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March 27, 2017
For Immediate Release
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Beavers are third team to rise to No. 1 in 2017

OREGON STATE 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.

Oregon State, displaying a 20-1 record, took over the top spot for the first time this season. Louisville drops to No. 2, Texas Tech moves up one spot to No. 3, TCU drops to No. 4 and Clemson moves up to No. 5. Seven of the top 10 return from last week’s poll.

The current survey has representation by 12 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 27)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	20-1	2
2.	Louisville	ACC	21-2	1
3.	Texas Tech	Big 12	22-4	4
4.	TCU	Big 12	17-5	3
5.	Clemson	ACC	15-9	8
6.	South Carolina	SEC	17-6	7
7.	LSU	SEC	17-7	5
8.	North Carolina	ACC	18-6	10
9.	Florida	SEC	15-9	11
10.	Florida State	ACC	18-7	12
11.	Arizona	Pac-12	16-7	6
12.	Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	14-10	16
13.	St. John's	Big East	18-2	13
14.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	12-12	9
15.	Oklahoma	Big 12	23-5	15
16.	Virginia	ACC	19-6	20
17.	Stanford	Pac-12	13-6	19
18.	Kentucky	SEC	18-7	27
19.	Auburn	SEC	20-6	24
20.	Arkansas	SEC	20-5	28
21.	Baylor	Big 12	18-6	14
22.	Missouri	SEC	21-3	18
23.	Ole Miss	SEC	15-9	17
24.	Houston	American Athletic	18-5	-
25.	USF	American Athletic	22-3	23
26.	Michigan	Big Ten	17-6	21
27.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	19-5	-
28.	Louisiana	Sun Belt	13-9	22
29.	Wake Forest	ACC	18-7	-
30.	San Diego	West Coast	15-6	25
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Bethune-Cookman, Coastal Carolina, Dallas Baptist, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida A&M, Kent State, Long Beach State, Louisiana Tech, Maryland, Memphis, Mercer, Michigan State, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Old Dominion, Oregon, Saint Mary's, Sam Houston State, San Diego State, South Alabama, Tennessee Tech, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State, UCF, Washington.
Dropped out: UCF (26), Texas A&M (29), Oklahoma State (30).
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 6, Big 12 4, Pac-12 3, American Athletic 2, ASUN 1, Big East 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Conference USA 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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