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 |
40-4 |
1 |
2. |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
34-9 |
2 |
3. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
31-13 |
8 |
4. |
Arkansas |
SEC |
34-10 |
6 |
5. |
Southern Miss |
Conference USA |
34-10 |
4 |
5. |
Virginia Tech |
ACC |
31-10 |
9 |
7. |
Miami |
ACC |
32-12 |
3 |
8. |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
30-13 |
12 |
9. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
31-16 |
11 |
10. |
Connecticut |
Big East |
37-8 |
13 |
11. |
Gonzaga |
West Coast |
28-13 |
14 |
12. |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
25-14 |
5 |
13. |
Virginia |
ACC |
33-12 |
10 |
14. |
Louisville |
ACC |
31-12 |
17 |
15. |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
35-9 |
21 |
16. |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
28-10 |
16 |
17. |
Georgia |
SEC |
30-14 |
15 |
18. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
31-16 |
7 |
19. |
LSU |
SEC |
29-14 |
23 |
20. |
Texas State |
Sun Belt |
34-11 |
20 |
21. |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
27-15 |
26 |
22. |
Auburn |
SEC |
31-14 |
19 |
23. |
Florida State |
ACC |
26-15 |
30 |
24. |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
28-15 |
25 |
25. |
UC Santa Barbara |
Big West |
30-10 |
29 |
26. |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
29-13 |
22 |
27. |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
32-14 |
27 |
28. |
TCU |
Big 12 |
27-16 |
18 |
29. |
Rutgers |
Big Ten |
36-9 |
RV |
30. |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
27-18 |
RV |
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):
Abilene Christian (23-20), Alabama (25-20), Ball
State (29-14), Cal Poly (24-19), California Baptist
(26-14), Central Michigan (27-14), Columbia (26-13),
Creighton (25-12), Dallas Baptist (26-17), Davidson
(33-9), East Carolina (27-18), Florida (25-18),
Georgia Southern (29-15), Grand Canyon (30-15),
Iowa (25-13), Liberty (28-14), Louisiana Tech (30-15),
Mercer (36-8), NC State (29-13), Oklahoma (27-15),
San Diego (27-15), SE Missouri State (30-12), Southern
Illinois (31-12), UTSA (30-14), Wake Forest (31-13),
Wofford (31-13). |
Dropped out: Georgia Southern (24),
Wofford (28). |
By conference: ACC 7, SEC 7, Pac-12
5, Big 12 4, Big Ten 2, Big East 1, Big West 1,
Conference USA 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast 1. |
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