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May 1, 2017
For Immediate Release
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Beavers keep top spot for 6th 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 34-4 record, took over the top spot on March 27 and has stayed there for six straight weeks. Louisville stays at No. 2, North Carolina moves up to No. 3, Texas Tech bumps up to No. 4 and Kentucky makes its first top five appearance this season. 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 (MAY 1)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	34-4	1
2.	Louisville	ACC	38-6	2
3.	North Carolina	ACC	36-9	5
4.	Texas Tech	Big 12	36-12	6
5.	Kentucky	SEC	31-14	7
6.	TCU	Big 12	31-11	3
7.	Clemson	ACC	34-11	4
8.	Auburn	SEC	32-14	9
9.	Virginia	ACC	35-11	8
10.	Florida	SEC	30-13	11
11.	Long Beach State	Big West	28-14	14
12.	LSU	SEC	29-15	15
13.	Mississippi State	SEC	30-16	13
14.	Arkansas	SEC	34-12	12
15.	Stanford	Pac-12	27-12	20
16.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	26-15	17
17.	Arizona	Pac-12	27-15	10
18.	Texas A&M	SEC	32-13	23
19.	Michigan	Big Ten	33-10	18
20.	Wake Forest	ACC	30-13	19
21.	St. John's	Big East	31-7	16
22.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	34-12	28
23.	USF	American Athletic	34-10	26
24.	Maryland	Big Ten	29-13	24
25.	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	30-13	-
26.	Texas	Big 12	30-16	-
27.	West Virginia	Big 12	25-17	25
28.	Houston	American Athletic	28-15	21
29.	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	30-14	-
30.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	29-13-1	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor, BYU, Coastal Carolina, Dallas Baptist, FGCU, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Hawaii, Indiana, Jackson State, Kent State, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana, McNeese State, Mercer, Miami (Ohio), Navy, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Oklahoma, Old Dominion, Ole Miss, Oregon, Sam Houston State, San Diego, San Diego State, South Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee Tech, Tulane, UCF, UIC, UTA, Vanderbilt, Washington, Wright State.
Dropped out: Mercer (22), South Carolina (27), San Diego (29), Louisiana (30).
By conference: SEC 7, ACC 5, Big 12 4, Pac-12 3, American Athletic 2, Big Ten 2, Big West 2, Conference USA 2, Big East 1, Missouri Valley 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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