |
4 |
| 4. |
Texas A&M |
Southeastern |
41-7 |
4-0 |
5 |
| 5. |
UCLA |
Pacific-12 |
33-11 |
2-2 |
2 |
| 6. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
34-10-1 |
3-0-1 |
6 |
| 7. |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
40-6-1 |
4-0 |
8 |
| 8. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
35-13 |
2-1 |
9 |
| 9. |
Vanderbilt |
Southeastern |
35-14 |
2-2 |
7 |
| 10. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
35-14 |
2-1 |
11 |
| 11. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
31-15 |
2-1 |
13 |
| 12. |
Florida Atlantic |
Conference USA |
35-11 |
2-1 |
14 |
| 13. |
Miami, Florida |
Atlantic Coast |
34-13 |
3-0 |
16 |
| 14. |
Southern California |
Pacific-12 |
32-14 |
2-2 |
12 |
| 15. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
36-9 |
4-0 |
17 |
| 16. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-12 |
29-15 |
1-3 |
10 |
| 17. |
Rice |
Conference USA |
29-16 |
0-0 |
15 |
| 18. |
College of Charleston |
Colonial |
35-9 |
3-0 |
18 |
| 19. |
Missouri State |
Missouri Valley |
34-10 |
4-0 |
19 |
| 20. |
Iowa |
Big Ten |
33-12 |
3-1 |
24 |
| 21. |
Houston |
American Athletic |
32-16 |
3-1 |
20 |
| 22. |
Nevada |
Mountain West |
38-11 |
5-0 |
28 |
| 23. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
29-18 |
3-0 |
30 |
| 24. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-12 |
29-14 |
2-1 |
29 |
| 25. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
29-20 |
2-3 |
21 |
| 26. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
32-15 |
2-2 |
25 |
| 27. |
Virginia |
Atlantic Coast |
27-18 |
0-1 |
22 |
| 28. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
32-16 |
2-3 |
23 |
| 29. |
California |
Pacific-12 |
29-15 |
3-1 |
- |
| 30. |
Auburn |
Southeastern |
32-17 |
3-1 |
- |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Bradley (31-13), East Carolina (21-18), Georgia
Tech (29-17), Lipscomb (30-15), Memphis (32-15),
Michigan State (29-18), Missouri (28-20), Nebraska
(33-17), North Carolina (29-16), North Florida (35-13),
Ohio State (31-13), Oral Roberts (32-13), Oregon
(27-20), Radford (33-14), Southeastern Louisiana
(36-13), UC Irvine (28-16), UCF (28-20), UNC Wilmington
(33-12), Winthrop (32-15). |
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Dropped out: Ohio State (26), North Carolina
(27). |
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By conference: Southeastern 6, Pacific-12
5, Atlantic Coast 4, Big 12 3, Big Ten 3, Conference
USA 2, Missouri Valley 2, American Athletic 1, 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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