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 seventh-straight week.
This week the Pac-12 holds down the top two spots, as Stanford
remains No. 2 for the third-straight week, but this time is tied
with Vanderbilt after the Commodores swept then-No. 23 Auburn last
week.
Oregon State drops back one to No. 4 this week, while Louisville
moves up one to fill out the top five.
Overall, there are four SEC schools, three Pac-12 programs, one
ACC, one Big 12 and one American Athletic school in the top 10.
The highest riser in this week's poll is Florida State, who went
from receiving votes to No. 27 after winning eight of its last 10,
including going 4-0 last week. Likewise, Missouri also moved from
the receiving votes ranks to No. 29 after winning seven of its last
10. The Tigers also went 4-0 last week, with a midweek win over
Missouri State and a sweep of South Carolina.
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 29) |
1. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
34-7 |
1 |
2. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
31-7 |
2 |
2. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
34-9 |
4 |
4. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
31-10-1 |
3 |
5. |
Louisville |
ACC |
35-9 |
6 |
6. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
34-11 |
7 |
7. |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
36-9 |
10 |
8. |
East Carolina |
American Athletic |
33-11 |
11 |
9. |
Georgia |
SEC |
33-12 |
5 |
10. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
29-13 |
17 |
11. |
North Carolina |
ACC |
33-12 |
12 |
12. |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
30-14 |
16 |
13. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
32-7 |
8 |
14. |
LSU |
SEC |
29-16 |
14 |
15. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
30-12 |
18 |
16. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
30-15 |
19 |
17. |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
30-15-1 |
9 |
18. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
32-10 |
13 |
19. |
West Virginia |
Big 12 |
26-15 |
20 |
20. |
Miami |
ACC |
31-14 |
22 |
21. |
N.C. State |
ACC |
33-12 |
15 |
22. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
28-10 |
24 |
23. |
Indiana |
Big Ten |
30-14 |
26 |
24. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
31-14 |
21 |
25. |
BYU |
West Coast |
29-10 |
29 |
26. |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
31-11 |
30 |
27. |
Florida State |
ACC |
28-15 |
RV |
28. |
Auburn |
SEC |
27-17 |
23 |
29. |
Missouri |
SEC |
30-15-1 |
RV |
30. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
25-16 |
25 |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Bryant (31-13), California (23-15), Coastal Carolina
(26-18-1), Coppin State (24-17), Creighton (25-10),
Dallas Baptist (30-13), Duke (27-17), Florida (28-18),
Florida Atlantic (29-14), Gonzaga (23-17), Illinois
(28-14), Illinois State (27-17), Indiana State (32-9),
Iowa (24-16), Louisiana Tech (28-16), Miami (OH)
(31-12), Navy (34-15), New Mexico State (30-11),
Oklahoma (30-15), Oregon (23-18), Pepperdine (19-17),
Sam Houston State (24-17), Southern Miss (29-13),
TCU (23-19), Texas State (31-13), Tulane (27-16),
Wake Forest (26-19), Wright State (30-13). |
Dropped out: TCU (27), Creighton (28). |
By conference: SEC 10, ACC 6, Big 12 4, Pac-12
4, Big Ten 2, Big West 2, American Athletic 1, West
Coast 1. |
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