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June 5, 2018
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bo Carter
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Beavers are top-ranked headed into Super Regionals

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. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 19-June 28 (weekly through June 5) following the 72nd annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park. For the third-straight week Oregon State sits atop the NCBWA Division I poll, followed by Florida at No. 2 and North Carolina at No. 3.

Oregon State is No. 1 in the rankings for the third-straight week after cruising through the Corvallis Regional.

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).

Florida moves up one spot to No. 2 after winning the Gainesville Regional in dramatic fashion on Monday night.

For the first time this season, North Carolina jumps into the top three, moving up three spots Chapel Hill Regional.

The highest ranking team not advancing to the NCAA Super Regional round is Ole Miss at No. 13.

This week’s biggest mover was South Carolina, who jumped up 13 spots to No. 12 after winning the Greenville Regional. Mississippi State and Auburn were next, as they both moved up 12 slots to No. 16 and No. 9, respectively.

Newcomers to the rankings this week include Cal State Fullerton at No. 14, Vanderbilt at No. 15 and Washington at No. 17. All three squads won their respective regionals, led by the Titans who knocked off the No. 2 overall seed Stanford.

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.

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NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (JUNE 5)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	47-10-1	1
2.	Florida	SEC	45-18	3
3.	North Carolina	ACC	41-18	6
4.	Arkansas	SEC	42-18	8
5.	Texas Tech	Big 12	42-17	11
6.	Stetson	A-Sun	48-11	17
7.	Minnesota	Big Ten	43-13	12
8.	Texas	Big 12	40-20	13
9.	Auburn	SEC	42-21	21
10.	Duke	ACC	44-16	14
10.	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	52-10	18
12.	South Carolina	SEC	36-24	25
13.	Ole Miss	SEC	48-17	4
14.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	35-23	RV
15.	Vanderbilt	SEC	34-25	RV
16.	Mississippi State	SEC	35-26	28
17.	Washington	Pac-12	33-23	RV
18.	Stanford	Pac-12	46-12	2
19.	Clemson	ACC	47-16	5
20.	Georgia	SEC	39-21	10
21.	N.C. State	ACC	42-18	9
22.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	44-18	16
23.	East Carolina	American Athletic	44-18	15
24.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	43-19	20
25.	Florida State	ACC	43-19	7
25.	UCLA	Pac-12	38-21	19
27.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	43-19-1	27
28.	Louisville	ACC	45-19	24
29.	Oklahoma	Big 12	38-25	NR
30.	Connecticut	American Athletic	37-22-1	23
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Army (37-24), Baylor (37-21), Dallas Baptist (42-21), Gonzaga (33-24), Houston (38-25), Indiana (40-19), Jacksonville (40-21), LSU (39-27), Missouri State (40-17), Oklahoma State (31-26-1), Saint John's (40-17), Texas A&M (40-22), UNCW (39-23), USF (36-22-1).
Dropped out: Houston (22), Kentucky (26), Indiana (28), Texas A&M (30).
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 6, Pac-12 4, Big 12 3, American Athletic 2, Conference USA 2, A-Sun 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 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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