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. Polls will be circulated
from Feb. 19-June 28 (weekly through June 4) following the 72nd
annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park.
For the second-straight week Oregon State sits atop the weekly poll,
followed by Ole Miss, who jumped up to No. 2 from the No. 4 position.
Stanford holds down the No. 3 slot to round out the top three.
A comparison of No. 1 NCAA seeds from the May 28 selection show
and the NCBWA ratings indicates that 15 of the 16 national top seeds
are ranked in the top 16 in this week's NCBWA poll.
Oregon State, No. 1 in the NCBWA, is the third overall seed in
the tournament and will host LSU, San Diego State and Northwestern
State in the Corvallis NCAA Regional.
No. 2 in this week's NCBWA poll, Ole Miss is the No. 4 overall
seed and will host the Oxford Regional (June 1-4), while Pac-12
champion Stanford, No. 3 in the NCBWA, is the No. 2 overall seed
and will host Baylor, Cal State Fullerton and Wright State in the
Stanford Regional.
Florida, No. 4 in this week's NCBWA poll, is the No. 1 overall
seed in the tournament and will host the Gainesville Regional, with
Jacksonville, Florida Atlantic and Columbia.
No. 5-ranked Clemson is also a No. 1 seed, and will host the
Clemson Regional, welcoming Vanderbilt, St. John's and Morehead
State.
All 16 regionals are scheduled to be conducted from June 1 through
June 4.
Teams ranked No. 1 this year have been Florida (preseason-March
5, April 2-16, May 14), Oregon State (March 12-26, May 21-present)
and Stanford (April 23-May 7).
Newcomers to the top 10 this week include Minnesota at No. 9
and East Carolina at No. 10.
This week's biggest movers were Texas A&M, Coastal Carolina
and East Carolina, as each program moved up five spots in the rankings.
East Carolina now sits at No. 10, Coastal Carolina at No. 15 and
Texas A&M at No. 25.
Missouri State jumps into the rankings at No. 26 this week, followed
by Baylor at No. 29 after the Bears won the Big 12 Tournament. Cal
State Fullerton, champions of the Big West, also enters the rankings
this week at No. 30.
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. The NCBWA record is 22 different conferences
represented in 2012. For more information or to join the NCBWA,
please go to ncbwa.com.
NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MAY 28) |
Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
1. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
44-10-1 |
1 |
2. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
46-15 |
4 |
3. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
44-10 |
2 |
4. |
Florida |
SEC |
42-17 |
3 |
5. |
Clemson |
ACC |
45-14 |
5 |
6. |
Florida State |
ACC |
43-17 |
7 |
7. |
North Carolina |
ACC |
38-18 |
6 |
8. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
39-18 |
8 |
9. |
Minnesota |
Big Ten |
40-13 |
12 |
10. |
East Carolina |
American Athletic |
43-16 |
15 |
11. |
N.C. State |
ACC |
40-16 |
9 |
12. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
43-16 |
16 |
13. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
39-17 |
11 |
14. |
Stetson |
A-Sun |
45-11 |
17 |
15. |
Coastal Carolina |
Sun Belt |
42-17 |
20 |
16. |
Georgia |
SEC |
37-19 |
10 |
17. |
Duke |
ACC |
40-15 |
14 |
18. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
37-20 |
13 |
19. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
36-19 |
19 |
20. |
Tennessee Tech |
Ohio Valley |
48-9 |
18 |
21. |
Auburn |
SEC |
39-21 |
21 |
22. |
Louisville |
ACC |
43-17 |
24 |
23. |
Connecticut |
American Athletic |
35-20-1 |
23 |
23. |
Houston |
American Athletic |
36-23 |
22 |
25. |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
39-20 |
30 |
26. |
Missouri State |
Missouri Valley |
39-15 |
RV |
27. |
Florida Atlantic |
Conference USA |
40-17-1 |
27 |
28. |
South Carolina |
SEC |
33-24 |
25 |
29. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
36-19 |
RV |
30. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
32-23 |
RV |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Kentucky (34-22), Louisiana Tech (39-20), LSU (37-25),
Mississippi State (31-25), New Mexico State (39-20),
North Carolina A&T (32-23), Oklahoma (36-23),
Oklahoma State (29-24-1), Purdue (37-19), Saint
John's (39-15), San Diego State (39-19), TCU (33-23),
Texas Southern (25-26), Troy (41-19), USF (35-20-1),
Vanderbilt (31-25), Washington (30-23). |
Dropped out: Kentucky (26), Indiana (t28),
Mississippi State (t28). |
By conference: SEC 7, ACC 6, American Athletic
3, Big 12 3, Pac-12 3, Conference USA 2, A-Sun 1,
Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Missouri Valley 1, Ohio Valley
1, Sun Belt 1. |
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