DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls
for the 22nd year with its 2019 weekly surveys and this week UCLA
remains in the top spot for the second-straight week.
The Bruins remain No. 1 this week after garnering 25-of-26 first
place votes after sweeping Arizona over the weekend. Stanford jumps
up one spot to No. 2 after a sweep of Utah and Mississippi State
rounds out the top three after going 4-1 last week, including a
series win over Auburn.
Louisville entered the top 10 this week, jumping up from No.
13, while Arizona State joined at No. 9 after a series win at Oregon.
Overall, the Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference have four first-place
teams apiece, followed by the Atlantic Coast Conference with two
teams and the Big 12 with one.
The biggest riser this week was Washington, who went from receiving
votes to No. 30 after a sweep of USC, while Texas A&M jumped
up seven spots from No. 19 to No. 12 after going 4-0 last week with
a sweep at Kentucky.
The 2019 poll voters come from among 35 college baseball writers
and related media persons from throughout the nation. After a preseason
Top 40 listing, the remainder of the polls feature a national Top
30.
This week's current survey has representation by eight different
conferences among the 299 baseball-playing schools in the 2019 NCAA
Division I ranks. The rankings of 2018 had 15 different DI conferences
rated at least one week. For more information or to join the NCBWA,
please go to ncbwa.com.
2019 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 25) |
1. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
17-4 |
1 |
2. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
15-3 |
3 |
3. |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
22-3 |
2 |
4. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
19-5 |
5 |
5. |
Georgia |
SEC |
21-3 |
6 |
6. |
N.C. State |
ACC |
23-1 |
10 |
7. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
16-4-1 |
4 |
8. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
20-4 |
8 |
9. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
22-1 |
12 |
t10. |
Louisville |
ACC |
18-6 |
13 |
t10. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
15-6 |
7 |
12. |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
21-5 |
19 |
13. |
Auburn |
SEC |
20-4 |
14 |
14. |
LSU |
SEC |
17-7 |
9 |
15. |
North Carolina |
ACC |
18-7 |
15 |
16. |
Coastal Carolina |
Sun Belt |
18-5-1 |
18 |
17. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
17-10 |
11 |
18. |
East Carolina |
American Athletic |
18-6 |
21 |
19. |
Florida State |
ACC |
17-6 |
17 |
20. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
15-4 |
23 |
21. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
15-7 |
24 |
22. |
Florida |
SEC |
16-10 |
16 |
23. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
21-4 |
26 |
24. |
Clemson |
ACC |
18-6 |
25 |
25. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
17-8 |
20 |
26. |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
17-4 |
30 |
27. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
17-3 |
28 |
28. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
20-5 |
27 |
29. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
16-6 |
29 |
30. |
Washington |
Pac-12 |
14-5 |
RV |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama (19-6), Cal State Fullerton (11-10), Connecticut
(13-8), Dallas Baptist (18-5), Florida Atlantic
(16-8), Georgia Tech (16-8), Indiana (15-8), Indiana
State (19-2), Marshall (14-7-1), Miami (FL) (15-9),
Michigan (15-7), North Carolina A&T (14-9),
Oklahoma State (15-7), Oregon (12-9), Sam Houston
State (15-6), San Diego (17-7), South Carolina (16-8),
Southern (14-9), Southern Miss (15-6), Virginia
Tech (16-8). |
Dropped out: Michigan (22). |
By conference: SEC 10, ACC 5, Big 12 5, Pac-12
5, Big West 2, American Athletic 1, Big Ten 1, Sun
Belt 1. |
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