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May 21, 2018
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Pac-12 boasts Top 2 teams

OREGON STATE 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 first time since March 26, Oregon State is back at No. 1 in the weekly poll. The Beavers are followed by Pac-12 foe Stanford at No. 2 and Florida sits at No. 3.

The Beavers, ranked No. 1 for the second different time and fourth week total this season, are coming off a 4-1 showing last week taking two midweek contests at the University of San Diego, before winning a Pac-12 road series at USC.

Teams ranked No. 1 this year have been Florida (preseason-March 5, April 2-16, May 14), Oregon State (March 12-26, May 21) and Stanford (April 23-May 7).

Stanford sits at No. 2 as the Pac-12 holds down the top two spots this week. The Cardinal went 4-0 last week, defeating BYU in a midweek contest before sweeping Washington State in a conference series.

Florida drops from the top spot to No. 3 this week after being swept at Mississippi State in a conference series.

Ole Miss and Clemson round out the top five this week, sitting at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.

Florida State moves up four spots to join the top 10 this week at No. 7, while Georgia was the biggest mover of the week, jumping up six spots to No. 10.

Mississippi State jumps into the top 30 after sweeping then-No. 1 Florida, sitting at No. 27 this week. Indiana also moves into the top 30 this week, sitting at No. 28 after previously receiving votes.

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 21)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	42-9-1	2
2.	Stanford	Pac-12	43-8	3
3.	Florida	SEC	41-15	1
4.	Ole Miss	SEC	42-14	6
5.	Clemson	ACC	43-13	7
6.	North Carolina	ACC	37-17	8
7.	Florida State	ACC	39-17	11
8.	Arkansas	SEC	37-17	5
9.	N.C. State	ACC	40-14	4
10.	Georgia	SEC	37-17	16
11.	Texas Tech	Big 12	38-15	14
12.	Minnesota	Big Ten	36-13	12
13.	Texas	Big 12	37-18	18
14.	Duke	ACC	39-14	9
15.	East Carolina	American Athletic	39-15	10
16.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	39-15	13
17.	Stetson	A-Sun	41-11	15
18.	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	46-7	16
19.	UCLA	Pac-12	35-17	19
20.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	38-17	21
21.	Auburn	SEC	37-19	23
22.	Houston	American Athletic	33-21	24
23.	Connecticut	American Athletic	32-18-1	22
24.	Louisville	ACC	40-16	26
25.	South Carolina	SEC	32-22	29
26.	Kentucky	SEC	34-21	20
27.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	36-15-1	28
t28.	Mississippi State	SEC	31-24	-
t28.	Indiana	Big Ten	37-15	-
30.	Texas A&M	SEC	36-19	27
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor (32-19), Cal State Fullerton (29-22), California (30-21), Dallas Baptist (36-17), Iona (16-31), Jackson State (31-17), Jacksonville (37-17), Louisiana (33-23), Louisiana Tech (38-18), Michigan (32-18), Missouri State (35-15), Nevada (29-22), North Carolina A&T (32-23), Oklahoma State (29-22-1), Pepperdine (29-22), Purdue (34-18), Saint John's (36-14), Sam Houston State (38-18), Troy (38-18), UC Irvine (31-22), UNC Greensboro (37-13), USF (32-18-1), Vanderbilt (31-24), Washington (28-22).
Dropped out: Oklahoma State (25), Saint John's (29).
By conference: SEC 9, ACC 6, American Athletic 3, Pac-12 3, Big 12 2, 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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