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May 13, 2019
For Immediate Release
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Bruins at No. 1 for 9th straight week

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 ninth-straight week.

UCLA remains No. 1 after going 4-0 last week, including a series sweep at Washington State. Vandy stays put at No. 2 after a 4-0 week, with a victory at then-No. 4 Louisville and a sweep of then-No. 22 Missouri. Stanford rounds out the top three after going 3-1 last week with a series win at rival California.

Mississippi State jumped into the top five this week, coming in at No. 4 after a 4-0 week, including a sweep of Ole Miss. Arkansas remained put at No. 5 after taking the series over then-No. 16 LSU.

No newcomers to the top 10 this week and the highest riser within the group was Georgia Tech, who jumped up three spots to No. 7 after a series win at Duke.

Overall, there are four SEC schools, two Pac-12 programs, two ACC programs and one school apiece from the Big 12 and American Athletic in the top 10.

Dallas Baptist and Indiana are newcomers to the top 30 this week, entering at No. 27 and No. 30, respectively.

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 (MAY 13)
Rk.	School	Conference	Record	Pvs.
1.	UCLA	Pac-12	41-8	1
2.	Vanderbilt	SEC	41-10	2
3.	Stanford	Pac-12	37-9	3
4.	Mississippi State	SEC	42-10	6
5.	Arkansas	SEC	39-13	5
6.	East Carolina	American Athletic	39-12	8
7.	Georgia Tech	ACC	35-15	10
8.	Texas Tech	Big 12	34-14	9
9.	Georgia	SEC	39-14	7
10.	Louisville	ACC	40-12	4
11.	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	40-7	13
12.	Oregon State	Pac-12	33-15-1	12
13.	Baylor	Big 12	32-13	14
14.	Oklahoma State	Big 12	30-17	20
15.	Miami	ACC	36-15	17
16.	Texas A&M	SEC	34-18-1	18
17.	North Carolina	ACC	36-15	11
18.	N.C. State	ACC	39-14	19
19.	Ole Miss	SEC	32-20	15
20.	West Virginia	Big 12	31-18	21
21.	LSU	SEC	31-21	16
22.	Florida State	ACC	34-18	25
23.	Tennessee	SEC	35-17	27
24.	Missouri	SEC	34-18-1	22
25.	Illinois	Big Ten	34-16	28
26.	Arizona State	Pac-12	35-14	22
t27.	Dallas Baptist	Missouri Valley	36-15	-
t27.	Michigan	Big Ten	37-13	24
29.	BYU	West Coast	33-14	26
30.	Indiana	Big Ten	33-18	-
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Auburn (30-21), California (29-17), Clemson (30-22), Creighton (31-11), Florida (30-23), Florida Atlantic (34-17), Fresno State (32-14-1), Gonzaga (28-20), Houston (31-19), Illinois State (30-21), Indiana State (34-14), Iowa (28-19), Jackson State (30-22), Liberty (35-16), Louisiana Tech (32-20), Miami, Ohio (36-14), Navy (38-15), Nebraska (26-19), New Mexico State (36-12), North Carolina A&T (28-22), Northwestern (22-24), Pepperdine (23-22), Saint Mary's (30-19), Sam Houston State (29-20), Southern (28-21), Southern Miss (32-17), TCU (28-21), UC Irvine (31-15), Virginia (29-21), Washington (27-19), Wright State (35-15).
Dropped out: Auburn (29), UC Irvine (30).
By conference: SEC 9, ACC 6, Big 12 4, Pac-12 4, Big Ten 3, American Athletic 1, Big West 1, Missouri Valley 1, West Coast 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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