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April 17, 2017
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
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Beavers keep top spot for 4th straight week

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 30-2 record, took over the top spot on March 27 and has stayed there for the fourth straight week. Louisville stays at No. 2, North Carolina moves up to No. 3, Clemson stays at No. 4 and Texas Tech rounds out the top five. Nine 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 17)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	30-2	1
2.	Louisville	ACC	31-4	2
3.	North Carolina	ACC	29-7	5
4.	Clemson	ACC	30-6	4
5.	Texas Tech	Big 12	31-8	6
6.	Arizona	Pac-12	26-9	7
7.	TCU	Big 12	28-7	3
8.	LSU	SEC	24-12	8
9.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	23-11	9
10.	Arkansas	SEC	29-8	13
11.	Virginia	ACC	29-9	14
12.	Kentucky	SEC	25-12	15
13.	Florida	SEC	24-12	12
14.	Auburn	SEC	27-11	16
15.	Michigan	Big Ten	29-7	18
16.	Mississippi State	SEC	25-13	21
17.	Long Beach State	Big West	22-12	20
18.	Wake Forest	ACC	28-10	24
19.	St. John's	Big East	26-5	19
20.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	28-9	17
21.	Oklahoma	Big 12	27-12	10
22.	Houston	American Athletic	25-10	23
23.	South Carolina	SEC	22-13	11
24.	West Virginia	Big 12	21-13	NR
25.	Texas A&M	SEC	26-11	NR
26.	San Diego	West Coast	25-9	27
27.	Mercer	Southern	32-6	NR
28.	Oregon	Pac-12	23-10	26
29.	Stanford	Pac-12	19-12	22
30.	USF	American Athletic	29-7	25
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor, Coastal Carolina, Connecticut, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida State, Illinois-Chicago, Jacksonville, Louisiana, Maryland, McNeese State, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, Morehead State, Navy, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Old Dominion, Ole Miss, Oral Roberts, Sam Houston State, San Diego State, Tennessee Tech, UCF, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Washington, Wright State, Yale.
Dropped out: Florida State (28), Florida Gulf Coast (29), Vanderbilt (30).
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 5, Big 12 4, Pac-12 4, American Athletic 2, Big West 2, Big East 1, Big Ten 1, Conference USA 1, Southern 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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