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April 9, 2018
For Immediate Release
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SEC boasts 3 of Top 5, 10 ranked teams overall

FLORIDA TOPS NCBWA DIVISION I POLL

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 second-straight week Florida holds down the No. 1 spot in the poll, while Arkansas jumps up six spots to take the No. 2 spot for the first time this season, followed by Stanford at the No. 3 position.

The Gators remain No. 1 this week after going 3-1 on the week, including a series win over SEC foe Tennessee on the road.

Arkansas jumps up six spots to join the top three for the first time this season. The Razorbacks were an impressive 5-0 last week, including a series sweep of then-No. 15 Auburn.

Stanford drops down to No. 3 after a series loss to then-No. 17 UCLA. The Cardinal sits at 23-5 overall on the season.

Texas Tech moves up one spot to No. 4 after a 3-1 week, while Ole Miss rounds out the top five after going 2-2 last week.

Oklahoma made the biggest move of the week, jumping up seven spots from No. 25 to No. 18 after going 3-1 last week, including a series win at TCU.

Missouri State joins the top 25 this week by jumping in at No. 24. Entering the top 30 is Texas at No. 27 and Tennessee Tech at No. 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 (APRIL 9)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Florida	SEC	28-6	1
2.	Arkansas	SEC	24-9	8
3.	Stanford	Pac-12	23-5	2
4.	Texas Tech	Big 12	26-7	5
5.	Ole Miss	SEC	27-6	3
6.	N.C. State	ACC	25-6	7
7.	Oregon State	Pac-12	24-6	4
8.	Clemson	ACC	25-7	9
9.	Kentucky	SEC	22-10	10
10.	Florida State	ACC	24-9	6
11.	East Carolina	American Athletic	24-7	14
12.	Indiana	Big Ten	22-6	11
13.	Duke	ACC	27-6	13
14.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	22-9	12
15.	UCLA	Pac-12	19-8	17
16.	Vanderbilt	SEC	19-13	16
17.	Georgia	SEC	23-9	19
18.	Oklahoma	Big 12	23-11	25
19.	Texas A&M	SEC	23-9	18
20.	Wichita State	American Athletic	22-7	22
21.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	23-11	21
22.	LSU	SEC	20-13	20
23.	North Carolina	ACC	21-11	27
24.	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	22-7	RV
25.	Auburn	SEC	23-10	15
26.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	24-8	29
27.	Texas	Big 12	22-12	RV
28.	Missouri	SEC	23-9	24
29.	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	24-10	28
30.	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	25-5	RV
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (20-13), Arizona (19-11), California (18-11), College of Charleston (25-9), Connecticut (17-10), Creighton (18-7), Dallas Baptist (19-10), Florida Gulf Coast (24-7), Georgia Tech (19-13), Grand Canyon (17-14), Hawaii (18-11), Illinois (18-8), Iowa (16-10), Jacksonville (21-12), Louisville (20-11), Mercer (26-8), Michigan (19-10), Morehead State (20-13), Ohio State (20-10), Oklahoma State (17-11-1), Oregon (18-12), Saint John's (17-10), Saint Louis (21-9), Sam Houston State (23-8), San Diego State (21-11), San Francisco (20-12), South Alabama (17-13), Stetson (24-8), Stony Brook (17-12), UC Irvine (17-13), UCF (22-11), UNLV (23-11), USF (21-11), West Virginia (13-15).
Dropped out: Louisville (23), UNLV (26), Stetson (30).
By conference: SEC 10, ACC 5, Big 12 3, Conference USA 3, Pac-12 3, American Athletic 2, Big Ten 1, Missouri Valley 1, Ohio Valley 1, Sun Belt 1

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2018 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):
• Preseason (Florida) • Feb. 19 (Florida) • Feb. 26 (Florida) • March 5 (Florida) • March 12 (Oregon State) • March 19 (Oregon State)	• March 26 (Oregon State) • April 2 (Florida) • April 9 (Florida) • April 16 (Florida) • April 23 (Stanford) • April 30 (Stanford)	• May 7 (Stanford) • May 14 (Florida) • May 21 (Oregon State) • May 28 (Oregon State) • June 5 (Oregon State) • June 29 (Oregon State)

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