NCAWA College Baseball Poll – Feb. 25

February 26, 2013
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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 16th year with its 2013 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 18-June 27 (weekly through June 11) following the 67th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at TD Ameritade Park.

North Carolina and Arkansas (preseason No. 1) have held down the No. 1 position in 2013 surveys. The poll voters come from 44 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation.

The current poll has representation by eight different conferences (12 for the season) among the 298 baseball-playing schools in the 2013 NCAA Division I ranks. The polls of 2012 had a NCBWA-poll record 22 different DI conferences and independents rated at least one week.

Rank  Team

1. North Carolina
2. Arkansas
3. Vanderbilt
4. LSU
5. Oregon St.
6. Oregon
7. Florida St.
8. South Carolina
9. UCLA
10. Mississippi St.
11. Arizona
12. Rice
13. Kentucky
14. Stanford
15. Oklahoma
16. North Carolina St.
17. Mississippi
18. Cal State Fullerton
19. Louisville
20. Georgia Tech
21. Miami
22. Virginia
23. UC Irvine
24. Arizona St.
25. Texas
26. Clemson
27. Florida Gulf Coast
28. Cal Poly
29. Florida
30. Texas A&M

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (6-1), Appalachian State (4-1), Arkansas State (6-1), Auburn (6-1), Creighton (3-0), FIU (6-1), Georgia Southern (4-2), Louisiana (7-1), Mercer (6-1), Missouri State (5-1), Notre Dame (5-1), Oklahoma State (7-1), Pepperdine (6-2), Pittsburgh (5-1), San Diego State (3-4), South Alabama (7-0), South Carolina-Upstate (5-1), Southeastern Louisiana (5-2), Southern Miss (5-2), TCU (0-6), VCU (5-0), Virginia Tech (6-1).

Dropped out: TCU (24), Southern Miss (28).

By conference: Southeastern 9, Atlantic Coast 7, Pac-12 6, Big West 3, Big 12 2, Atlantic Sun 1, Big East 1, Conference USA 1.

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