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April 3, 2017
For Immediate Release
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North Carolina moves up to No. 5

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 24-1 record, remains on top of the poll for the second consecutive week. Louisville is at No. 2 for the second week in a row, TCU moves up one spot to No. 3, Clemson jumps one notch to No. 4 and North Carolina vaults three spots up to No. 5. Eight of the top 10 return from last week’s poll, with Arizona and Oklahoma being the newcomers.

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