DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls
for the 21st year with its 2018 weekly surveys. For the third-straight
week the Pac-12 holds down two of the top three spots, with No.
1 Oregon State and Stanford at No. 3. However, the SEC has five
of the top 10 positions, led by No. 2 Florida.
Oregon State remains No. 1 after defeating Washington in a Pac-12
series, 2-1. The Beavers are now 20-2 on the season.
The Gators stay put at No. 2 after going 3-1 last week, including
a series win over then-No. 4 Arkansas.
Stanford was impressive in a three-game series sweep of USC,
outscoring the Trojans 34-2 to improve to 17-2 on the year.
Ole Miss moves up one spot to No. 4 after a 3-1 week, including
a series win over SEC foe Texas A&M.
Some shuffling in the five and six spots, as Florida State moves
up one to No. 5 after a 4-1 week, while Arkansas drops to No. 6
after losing a series to No. 2 Florida.
Kentucky is up two to No. 7 after a 3-1 week, including a series
win over top-25 Auburn.
Texas Tech moves up two spots to No. 8 after an undefeated 4-0
week.
Vanderbilt is down one to No. 9 this week after going 2-2. They
are now 17-7 on the season.
The only newcomer to the top 10 this week is North Carolina State,
moving up three spots to No. 10 after defeating Georgia Tech in
an ACC series.
Coastal Carolina is the biggest mover of the week, jumping up
from No. 30 to No. 23 after a 4-0 week.
Illinois joins the rankings this week at No. 25, followed by
San Diego State at 26, Georgia at 27 and College of Charleston at
30.
The 2018 poll voters come from among 35 college baseball writers
and related media persons from throughout the nation. After a preseason
Top 35 listing, the remainder of the polls will feature a national
Top 30 beginning with the Feb. 19 NCBWA DI survey.
The current survey has representation by 12 different conferences
among the 299 baseball-playing schools in the 2018 NCAA Division
I ranks. The rankings of 2017 had 13 different DI conferences rated
at least one week. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please
go to ncbwa.com.
NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 26) |
Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
1. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
20-2 |
1 |
2. |
Florida |
SEC |
21-5 |
2 |
3. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
17-2 |
3 |
4. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
22-3 |
5 |
5. |
Florida State |
ACC |
20-5 |
6 |
6. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
17-7 |
4 |
7. |
Kentucky |
SEC |
17-7 |
9 |
8. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
21-5 |
10 |
9. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
17-7 |
8 |
10. |
N.C. State |
ACC |
20-4 |
13 |
11. |
Auburn |
SEC |
20-5 |
7 |
12. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
17-5 |
14 |
13. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
15-5 |
12 |
14. |
Clemson |
ACC |
18-6 |
16 |
15. |
Indiana |
Big Ten |
16-5 |
15 |
16. |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
19-6 |
11 |
17. |
Duke |
ACC |
20-5 |
19 |
18. |
East Carolina |
American Athletic |
18-5 |
18 |
19. |
Louisville |
ACC |
18-6 |
17 |
20. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
14-7 |
21 |
21. |
LSU |
SEC |
16-9 |
20 |
22. |
Wichita State |
American Athletic |
17-4 |
28 |
23. |
Coastal Carolina |
Sun Belt |
19-7 |
30 |
24. |
UNLV |
Mountain West |
20-5 |
24 |
25. |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
15-5 |
RV |
26. |
San Diego State |
Mountain West |
16-7 |
RV |
27. |
Georgia |
SEC |
18-6 |
RV |
28. |
UCF |
American Athletic |
18-8 |
22 |
29. |
North Carolina |
ACC |
14-10 |
27 |
t30. |
College of Charleston |
Colonial |
19-6 |
RV |
t30. |
Sam Houston State |
Southland |
17-7 |
25 |
t30. |
Stetson |
A-Sun |
19-5 |
26 |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama (16-9), Arizona State (11-9), California
(13-9), Creighton (12-6), Dallas Baptist (13-9),
Florida Atlantic (17-7), Florida Gulf Coast (18-5),
Houston (16-8), Indiana State (14-5), Jackson State
(15-6), Long Beach State (10-14), Louisiana (10-13),
Louisiana Tech (19-7), Mercer (19-6), Mississippi
State (13-12), Missouri (19-6), Missouri State (16-6),
Nevada (12-8), North Carolina Central (18-8), Ohio
State (16-7), Oklahoma (17-9), Oregon (14-8), South
Alabama (13-10), South Florida (18-7), Tennessee
(16-9), Tennessee Tech (18-5), Texas (15-10), USC
(11-9), UTRGV (15-10), Virginia (13-10). |
Dropped out: Virginia (23), Alabama (29). |
By conference: SEC 9, ACC 6, American Athletic
3, Pac-12 3, Big 12 2, Big Ten 2, Mountain West
2, A-Sun 1, Colonial 1, Conference USA 1, Southland
1, Sun Belt 1. |
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