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May 15, 2017
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
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Beavers keep top spot for 8th 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 41-4 record, took over the top spot on March 27 and has stayed there for eight straight weeks. Nos. 2-4 remain the same with Louisville at No. 2, North Carolina at No. 3 and Texas Tech at No. 4. Florida moves up one spot, rounding out the top five. Seven of the top 10 return from last week’s poll.

The current survey has representation by 10 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 15)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	41-4	1
2.	Louisville	ACC	46-6	2
3.	North Carolina	ACC	41-10	3
4.	Texas Tech	Big 12	39-13	4
5.	Florida	SEC	38-14	6
6.	Kentucky	SEC	36-16	10
7.	TCU	Big 12	36-13	5
8.	Virginia	ACC	38-12	8
9.	LSU	SEC	34-17	11
10.	Long Beach State	Big West	32-16-1	12
11.	Stanford	Pac-12	33-13	14
12.	Clemson	ACC	37-15	7
13.	Mississippi State	SEC	33-19	9
14.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	31-17	16
15.	Arizona	Pac-12	33-17	13
16.	Arkansas	SEC	37-14	17
17.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	40-12	21
18.	Michigan	Big Ten	39-12	20
19.	St. John's	Big East	37-8	18
20.	Wake Forest	ACC	35-16	19
21.	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	36-14	24
22.	Oklahoma	Big 12	34-18	26
23.	USF	American Athletic	39-12	23
24.	Texas A&M	SEC	35-17	22
25.	Auburn	SEC	32-21	15
26.	Houston	American Athletic	33-18	25
27.	Baylor	Big 12	32-17	-
28.	Nebraska	Big Ten	32-17-1	-
29.	UCF	American Athletic	36-16	-
30.	Old Dominion	Conference USA	35-16	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): BYU, Coastal Carolina, Dallas Baptist, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Illinois-Chicago, Indiana, Jackson State, Kent State, Louisiana Tech, Loyola Marymount, Maryland, McNeese State, Mercer, New Mexico State, North Carolina State, Ole Miss, Oregon, San Diego, San Diego State, SE Louisiana, South Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee Tech, Texas, Vanderbilt, Washington, West Virginia.
Dropped out: Loyola Marymount (27), Maryland (28), Vanderbilt (29), Texas (30).
By conference: SEC 7, ACC 5, Big 12 4, American Athletic 3, Pac-12 3, Big Ten 2, Big West 2, Conference USA 2, Big East 1, Missouri Valley 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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