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 (31-1) is No. 1 for the third week in a row after running
its winning streak to 23 games – second in Southeastern Conference
history behind Texas A&M in 2015 with 24 consecutive victories.
Volunteers head coach Tony Vitello, the 2021 NCBWA Mike Martin National
Coach of the Year Award winner, also has led the Vols to their best
Southeastern Conference start in school history at 12-0. Texas,
Vanderbilt and the Vols have held down the No. 1 position in eight
NCBWA surveys to date.
Some of the big movers from Weeks Eight to Nine have been Oregon
State from No. 5 to 2, Miami (Fla.) from No. 12 to 3, Texas from
No. 9 to 6, Notre Dame from No. 13 to 9, LSU from No. 16 to 12,
Southern Miss from No. 26 to 15, Dallas Baptist from No. 27 to 19
and Auburn from receiving votes to No. 23, among others.
There have been 17 conferences (with 10 this week) represented
in the first eight 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 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 11) |
1. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
31-1 |
1 |
2. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
24-7 |
5 |
3. |
Miami |
ACC |
26-6 |
12 |
4. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
23-7 |
2 |
5. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
27-8 |
4 |
6. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
24-10 |
8 |
7. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
23-9 |
7 |
8. |
Virginia |
ACC |
26-6 |
3 |
9. |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
20-5 |
13 |
10. |
Georgia |
SEC |
24-8 |
11 |
11. |
Louisville |
ACC |
23-8 |
15 |
12. |
LSU |
SEC |
23-9 |
16 |
13. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
22-9 |
19 |
14. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
22-10 |
9 |
15. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
23-8 |
26 |
16. |
Gonzaga |
West Coast |
21-8 |
17 |
17. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
22-9 |
10 |
18. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
17-10 |
22 |
19. |
Dallas Baptist |
Missouri Valley |
21-10 |
27 |
20. |
Florida |
SEC |
21-11 |
23 |
21. |
Connecticut |
Big East |
24-7 |
25 |
22. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
25-7 |
24 |
23. |
Auburn |
SEC |
22-10 |
RV |
24. |
Texas State |
Sun Belt |
24-9 |
14 |
25. |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
19-12 |
6 |
26. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
21-11 |
18 |
27. |
Wake Forest |
ACC |
25-7 |
RV |
28. |
Virginia Tech |
ACC |
20-8 |
RV |
29. |
Florida State |
ACC |
18-13 |
20 |
30. |
Alabama |
SEC |
21-12 |
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Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Cal Poly (20-12), Creighton (18-8), Davidson (24-6),
Georgia Southern (20-11), Georgia State (21-10),
Georgia Tech (21-12), Grand Canyon (23-11), Kennesaw
State (21-9), Louisiana Tech (23-10), Mercer (27-5),
NC State (19-11), North Carolina (21-11), Old Dominion
(22-8), Oregon (21-11), Portland (19-12), Rutgers
(25-6), SE Missouri State (23-7), Southern Illinois
(23-9), UC Santa Barbara (21-8), UNLV (21-11), UTSA
(21-11), West Virginia (20-10), Wofford (24-9). |
Dropped out: North Carolina (21),
Georgia Tech (28), NC State (29), Oregon (30). |
By conference: SEC 9, ACC 7, Big
12 4, Pac-12 4, Big East 1, Big Ten 1, Conference
USA 1, Missouri Valley 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast
1. |
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