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May 14, 2018
For Immediate Release
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After three weeks, Gators return to top spot

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. After a three-week absence, Florida has moved back into the No. 1 spot. Oregon State moved up to No. 2 and Stanford fell to No. 3.

The Gators, ranked No. 1 for the third different time and eighth week total this season, are coming off a 3-1 showing last week against ranked opponents that included an SEC series win over then-No. 15 Georgia.

Oregon State won two-of-three games over Stanford in Corvallis to move up to No. 2. The Beavers wins on Friday and Saturday marked the first time all season that the Cardinal had lost back to back games.

Teams ranked No. 1 this year have been Florida (preseason-March 5, April 2-16, May 14), Oregon State (March 12-26) and Stanford (April 23-current).

NC State and Arkansas each moved up one spot this week to round out the top five. Duke and East Carolina join the top 10 this week.

This week’s biggest mover was Stetson, who jumped up eight spots to No. 15 after sitting at No. 23 last week.

Houston, Florida Atlantic and South Carolina join the top 30 this week after previously receiving votes. They sit at No. 24, 28 and 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 (MAY 14)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Florida	SEC	41-12	2
2.	Oregon State	Pac-12	38-8-1	3
3.	Stanford	Pac-12	39-8	1
4.	N.C. State	ACC	39-12	5
5.	Arkansas	SEC	36-15	6
6.	Ole Miss	SEC	39-13	8
7.	Clemson	ACC	39-13	7
8.	North Carolina	ACC	34-16	4
9.	Duke	ACC	38-12	11
10.	East Carolina	American Athletic	37-13	13
11.	Florida State	ACC	37-16	14
12.	Minnesota	Big Ten	33-13	16
13.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	36-14	9
14.	Texas Tech	Big 12	35-15	10
15.	Stetson	A-Sun	40-11	23
16.	Georgia	SEC	35-16	15
16.	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	44-6	19
18.	Texas	Big 12	33-18	17
19.	UCLA	Pac-12	31-16	11
20.	Kentucky	SEC	33-18	18
21.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	36-16	21
22.	Connecticut	American Athletic	30-16-1	22
23.	Auburn	SEC	35-17	19
24.	Houston	American Athletic	31-20	RV
25.	Oklahoma State	Big 12	29-19-1	25
26.	Louisville	ACC	37-15	28
27.	Texas A&M	SEC	34-17	24
28.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	34-15-1	RV
t29.	Saint John's	Big East	34-12	30
t29.	South Carolina	SEC	30-21	RV
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor (30-18), Cal State Fullerton (27-21), California (29-19), Dallas Baptist (35-15), Florida Gulf Coast (31-19), Fresno State (28-23), Indiana (33-15), Jackson State (29-15), Jacksonville (34-17), Louisiana Tech (35-18), LSU (31-21), Michigan (32-15), Missouri State (33-14), New Mexico State (33-18), Oklahoma (33-19), Pepperdine (28-19), Sam Houston State (35-17), San Diego State (35-17), Stony Brook (28-21), TCU (29-19), Troy (35-17), UC Irvine (29-20), UNC Greensboro (37-12), USF (30-17-1), Washington (25-21), Wichita State (32-17-1).
Dropped out: South Florida (26), Indiana (27), Oklahoma (29).
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 6, American Athletic 3, Big 12 3, Pac-12 3, Conference USA 2, A-Sun 1, Big East 1, Big Ten 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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