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March 20, 2017
For Immediate Release
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Cardinals remain atop of rankings with 19-0 start

LOUISVILLE TOPS NCBWA DIVISION I POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 20th year with its 2017 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 20-June 30 (weekly through June 5) following the 71st annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at TD Ameritrade Park.

Louisville, sporting a perfect 19-0 record, took over the top spot for the first time last week and has it for the second week. Oregon State stands at No. 2, TCU No. 3, Texas Tech at No. 4 and LSU rounds out the top five. Seven of the top 10 return from last week’s poll.

The current survey has representation by 11 different conferences (12 for the season) among the 300 baseball-playing schools in the 2017 NCAA Division I ranks. The rankings of 2012 had a NCBWA-poll record 22 different DI conferences and independents rated at least one week while 16 separate circuits had team rankings in ‘16. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.

The 2017 poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation.

NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 20)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Louisville	ACC	19-0	1
2.	Oregon State	Pac-12	17-1	2
3.	TCU	Big 12	14-5	3
4.	Texas Tech	Big 12	17-4	8
5.	LSU	SEC	15-5	7
6.	Arizona	Pac-12	15-4	6
7.	South Carolina	SEC	14-5	9
8.	Clemson	ACC	16-4	11
9.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	14-5	12
10.	North Carolina	ACC	15-5	13
11.	Florida	SEC	13-8	5
12.	Florida State	ACC	14-7	4
13.	St. John’s	Big East	14-2	17
14.	Baylor	Big 12	16-4	10
15.	Oklahoma	Big 12	21-3	20
16.	Florida Gulf Coast	A-SUN	18-3	24
17.	Ole Miss	SEC	14-6	26
18.	Missouri	SEC	19-1	28
19.	Stanford	Pac-12	11-5	16
20.	Virginia	ACC	15-5	15
21.	Michigan	Big Ten	15-4	22
22.	Louisiana	Sun Belt	11-6	19
23.	USF	American Athletic	19-1	-
24.	Auburn	SEC	17-5	-
25.	San Diego	West Coast	13-4	25
26	UCF	American Athletic	17-4	27
27	Kentucky	SEC	15-6	-
28	Arkansas	SEC	17-4	-
29	Texas A&M	SEC	14-7	14
30	Oklahoma State	Big 12	14-6	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona State, Bethune-Cookman, Cal State Bakersfield, Coastal Carolina, Dallas Baptist, East Carolina, FAU, Florida A&M, Georgia Tech, Houston, James Madison, Lafayette, Long Beach State, Louisiana Tech, Maryland, McNeese State, Mercer, Michigan State, Old Dominion, Oregon, Saint Louis, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern Miss, Tennessee, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington, West Virginia.
Dropped out: East Carolina (18), Coastal Carolina (21), Louisiana Tech (23), Vanderbilt (29), Tennessee (30).
By conference: SEC 9, ACC 5, Big 12 5, Pac-12 3, American Athletic 2, A-SUN 1, Big East 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast 1.

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.

2017 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):
• Preseason (TCU) • Feb. 20 (TCU) • Feb. 27 (TCU) • March 6 (TCU) • March 13 (Louisville) • March 20 (Louisville)	• March 27 (Oregon State) • April 3 (Oregon State) • April 10 (Oregon State) • April 17 (Oregon State) • April 24 (Oregon State) • May 1 (Oregon State)	• May 8 (Oregon State) • May 15 (Oregon State) • May 22 (Oregon State) • May 29 (Oregon State) • June 7 (Oregon State) • Final (Florida)

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