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April 15, 2019
For Immediate Release
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Pac-12 still 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 fifth-straight week.

The Bruins remain the No. 1 selection this week and are followed at No. 2 by a fellow Pac-12 member in Stanford. Rounding out the top three is Mississippi State, who jumped up two spots to join the top three this week.

Newcomers to the top 10 this week include Louisville at No. 7 and UC Santa Barbara at No. 10. Overall, there are five SEC teams, three Pac-12 squads, one ACC team and one Big West squad in the top 10.

The highest risers this week include UC Santa Barbara, who jumped up 10 spots from No. 20 to No. 10 after a 4-0 week including a series win over then-No. 16 UC Irvine. Tennessee and North Carolina each jumped up seven spot this week to sit at No. 22 and No. 12, respectively. Louisville jumped up five spots to join the top 10 this week at No. 7 after a 4-0 week including a series sweep at then-No. 5 NC State.

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 15)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	UCLA	Pac-12	27-6	1
2.	Stanford	Pac-12	24-5	4
3.	Mississippi State	SEC	31-6	5
4.	Oregon State	Pac-12	25-8-1	2
5.	Vanderbilt	SEC	27-9	7
6.	Georgia	SEC	29-8	3
7.	Louisville	ACC	28-8	12
8.	Arkansas	SEC	26-10	9
9.	Texas A&M	SEC	27-10-1	12
10.	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	27-5	20
11.	N.C. State	ACC	29-8	5
12.	North Carolina	ACC	27-10	19
13.	LSU	SEC	24-13	8
14.	East Carolina	American Athletic	25-10	10
15.	Arizona State	Pac-12	27-7	14
16.	Texas Tech	Big 12	23-11	11
17.	Ole Miss	SEC	25-12	15
18.	Georgia Tech	ACC	24-12	24
19.	Baylor	Big 12	24-10	23
20.	TCU	Big 12	22-12	21
21.	Clemson	ACC	25-11	17
22.	Tennessee	SEC	26-11	29
23.	West Virginia	Big 12	22-13	-
24.	Miami	ACC	25-12	-
25.	Texas	Big 12	23-15	18
26.	Auburn	SEC	24-12	22
27.	Missouri	SEC	25-12-1	-
28.	Florida	SEC	24-14	28
29.	UC Irvine	Big West	21-9	16
30.	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	23-13-1	26
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona (18-16), BYU (24-9), Cal State Fullerton (15-17), California (19-12), Connecticut (23-13), Creighton (19-8), Dallas Baptist (25-10), Florida Atlantic (24-11), Florida State (22-13), Illinois (22-11), Indiana (24-12), Indiana State (27-7), Liberty (27-8), Louisiana Tech (24-11), Miami, Ohio (29-6), Michigan (24-11), Nebraska (20-10), New Mexico State (25-9), Oklahoma (25-12), Oklahoma State (21-13), Oregon (21-13), South Carolina (21-15), Southern (21-15), Southern Miss (21-12), Texas-Arlington (24-13), Tulane (25-11).
Dropped out: Michigan (25), Florida Atlantic (27), Southern Miss (30).
By conference: SEC 11, ACC 6, Big 12 5, Pac-12 4, Big West 2, American Athletic 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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