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April 24, 2017
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
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Beavers keep top spot for 5th 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 32-3 record, took over the top spot on March 27 and has stayed there for five straight weeks. Louisville stays at No. 2, TCU moves up to No. 3, Clemson stays 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 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 (APRIL 24)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	32-3	1
2.	Louisville	ACC	33-6	2
3.	TCU	Big 12	30-8	7
4.	Clemson	ACC	33-8	4
5.	North Carolina	ACC	31-9	3
6.	Texas Tech	Big 12	33-10	5
7.	Kentucky	SEC	28-13	12
8.	Virginia	ACC	33-10	11
9.	Auburn	SEC	30-12	14
10.	Arizona	Pac-12	26-12	6
11.	Florida	SEC	27-13	13
12.	Arkansas	SEC	32-10	10
13.	Mississippi State	SEC	28-14	16
14.	Long Beach State	Big West	25-13	17
15.	LSU	SEC	26-14	8
16.	St. John's	Big East	29-5	19
17.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	24-14	9
18.	Michigan	Big Ten	31-9	15
19.	Wake Forest	ACC	29-13	18
20.	Stanford	Pac-12	23-12	29
21.	Houston	American Athletic	27-12	22
22.	Mercer	Southern	35-7	27
23.	Texas A&M	SEC	28-13	25
24.	Maryland	Big Ten	28-11	-
25.	West Virginia	Big 12	23-15	24
26.	USF	American Athletic	32-8	30
27.	South Carolina	SEC	24-15	23
28.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	30-12	25
29.	San Diego	West Coast	27-11	26
30.	Louisiana	Sun Belt	26-14-1	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor, Binghamton, BYU, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Dallas Baptist, Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Illinois-Chicago, Jackson State, Jacksonville, Kent State, Loyola-Marymount, McNeese State, Minnesota, Missouri State, Navy, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Old Dominion, Ole Miss, Oregon, San Diego State, South Alabama, Tennessee Tech, Texas, UCF, Utah, Vanderbilt, Washington, Wright State, Yale.
Dropped out: Oklahoma (21), Oregon (28).
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 5, Big 12 3, Pac-12 3, American Athletic 2, Big Ten 2, Big West 2, Big East 1, Conference USA 1, Southern 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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