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April 30, 2018
For Immediate Release
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Pac-12 claims 3 of Top 6 spots

STANFORD 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 Stanford holds down the No. 1 spot, while Florida remains at No. 2. Oregon State rejoins the top three at No. 3 this week.

The Cardinal remains at No. 1 after going 3-1 last week, including a series win over rival California. They are 33-6 on the season.

Teams ranked No. 1 this year have been Florida (preseason-March 5, April 2-16), Oregon State (March 12-26) and Stanford (April 23-current).

Florida stays at No. 2 after a 2-2 record last week, including a series win over SEC rival Auburn.

Oregon State jumps up two spots to rejoin the top three this week after a series win over Arizona State and a midweek victory over local foe Portland.

North Carolina jumps up this week from No. 11 to No. 5 after going an undefeated 4-0 last week, including a three-game series sweep of then-No. 4 NC State. The Tar Heels are currently riding a seven-game win streak.

Clemson joined the top 10 this week, coming in at No. 8 after an impressive 5-0 week, including a three-game series sweep at Virginia.

This week's biggest mover was Oklahoma State, who joined the top 25 at No. 19 after sitting at No. 28.

Houston and Stetson both joined the top 30 this week, coming in at No. 28 and No. 29, respectively.

The 2018 poll voters come from among 35 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation.

The current survey has representation by 15 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 30)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Stanford	Pac-12	33-6	1
2.	Florida	SEC	36-10	2
3.	Oregon State	Pac-12	31-7	5
4.	Arkansas	SEC	32-13	7
5.	North Carolina	ACC	31-13	11
6.	UCLA	Pac-12	29-10	9
7.	Ole Miss	SEC	34-11	6
8.	Clemson	ACC	34-11	12
9.	Texas Tech	Big 12	33-12	3
10.	N.C. State	ACC	31-11	4
11.	Kentucky	SEC	29-15	13
11.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	32-11	10
13.	Duke	ACC	33-11	14
14.	East Carolina	American Athletic	30-12	7
15.	Florida State	ACC	31-14	16
16.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	31-14	20
17.	Indiana	Big Ten	31-10	15
18.	Texas A&M	SEC	32-12	18
19.	Oklahoma State	Big 12	27-14-1	28
20.	Texas	Big 12	30-17	19
21.	Georgia	SEC	30-14	23
22.	Minnesota	Big Ten	28-12	27
23.	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	37-6	21
24.	Vanderbilt	SEC	25-18	17
25.	Connecticut	American Athletic	25-13-1	26
26.	USF	American Athletic	29-15	29
27.	Auburn	SEC	31-14	25
28.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	30-12-1	22
29.	Houston	American Athletic	28-16	NR
30.	Stetson	A-Sun	34-11	RV
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor (26-17), Cal State Fullerton (22-20), California (24-17), Dallas Baptist (27-14), Florida Gulf Coast University (30-12), Iowa (22-14), Jackson State (25-14), Jacksonville (30-14), Louisiana Tech (31-15), Louisville (29-14), LSU (26-19), Mercer (31-15), Michigan (25-12), Missouri (29-15), Missouri State (27-13), New Mexico State (27-16), Northeastern (26-13), Ohio State (28-13), Oklahoma (28-18), Saint John's (28-11), San Diego State (30-14), South Carolina Upstate (22-24-1), Troy (30-14), UCF (29-15), UNC Greensboro (31-11), West Virginia (22-19), Wichita State (28-14).
Dropped out: Oklahoma (24), Wichita State (30).
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 5, American Athletic 4, Big 12 3, Pac-12 3, Big Ten 2, Conference USA 2, A-Sun 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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