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April 8, 2019
For Immediate Release
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Pac-12 boasts three of nation's top four

UCLA TOPS NCBWA DIVISION I POLL

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 is the unanimous No. 1 selection and remains in the top spot for the fourth-straight week.

The Bruins remain the No. 1 selection this week after going 3-1 last week, including a series win over then-No. 2 Stanford. Another Pac-12 foe in Oregon State takes over the No. 2 spot in the poll after a 4-1 week, including a series sweep of Utah. Georgia jumps up four spots to round out the top three after a 4-1 week and a series win over then-No. 3 Vanderbilt.

LSU, Arkansas and East Carolina all joined the top 10 this week. Overall, there are five SEC teams in the top 10, three Pac-12 squads and one AAC team.

The highest risers this week include Georgia Tech, who went from no rank to No. 24 after a 3-1 week, including a victory at Auburn and a series win over UNC. Florida Atlantic and Southern Miss both jumped into the top 30 from receiving votes last week, with Florida Atlantic at No. 27 and Southern Miss at No. 30. UC Irvine jumped up five after a sweep of Long Beach State and sits at No. 16 this week, while ECU also gained five spots after a 3-1 week to crack the top 10 at No. 10.

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 (APRIL 8)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	UCLA	Pac-12	23-6	1
2.	Oregon State	Pac-12	23-6-1	4
3.	Georgia	SEC	27-6	7
4.	Stanford	Pac-12	20-5	2
5.	Mississippi State	SEC	27-6	9
5.	N.C. State	ACC	29-4	5
7.	Vanderbilt	SEC	24-8	3
8.	LSU	SEC	23-10	11
9.	Arkansas	SEC	24-8	10
10.	East Carolina	American Athletic	24-7	15
11.	Texas Tech	Big 12	21-9	12
12.	Louisville	ACC	24-8	8
12.	Texas A&M	SEC	25-8-1	16
14.	Arizona State	Pac-12	26-4	6
15.	Ole Miss	SEC	23-10	19
16.	UC Irvine	Big West	21-5	21
17.	Clemson	ACC	24-8	20
18.	Texas	Big 12	21-13	13
19.	North Carolina	ACC	23-9	14
20.	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	23-5	24
21.	TCU	Big 12	20-10	23
22.	Auburn	SEC	23-9	17
23.	Baylor	Big 12	22-8	26
24.	Georgia Tech	ACC	22-10	-
25.	Michigan	Big Ten	22-8	29
26.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	22-11-1	22
27.	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	23-9	-
28.	Florida	SEC	21-13	18
29.	Tennessee	SEC	23-10	28
30.	Southern Miss	Conference USA	20-9	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona (16-14), Arkansas State (20-13), BYU (22-8), Cal State Fullerton (14-14), Central Michigan (22-8), Connecticut (19-12), Creighton (16-7), Dallas Baptist (22-9), Florida State (19-12), Illinois (20-10), Indiana (19-12), Indiana State (23-6), Liberty (24-7), Louisiana Tech (21-10), Loyola Marymount (20-11), Miami, Fla. (20-12), Miami, Ohio (24-6), Missouri (22-11-1), Nebraska (17-9), New Mexico State (22-8), Oklahoma (23-10), Oklahoma State (19-11), Oregon (18-12), Pepperdine (16-11), Sam Houston State (20-9), San Diego (21-11), South Carolina (19-13), Tulane (21-11), UCF (20-12), West Virginia (19-12).
Dropped out: Oklahoma State (25), Florida State (27), Connecticut (30).
By conference: SEC 10, ACC 5, Big 12 4, Pac-12 4, Big West 2, Conference USA 2, American Athletic 1, Big Ten 1, Sun Belt 1.

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2019 NCBWA Polls (No. 1 Team):
• Preseason (Vanderbilt) • Feb. 18 (LSU) • Feb. 25 (LSU) • March 4 (Vanderbilt) • March 11 (Vanderbilt) • March 18 (UCLA)	• March 25 (UCLA) • April 1 (UCLA) • April 8 (UCLA) • April 15 (UCLA) • April 22 (UCLA) • April 29 (UCLA)	• May 6 (UCLA) • May 13 (UCLA) • May 20 (UCLA) • May 27 (UCLA) • Final (Vanderbilt)

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