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April 16, 2018
For Immediate Release
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SEC boasts 4 of Top 8, 9 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 third-straight week Florida holds down the No. 1 spot in the poll, while the No. 2 and No. 3 teams flip, with Stanford jumping up to No. 2 and Arkansas coming in at No. 3.

The Gators remain No. 1 this week after going 4-0 last week, with a series sweep over SEC foe Missouri and a midweek win over rival Florida State.

Stanford jumps back up to No. 2 this week after going 4-0, including a series sweep over Pac-12 opponent Arizona State.

Arkansas slides back one this week to No. 3 after going 3-1 on the week, including a series win South Carolina.

Texas Tech stays put at No. 4 after a 3-1 week, including a series sweep of Kansas State.

North Carolina State slides up one to No. 5 after a series win over Notre Dame and a midweek victory over UNCW.

Duke joins the top 10 this week at No. 9 after sitting at No. 13 last week. The Blue Devils benefited from two wins over then-No. 10 Florida State, and were 3-1 overall on the week.

The other big mover into the top 10 this week was Indiana, who sits at No. 10, climbing two spots after a 4-0 week, including a sweep of Big Ten foe Northwestern.

Texas joins the top 25 this week, jumping up four spots to No. 23. Dallas Baptist and Connecticut moved into the top 30 at No. 28 and No. 29, respectively. Minnesota also jumped into the top 30 after not receiving votes previously.

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 16)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Florida	SEC	32-6	1
2.	Stanford	Pac-12	27-5	3
3.	Arkansas	SEC	27-10	2
4.	Texas Tech	Big 12	29-8	4
5.	N.C. State	ACC	28-7	6
6.	Oregon State	Pac-12	26-6	7
7.	Kentucky	SEC	25-11	9
8.	Ole Miss	SEC	29-8	5
9.	Duke	ACC	30-7	13
10.	Indiana	Big Ten	26-6	12
11.	Vanderbilt	SEC	22-14	16
12.	UCLA	Pac-12	22-9	15
13.	East Carolina	American Athletic	26-9	11
14.	Texas A&M	SEC	27-9	19
15.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	24-11	14
16.	Clemson	ACC	26-10	8
17.	Florida State	ACC	24-12	10
18.	North Carolina	ACC	24-12	23
19.	LSU	SEC	24-13	22
20.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	26-12	21
21.	Oklahoma	Big 12	26-13	18
22.	Georgia	SEC	25-11	17
23.	Texas	Big 12	24-14	27
24.	Wichita State	American Athletic	24-9	20
25.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	26-9	26
26.	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	29-5	30
27.	Auburn	SEC	25-12	25
28.	Dallas Baptist	Missouri Valley	23-10	RV
29.	Connecticut	American Athletic	19-11-1	RV
30.	Minnesota	Big Ten	23-10	NR
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona (22-12), Cal State Fullerton (17-17), California (21-12), College of Charleston (27-10), Florida Gulf Coast (25-9), Illinois (22-8), Iowa (17-11), Louisiana Tech (25-13), Louisville (24-11), Mercer (26-12), Michigan (21-10), Missouri (24-12), Missouri State (22-10), Northeastern (19-13), Ohio State (24-10), Oklahoma State (20-13-1), Saint John's (22-10), Sam Houston State (25-11), Samford (23-14), Stetson (28-8), TCU (18-13), UC Irvine (20-14), UCF (25-12), UNC Greensboro (26-9), UNLV (26-12), USF (23-13).
Dropped out: Missouri State (24), Missouri (28), Louisiana Tech (29).
By conference: SEC 9, ACC 5, American Athletic 3, Big 12 3, Pac-12 3, Big Ten 2, Conference USA 2, 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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