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June 29, 2018
For Immediate Release
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Beavers claim third national title since 2006

OREGON STATE TOPS FINAL
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 29 (weekly through June 5) following the 72nd annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park.

Oregon State is No. 1 in the final poll of 2018 for the fourth-straight poll after winning the College World Series, coming back from 0-1 in the title series against Arkansas to claim its third-ever College World Series title. The Beavers won six-straight elimination games in Omaha to clinch the title.

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).

Arkansas finished second in the final poll of the season after an outstanding season, coming up just short in the College World Series final to Oregon State.

The biggest riser in the final poll was Mississippi State, who jumped up 12 spots from No. 16 to No. 4 with their CWS run.

Washington also made a big leap as they advanced to the CWS for the first time in program history. The Huskies improved nine spots, sitting at No. 8 in the final poll.

Texas A&M and Indiana jumped into the rankings after receiving votes in the previous poll. The Aggies and Hoosiers sit at No. 28 and No. 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. The NCBWA record is 22 different conferences represented in 2012.

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NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (FINAL)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	Oregon State	Pac-12	55-12-1	1
2.	Arkansas	SEC	48-20	4
3.	Florida	SEC	49-21	2
4.	Mississippi State	SEC	39-29	16
5.	Texas Tech	Big 12	45-20	5
6.	North Carolina	ACC	44-20	3
7.	Texas	Big 12	42-23	8
8.	Washington	Pac-12	35-26	17
9.	Duke	ACC	45-18	10
10.	Auburn	SEC	43-23	9
11.	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	53-12	10
12.	South Carolina	SEC	37-26	12
13.	Stetson	A-Sun	48-13	6
14.	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	36-25	14
15.	Minnesota	Big Ten	43-15	7
16.	Vanderbilt	SEC	35-27	15
17.	Stanford	Pac-12	46-12	18
18.	Ole Miss	SEC	48-17	13
19.	Clemson	ACC	47-16	19
20.	Georgia	SEC	39-21	20
21.	N.C. State	ACC	42-18	21
22.	Florida State	ACC	43-19	25
23.	East Carolina	American Athletic	44-18	23
24.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	43-19	24
25.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	44-18	22
26.	UCLA	Pac-12	38-21	25
27.	Louisville	ACC	45-19	28
28.	Texas A&M	SEC	40-22	RV
t29.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	43-19-1	27
t29.	Indiana	Big Ten	40-19	RV
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor (37-21), Connecticut (37-22-1), Dallas Baptist (42-21), Gonzaga (33-24), Houston (38-25), Jacksonville (40-21), LSU (39-27), Missouri State (40-17), Northeastern (36-21), Northwestern State (38-24), Ohio State (36-24), Oklahoma (38-25), Oklahoma State (31-26-1), Purdue (38-21), Saint John's (40-17), San Diego State (39-21), Troy (42-21), UNCW (39-23), USF (36-22-1).
Dropped out: Oklahoma (29), Connecticut (30).
By conference: SEC 9, ACC 6, Pac-12 4, Big 12 2, Big Ten 2, Conference USA 2, A-Sun 1, American Athletic 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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