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May 7, 2018
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
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ACC, Pac-12 and SEC combine for Top 8

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 third-straight week Stanford holds down the No. 1 spot, while Florida sits at No. 2 and Oregon State at No. 3.

The Cardinal remains at No. 1 after an undefeated 4-0 week, sweeping Pac-12 foe Utah and defeating University of San Francisco in a Tuesday contest. The Cardinal is currently riding a six-game winning streak.

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 taking a series over then-No. 18 Texas A&M on the road.

Oregon State remains at No. 3 for the second-straight week. The Beavers went 3-0-1 last week, defeating rival Oregon in a nonconference game before going 2-0-1 in a Pac-12 series at Washington State.

North Carolina State jumps up five spots into the top five this week. The Wolfpack sits at No. 5 after going 3-1 last week after a sweep of William & Mary.

Southern Miss joins the top 10 this week, coming in at No. 9 after going 3-1, including a three-game sweep of UAB.

This week's biggest mover was Auburn, who joined the top 25 at No. 19 after sitting at No. 27 last week.

Louisville, Oklahoma and Saint John's join the top 30 this week after previously receiving votes. They sit at No. 28, 29 and 30, 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 (MAY 7)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Stanford	Pac-12	37-6	1
2.	Florida	SEC	38-11	2
3.	Oregon State	Pac-12	35-7-1	3
4.	North Carolina	ACC	32-13	5
5.	N.C. State	ACC	34-12	10
6.	Arkansas	SEC	33-15	4
7.	Clemson	ACC	35-12	8
8.	Ole Miss	SEC	36-13	7
9.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	35-12	11
10.	Texas Tech	Big 12	35-14	9
t11.	Duke	ACC	35-11	13
t11.	UCLA	Pac-12	30-13	6
13.	East Carolina	American Athletic	33-12	14
14.	Florida State	ACC	32-15	15
15.	Georgia	SEC	33-14	21
16.	Minnesota	Big Ten	31-12	22
17.	Texas	Big 12	33-18	20
18.	Kentucky	SEC	30-17	11
t19.	Auburn	SEC	34-14	27
t19.	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	40-6	23
21.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	32-16	16
22.	Connecticut	American Athletic	27-14-1	25
23.	Stetson	A-Sun	37-11	30
24.	Texas A&M	SEC	34-14	18
25.	Oklahoma State	Big 12	28-17-1	19
26.	USF	American Athletic	29-15	26
27.	Indiana	Big Ten	31-13	17
28.	Louisville	ACC	32-15	RV
29.	Oklahoma	Big 12	31-18	RV
30.	Saint John's	Big East	32-11	RV
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona (28-17), Baylor (26-17), Cal State Fullerton (25-20), California (26-19), Dallas Baptist (31-15), Florida Atlantic (31-14-1), Florida Gulf Coast (31-15), Houston (29-19), Iona (14-30), Iowa (24-16), Jackson State (26-14), Jacksonville (31-16), Louisiana (28-21), Louisiana Tech (32-17), LSU (28-20), Michigan (29-13), Mississippi State (26-22), Nevada (25-19), New Mexico State (31-16), Northeastern (30-14), Pepperdine (24-18), San Diego (21-27), San Diego State (33-15), South Alabama (26-19), South Carolina (28-19), Stony Brook (26-20), Troy (32-16), Tulane (22-27), UC Irvine (27-19), UCF (32-16), UNC Greensboro (33-11), Vanderbilt (25-22), Wichita State (29-16).
Dropped out: Vanderbilt (24), Florida Atlantic (28), Houston (29).
By conference: SEC 7, ACC 6, Big 12 4, American Athletic 3, Pac-12 3, Big Ten 2, A-Sun 1, Big East 1, Conference USA 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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