DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 23rd year with its 2020 weekly surveys and after the third week of the regular season, Florida remains No. 1 for the second-straight week, followed by Texas Tech at No. 2 and Georgia at No. 3.
Florida remains No. 1 as it is still undefeated at 11-0 on the year after a weekend sweep of Troy. Texas Tech moves up one spot to No. 2 after going 5-0 last week, including two wins at Florida State. Georgia rounds out the top three after a 4-0 week, including a sweep of rival Georgia Tech.
Newcomers to the top 10 include Arizona State at No. 9 and Ole Miss at No. 10.
Overall, the top 10 consists of four SEC schools, three ACC programs, two from the Pac-12 and one from the Big 12.
The biggest risers this week include Tennessee, who jumped up eight spots to No. 16 as it remained undefeated after a 5-0 week, followed by Long Beach State that improved seven posts after a 3-1 week, including a series win over then-No. 6 Mississippi State.
The 2020 poll voters come from among 35 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. After a preseason Top 35 listing, the remainder of the polls will feature a national Top 30 beginning with the Feb. 17 NCBWA DI survey.
The current survey has representation by eight different conferences among the 300 baseball-playing schools in the 2020 NCAA Division I ranks. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.
2020 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 1) |
1. |
Florida |
SEC |
11-0 |
1 |
2. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
11-1 |
3 |
3. |
Georgia |
SEC |
11-1 |
5 |
4. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
10-3 |
4 |
5. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
11-0 |
7 |
6. |
Louisville |
ACC |
8-3 |
9 |
7. |
N.C. State |
ACC |
11-0 |
8 |
8. |
Miami |
ACC |
8-3 |
10 |
9. |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
8-4 |
11 |
10. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
10-1 |
15 |
11. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
7-3 |
2 |
12. |
Duke |
ACC |
9-2 |
14 |
13. |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
7-4 |
6 |
14. |
Florida State |
ACC |
8-3 |
12 |
15. |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
9-3 |
20 |
16. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
12-0 |
24 |
17. |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
6-4 |
18 |
18. |
Auburn |
SEC |
10-3 |
21 |
19. |
UCF |
American Athletic |
11-2 |
25 |
20. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
10-1 |
26 |
21. |
LSU |
SEC |
7-5 |
16 |
22. |
East Carolina |
American Athletic |
8-3 |
17 |
23. |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
10-3 |
13 |
24. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
8-3 |
RV |
25. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
8-3 |
22 |
26. |
Alabama |
SEC |
12-0 |
RV |
27. |
Clemson |
ACC |
9-2 |
29 |
28. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
10-2 |
27 |
29. |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
7-4 |
19 |
30. |
Pepperdine |
West Coast |
10-1 |
RV |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama State (10-3), Arizona (7-4), Baylor (8-3),
Cal State Fullerton (4-7), Cal State Northridge
(8-3), Coastal Carolina (7-3), Florida Atlantic
(7-3), Hawaii (6-5), Illinois (5-4), Indiana (6-3),
Iowa (5-4), Liberty (7-4), Louisiana Tech (9-3),
Mercer (11-0), Michigan State (8-3), New Mexico
(8-3), New Mexico State (12-1), North Carolina (8-4),
Oklahoma State (8-4), Old Dominion (8-2), Oregon
State (5-6), Penn State (9-2), Pittsburgh (10-1),
San Diego (9-2), Santa Clara (8-5), Southern Miss
(9-3), The Citadel (9-1), Troy (8-4), Tulane (9-2),
UC Irvine (5-6), UC Santa Barbara (9-2), UNCW (9-3),
UTSA (10-2), Wake Forest (7-5), Washington (7-3),
West Virginia (7-4). |
Dropped out: North Carolina (23), Oklahoma
State (28), Arizona (30). |
By conference: SEC 11, ACC 7, Big 12 4, American
Athletic 2, Pac-12 2, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Missouri
Valley 1, West Coast 1. |
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