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May 22, 2017
For Immediate Release
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Beavers keep top spot for 9th 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 45-4 record, took over the top spot on March 27 and has stayed there for nine straight weeks. North Carolina stays at No. 2, Florida moves up two spots to take the No. 3 position, Texas Tech moves up one to check in at No. 4 and Louisville drops three spots to round out the top five. Every team from last week’s top-10 return this week.

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 22)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	45-4	1
2.	North Carolina	ACC	44-11	3
3.	Florida	SEC	40-15	5
4.	Texas Tech	Big 12	42-13	4
5.	Louisville	ACC	46-9	2
6.	LSU	SEC	39-17	9
7.	TCU	Big 12	39-14	7
8.	Kentucky	SEC	38-18	6
9.	Virginia	ACC	41-13	8
10.	Long Beach State	Big West	35-16-1	10
11.	Stanford	Pac-12	37-14	11
12.	Arkansas	SEC	39-15	16
13.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	44-12	17
14.	Arizona	Pac-12	36-17	15
15.	Clemson	ACC	39-17	12
16.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	33-19	14
17.	Wake Forest	ACC	38-17	20
18.	Michigan	Big Ten	42-13	18
19.	St. John's	Big East	40-9	19
20.	Mississippi State	SEC	34-22	13
21.	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	37-15	21
22.	Houston	American Athletic	36-19	26
23.	Nebraska	Big Ten	34-18-1	28
24.	Oklahoma	Big 12	34-20	22
25.	UCF	American Athletic	38-18	29
26.	Auburn	SEC	34-22	25
27.	Florida State	ACC	35-20	-
28.	Texas A&M	SEC	36-20	24
29.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	37-18	-
30.	Baylor	Big 12	34-19	27
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Bethune-Cookman, Dallas Baptist, Gonzaga, Illinois-Chicago, Indiana, Jackson State, Kent State, Louisiana Tech, Loyola Marymount, Maryland, McNeese State, Mercer, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico State, North Carolina State, Old Dominion, Ole Miss, Oregon, San Diego State, San Diego, SE Louisiana, South Alabama, South Carolina, South Florida, Tennessee Tech, Texas, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Washington, West Virginia, Yale.
Dropped out: USF (23), Old Dominion (30).
By conference: SEC 7, ACC 6, Big 12 4, Pac-12 3, American Athletic 2, Big Ten 2, Big West 2, Big East 1, Conference USA 1, Missouri Valley 1, Sun Belt 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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