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April 10, 2017
For Immediate Release
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Top 6 teams remain in order

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 28-1 record, took over the top spot on March 27 and has stayed there for the third straight week. Louisville stays at No. 2, TCU again at No. 3, Clemson at No. 4 and North Carolina 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 (APRIL 10)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	28-1	1
2.	Louisville	ACC	27-4	2
3.	TCU	Big 12	26-5	3
4.	Clemson	ACC	28-5	4
5.	North Carolina	ACC	26-6	5
6.	Texas Tech	Big 12	28-7	6
7.	Arizona	Pac-12	23-8	8
8.	LSU	SEC	21-11	16
9.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	21-10	14
10.	Oklahoma	Big 12	27-8	10
11.	South Carolina	SEC	21-10	9
12.	Florida	SEC	21-11	7
13.	Arkansas	SEC	25-8	15
14.	Virginia	ACC	26-8	22
15.	Kentucky	SEC	22-11	12
16.	Auburn	SEC	24-10	13
17.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	26-7	18
18.	Michigan	Big Ten	25-7	19
19.	St. John's	Big East	22-5	11
20.	Long Beach State	Big West	20-11	27
21.	Mississippi State	SEC	22-12	30
22.	Stanford	Pac-12	17-10	23
23.	Houston	American Athletic	23-8	25
24.	Wake Forest	ACC	23-10	21
25.	USF	American Athletic	27-5	26
26.	Oregon	Pac-12	21-8	-
27.	San Diego	West Coast	21-9	24
28.	Florida State	ACC	21-13	20
29.	Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	25-9	17
30.	Vanderbilt	SEC	21-12	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor, Bethune-Cookman, Coastal Carolina, Connecticut, Dallas Baptist, Florida Atlantic, Illinois-Chicago, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana, Maryland, McNeese State, Mercer, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Old Dominion, Ole Miss, Sam Houston State, San Diego State, Texas, Texas A&M, UCF, Washington, West Virginia, Wright State.
Dropped out: Maryland (28), Baylor (29).
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 6, Pac-12 4, Big 12 3, American Athletic 2, Big West 2, ASUN 1, Big East 1, Big Ten 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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