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 12th week and season-best ninth week in
a row this spring.
SEC schools – Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt – also
have topped each of the NCBWA Top 30 polls in '21.
All 16 teams in the NCAA Super Regionals appear in this week's
compilations.
Some notable changes from the May 31 survey in the standings
are Texas Tech up to No. 6 from 7, Notre Dame climbing from No.
10 to 7, Mississippi State up to No. 8 from 12, Stanford moving
from No. 11 to 9, and East Carolina jumping to No. 10 from 15.
This is the final NCBWA Division I poll before the NCAA World
Series, June 19-29/30. There will be a postseason NCBWA survey the
day after the 2021 DI champion is crowned.
There have been 14 conferences (11 for three weeks in succession)
represented in the first 17 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 (JUNE 8) |
1. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
49-11 |
1 |
2. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
45-15 |
2 |
3. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
43-15 |
4 |
4. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
48-16 |
3 |
5. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
43-15 |
5 |
6. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
39-15 |
7 |
7. |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
33-11 |
10 |
8. |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
43-15 |
12 |
9. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
36-15 |
11 |
10. |
East Carolina |
American Athletic |
44-15 |
15 |
11. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
44-20 |
8 |
12. |
N.C. State |
ACC |
33-17 |
23 |
13. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
40-16 |
29 |
14. |
Virginia |
ACC |
33-24 |
RV |
15. |
LSU |
SEC |
38-23 |
RV |
16. |
USF |
American Athletic |
31-28 |
RV |
17. |
Old Dominion |
Conference USA |
44-16 |
14 |
18. |
Nebraska |
Big Ten |
34-14 |
20 |
19. |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
43-18 |
16 |
20. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
39-16 |
9 |
21. |
Louisiana Tech |
Conference USA |
42-20 |
17 |
22. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
41-19 |
6 |
23. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
40-21 |
22 |
24. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
37-20 |
18 |
25. |
Florida |
SEC |
38-22 |
13 |
26. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
37-24 |
RV |
27. |
Fairfield |
MAAC |
39-5 |
30 |
28. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
36-19-1 |
19 |
29. |
Charlotte |
Conference USA |
40-21 |
24 |
30. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
41-20 |
RV |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Arizona State (33-22), California (29-26), California
Baptist (40-16), Campbell (37-18), Central Michigan
(41-18), Connecticut (34-19), Duke (33-22), Florida
State (31-24), Georgia Tech (31-25), Gonzaga (34-19),
Jackson State (32-9), Liberty (41-16), Maryland
(30-18), Miami, Fla. (33-21), Nevada (25-20), South
Alabama (36-22), South Carolina (34-23), VCU (38-16). |
Dropped out: South Carolina (21), Florida
State (25), Gonzaga (26), Duke (27), Arizona State
(28). |
By conference: SEC 7, Pac-12 5, Big 12 4,
Conference USA 4, ACC 3, American Athletic 2, Big
West 2, Big Ten 1, MAAC 1, Missouri Valley 1. |
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