DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls
for the 25th year with its 2022 weekly surveys.
Vanderbilt remains No. 1 for a second week after Texas ruled
the first four NCBWA national surveys.
Some of the big movers from weeks five to six are Virginia from
No. 16 to 8, Arizona from No. 14 to 9, Florida State from No. 13
to 10, and Oklahoma State from No. 18 to 14, among others. Louisville
and Wake Forest also climbed into the Top 30 this week.
There have been 17 conferences (with 10 this week) represented
in the first six standings of 2022, and there also were 14 different
conferences in all the 2021 NCBWA polls.
The 2022 poll voters come from among 33 college baseball writers
and related media members throughout the nation. The ’22 season
features 301 NCAA Division I baseball-playing schools, and for more
information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.
2022 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 21) |
1. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
17-2 |
1 |
2. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
16-3 |
4 |
3. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
19-1 |
7 |
4. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
17-5 |
3 |
5. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
15-4 |
2 |
6. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
14-4 |
5 |
7. |
Florida |
SEC |
15-5 |
10 |
8. |
Virginia |
ACC |
19-1 |
16 |
9. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
15-4 |
14 |
10. |
Florida State |
ACC |
13-6 |
13 |
11. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
17-4 |
12 |
12. |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
15-5 |
8 |
13. |
North Carolina |
ACC |
17-3 |
15 |
14. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
14-6 |
18 |
15. |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
12-4 |
5 |
16. |
LSU |
SEC |
15-5 |
9 |
17. |
Georgia |
SEC |
16-4 |
19 |
18. |
Liberty |
ASUN |
14-4 |
17 |
19. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
9-7 |
11 |
20. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
14-5 |
21 |
21. |
Texas State |
Sun Belt |
18-3 |
26 |
22. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
16-3 |
22 |
23. |
Gonzaga |
West Coast |
14-4 |
24 |
24. |
Louisville |
ACC |
16-4 |
RV |
25. |
Old Dominion |
Conference USA |
16-2 |
25 |
26. |
Clemson |
ACC |
15-4 |
20 |
27. |
Connecticut |
Big East |
14-3 |
30 |
28. |
Wake Forest |
ACC |
16-4 |
RV |
29. |
Miami |
ACC |
13-6 |
27 |
30. |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
12-9 |
23 |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Auburn (14-6), California (10-9), College of Charleston
(12-8), DBU (12-7), Davidson (17-3), Florida Gulf
Coast University (16-4), Georgia Southern (13-7),
Grand Canyon (13-8), Kentucky (14-7), Long Beach
State (10-8), Louisiana Tech (14-6), Memphis (12-5),
Mercer (16-4), Michigan (11-8), NC State (11-8),
Oklahoma (12-7), Oregon (13-6), Portland (14-5),
Purdue (17-1), Rutgers (13-5), San Diego (11-7),
South Alabama (15-3), Southern Miss (13-7), Tennessee
Tech (13-5), Texas A&M (12-7), Troy (14-5),
Tulane (13-7-1), UC Irvine (13-6), UC Santa Barbara
(12-5), UCLA (12-7), UNCW (12-7), USC (12-6), Virginia
Tech (12-6). |
Dropped out: Kentucky (28), N.C.
State (29). |
By conference: ACC 9, SEC 8, Big
12 4, Pac-12 3, Atlantic Sun 1, Big East 1, Big
Ten 1, Conference USA 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast
1. |
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