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.
Tennessee takes over at No. 1 for the first time in ’22 joining
Texas and Vanderbilt as the three school to lead the polls. Volunteers
head coach Tony Vitello was the 2021 NCBWA Mike Martin National
Coach of the Year Award recipient.
Vanderbilt dropped to No. 5, while Texas is No. 7 in this week’s
survey. Some of the big movers from weeks six to seven are Virginia
from No. 8 to 3, Texas Tech from No. 11 to 6, Oklahoma State from
No. 14 to 8, Miami (Fla.) from No. 29 to 16, Louisville from No.
24 to 15, TCU from No. 20 to 12 and Oregon from receiving votes
to No. 25, among others.
There have been 17 conferences (with 10 this week) represented
in the first seven standings of 2022; There 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 from 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 (APRIL 4) |
1. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
27-1 |
1 |
2. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
21-5 |
2 |
3. |
Virginia |
ACC |
25-3 |
3 |
4. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
24-6 |
6 |
5. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
20-7 |
4 |
6. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
19-8 |
10 |
7. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
20-8 |
8 |
8. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
21-9 |
7 |
9. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
21-7 |
14 |
10. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
20-7 |
5 |
11. |
Georgia |
SEC |
22-6 |
17 |
12. |
Miami |
ACC |
21-6 |
16 |
13. |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
16-5 |
19 |
14. |
Texas State |
Sun Belt |
23-6 |
23 |
15. |
Louisville |
ACC |
21-7 |
15 |
16. |
LSU |
SEC |
19-9 |
11 |
17. |
Gonzaga |
West Coast |
18-7 |
21 |
18. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
19-9 |
12 |
19. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
19-8 |
RV |
20. |
Florida State |
ACC |
16-11 |
9 |
21. |
North Carolina |
ACC |
20-8 |
18 |
22. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
14-9 |
20 |
23. |
Florida |
SEC |
18-10 |
13 |
24. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
22-6 |
26 |
25. |
Connecticut |
Big East |
19-7 |
27 |
26. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
19-8 |
RV |
27. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
17-10 |
22 |
28. |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
18-11 |
24 |
29. |
NC State |
ACC |
18-9 |
RV |
30. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
18-10 |
25 |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Auburn (19-9), Ball State (17-9), Cal Poly (18-10),
California Baptist (19-7), Clemson (18-9), Davidson
(22-5), Eastern Michigan (10-15), Florida Gulf Coast
University (20-8), Georgia Southern (18-10), Georgia
State (18-10), Grand Canyon (18-11), Iowa (13-9),
Kentucky (18-11), Liberty (17-9), Louisiana Tech
(19-9), Mercer (24-5), Mississippi State (17-12),
Oklahoma (16-10), Old Dominion (20-6), Purdue (18-5),
Rutgers (21-6), San Diego (17-9), Southern Illinois
(20-8), Tennessee Tech (16-10), UC Santa Barbara
(18-7), UNLV (19-9), USC (17-8), UTSA (18-10), Virginia
Tech (17-7), Wake Forest (21-7), West Virginia (16-10). |
Dropped out: Liberty (28), Purdue
(29), Old Dominion (30). |
By conference: ACC 8, SEC 7, Pac-12
5, Big 12 4, Big East 1, Big Ten 1, Conference USA
1, Missouri Valley 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast 1. |
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