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 sixth-straight week.
This week the Pac-12 holds down the top three spots, as Stanford
remains No. 2 for the second-straight week and Oregon State rejoins
the top three after a sweep of Arizona.
The SEC rounded out the top five as Vanderbilt jumps up one to
No. 4 and Georgia also improves one place to No. 5. Overall, the
SEC has five of the top 10 teams, followed by the Pac-12 with three,
the ACC with one and the Big West with one.
The highest riser in this week's poll is Oklahoma State, who
jumped up six spots to No. 25 after only receiving votes last week
after a 4-0 week, including a sweep of Texas. UC Irvine was next
as they improved five spots to No. 24 after going 4-0 last week
with a series sweep of Cal State Northridge.
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 22) |
1. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
30-7 |
1 |
2. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
27-6 |
2 |
3. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
28-8-1 |
4 |
4. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
31-9 |
5 |
5. |
Georgia |
SEC |
33-8 |
6 |
6. |
Louisville |
ACC |
31-9 |
7 |
7. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
30-10 |
8 |
8. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
30-5 |
10 |
9. |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
29-12-1 |
9 |
10. |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
32-9 |
3 |
11. |
East Carolina |
American Athletic |
29-10 |
14 |
12. |
North Carolina |
ACC |
30-11 |
12 |
13. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
30-8 |
15 |
14. |
LSU |
SEC |
26-15 |
13 |
15. |
N.C. State |
ACC |
31-10 |
11 |
16. |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
27-13 |
18 |
17. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
25-13 |
16 |
18. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
26-12 |
19 |
19. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
27-14 |
17 |
20. |
West Virginia |
Big 12 |
24-14 |
23 |
21. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
30-11 |
22 |
22. |
Miami |
ACC |
27-14 |
24 |
23. |
Auburn |
SEC |
26-14 |
26 |
24. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
25-9 |
29 |
25. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
25-13 |
- |
26. |
Indiana |
Big Ten |
27-13 |
- |
27. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
23-15 |
20 |
28. |
Creighton |
Big East |
22-8 |
- |
29. |
BYU |
West Coast |
26-10 |
- |
30. |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
28-11 |
- |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Arizona (18-19), California (20-14), Clemson (25-15),
Coastal Carolina (24-16-1), Connecticut (24-16),
Dallas Baptist (27-12), Duke (24-16), Florida (26-16),
Florida Atlantic (27-12), Florida State (24-14),
Fresno State (24-12), Houston (24-16), Illinois
State (25-15), Indiana State (29-9), Louisiana Tech
(27-12), Loyola Marymount (24-15), Miami, Ohio (30-9),
Missouri (26-15-1), Navy (30-14), New Mexico State
(28-10), Oklahoma (27-14), Oregon (22-16), Sam Houston
State (22-15), Southern (24-16), Southern Miss (24-13),
Tennessee Tech (17-20), Texas (24-18), Texas State
(27-13), Texas-Arlington (28-13), Tulane (26-13),
Wake Forest (24-17), Wright State (25-13). |
Dropped out: Clemson (21), Texas (25), Missouri
(27), Florida (28), Coastal Carolina (30). |
By conference: SEC 9, ACC 5, Big 12 5, Pac-12
4, Big Ten 2, Big West 2, American Athletic 1, Big
East 1, West Coast 1. |
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