DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls
for the 24th year with its 2021 weekly surveys, and Arkansas is
No. 1 for the 2021-high sixth week this season.
Southeastern Conference schools – Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss,
and Vanderbilt – also have topped each of the NCBWA Top 30 polls
in ’21.
Several schools moved up places from the April 19 survey, and
these included Tennessee from No. 5 to 4, TCU from No. 8 to 6, Florida
from No. 10 to 8, Louisville from No. 11 to 9, and Arizona with
the largest jump of the week from No. 17 to 10. The top three teams
– Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Texas – from last week remained the same.
There have been 13 conferences (nine for the third successive
week) represented in the first 11 standings of 2021, and there were
15 different conferences included in the COVID-19 abbreviated NCBWA
polls in 2020.
The 2021 poll voters come from among 33 college baseball writers
and related media persons from throughout the nation. The '21 season
features 302 NCAA Division I baseball-playing schools, and for more
information or to join the NCBWA please go to ncbwa.com.
2021 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (APRIL 26) |
1. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
32-7 |
1 |
2. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
31-7 |
2 |
3. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
33-9 |
3 |
4. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
32-9 |
5 |
5. |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
29-10 |
4 |
6. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
29-10 |
8 |
7. |
East Carolina |
American Athletic |
28-7 |
7 |
8. |
Florida |
SEC |
28-12 |
10 |
9. |
Louisville |
ACC |
23-11 |
11 |
10. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
27-11 |
17 |
11. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
27-10 |
6 |
12. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
24-9 |
14 |
13. |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
20-8 |
12 |
14. |
South Carolina |
SEC |
25-12 |
13 |
15. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
28-12 |
9 |
16. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
22-7 |
16 |
17. |
Charlotte |
Conference USA |
29-11 |
24 |
18. |
Louisiana Tech |
Conference USA |
28-11 |
15 |
19. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
24-12-1 |
19 |
20. |
Pittsburgh |
ACC |
20-11 |
18 |
21. |
Georgia |
SEC |
26-13 |
28 |
22. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
26-12 |
21 |
t23. |
Old Dominion |
Conference USA |
28-10 |
20 |
t23. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
24-12 |
RV |
25. |
Florida State |
ACC |
20-15 |
RV |
26. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
23-13 |
25 |
27. |
Gonzaga |
West Coast |
26-13 |
RV |
28. |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
19-9 |
22 |
29. |
Nebraska |
Big Ten |
20-7 |
RV |
30. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
26-12 |
26 |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama (24-15), Arizona State (22-13), Baylor (26-13),
California Baptist (25-11), Dallas Baptist (22-10),
Fairfield (25-0), Florida Atlantic (21-19), Georgia
Southern (24-15), Georgia Tech (19-16), Grand Canyon
(23-15-1), Indiana (18-8), Indiana State (21-11),
Iowa (17-11), Jackson State (22-8), Kansas State
(23-16), Kentucky (24-13), Liberty (27-10), LSU
(24-15), Miami, Fla. (22-13), NC State (19-13),
San Diego (24-8), San Diego State (22-9), Southern
Illinois (26-12), Southern Miss (26-13), Tulane
(21-13), Virginia Tech (21-15), Wright State (18-10). |
Dropped out: Miami, Fla. (23), Indiana State
(27), Virginia Tech (29), Georgia Tech (30). |
By conference: SEC 8, Pac-12 5, ACC 4, Big
12 4, Conference USA 3, American Athletic 1, Big
Ten 2, Big West 2, West Coast 1. |
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