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 (40-4 overall) is No. 1 for the sixth consecutive
week after having an earlier school-record winning streak of 23
games and going 9-3 since then. Volunteers head coach Tony
Vitello, the 2021 NCBWA Mike Martin National Coach of the Year
Award winner, has led the Vols to their best start in
Southeastern Conference annals at 19-2. Texas, Vanderbilt and
Tennessee have held down the No. 1 position in 10 NCBWA surveys
to date.
Some of the big poll movers from Weeks 11 to 12 have been
Oklahoma State from No. 8 to 3, No. 9 Virginia Tech to a tie for
5, UCLA from No. 12 to 8, Connecticut from No. 13 to 10,
Maryland from No. 21 to 15, LSU from No. 23 to 19, and No. 26
Texas A&M to 21, among others.
There have been 18 conferences (with 10 this week)
represented in the first 12 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 (MAY 2) |
1. |
Tennessee |
SEC |
37-3 |
1 |
2. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
31-8 |
2 |
3. |
Miami |
ACC |
31-9 |
5 |
4. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
32-8 |
6 |
5. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
24-12 |
8 |
6. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
31-9 |
3 |
7. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
30-13 |
7 |
8. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
27-13 |
4 |
9. |
Virginia Tech |
ACC |
28-9 |
16 |
10. |
Virginia |
ACC |
31-10 |
11 |
11. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
29-14 |
9 |
12. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
27-12 |
15 |
13. |
Connecticut |
Big East |
32-8 |
13 |
14. |
Gonzaga |
West Coast |
26-11 |
10 |
15. |
Georgia |
SEC |
28-12 |
12 |
16. |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
26-8 |
14 |
17. |
Louisville |
ACC |
27-12 |
17 |
18. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
27-13 |
21 |
19. |
Auburn |
SEC |
29-12 |
25 |
20. |
Texas State |
Sun Belt |
32-9 |
18 |
21. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
32-8 |
19 |
22. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
28-11 |
20 |
23. |
LSU |
SEC |
27-12 |
23 |
24. |
Georgia Southern |
Sun Belt |
27-12 |
29 |
25. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
26-13 |
22 |
26. |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
25-14 |
RV |
27. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
28-13 |
27 |
28. |
Wofford |
Southern |
30-10 |
RV |
29. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
27-9 |
RV |
30. |
Florida State |
ACC |
24-15 |
26 |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Alabama (24-17), Cal Poly (24-15), Central Michigan
(27-10), Creighton (23-11), Dallas Baptist (24-15),
Davidson (31-7), East Carolina (24-17), Florida
(23-17), Georgia Tech (25-16), Grand Canyon (27-14),
Iowa (22-12), Liberty (26-12), Louisiana Tech (28-13),
Mercer (32-8), NC State (25-13), Oklahoma (25-13),
Old Dominion (28-10), Ole Miss (22-17), Rutgers
(32-9), San Diego (25-13), Southern Illinois (28-11),
UNLV (28-13), UTSA (27-13), Wake Forest (28-12). |
Dropped out: Dallas Baptist (24),
Rutgers (28), Mercer (30). |
By conference: SEC 7, ACC 6, Pac-12
5, Big 12 4, Sun Belt 2, Big East 1, Big Ten 1,
Big West 1, Conference USA 1, Southern 1. |
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