NCBWA Apr. 18 Division I Poll
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues
its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 14th year with its 2011
weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 21-June 28 following
the 65th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at the new TD
Ameritade Stadium.
To date, TCU, UCLA, Florida, Vanderbilt, and Virginia have held the No.
1 NCBWA rankings in ’11.
The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media
persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation
by 11 different conferences among the 300 baseball-playing schools in
the 2010 NCAA Division I ranks, and there have been 16 circuits in the
early surveys this season. Last year there also were 16 different
leagues (from 30 in NCAA Division I) among the Top 30 polls. For more
information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.
Rank School Conference Overall Record Previous Rank
1 Virginia Atlantic Coast 36-3 2
2 South Carolina Southeastern 28-7 3
3 Vanderbilt SEC 32-5 1
4 Texas Big 12 27-9 5
5 Florida SEC 28-9 4
6 Arizona State Pacific-10 25-9 10
7 TCU Mountain West 25-11 9
8 Cal State Fullerton Big West 27-9 11
9 Texas A&M Big 12 26-10 7
10 Florida State ACC 26-10 12
11 Oklahoma Big 12 26-10 8
12 Arkansas SEC 26-9 13
13 North Carolina ACC 30-8 6
14 Fresno State Western Athletic 25-5 14
15 Oregon State Pac-10 27-7 17
16 Georgia Tech ACC 27-10 15
17 UCLA Pac-10 19-12 18
18 UC Irvine Big West 23-9 19
19 Rice Conference USA 26-14 22
20 Oklahoma State Big 12 27-9 26
21 Clemson ACC 22-13 23
22 California Pac-10 23-9 24
23 Stanford Pac-10 16-12 16
24 Southern Miss C-USA 27-8 29
25 Arizona Pac-10 23-13 20
26 Stetson Atlantic Sun 29-7 30
27 LSU SEC 23-14 21
28 Charlotte Atlantic 10 28-8 25
29 Creighton Missouri Valley 26-7 NR
30 Miami (Fla.) ACC 24-12 NR
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (24-15), Cal
State Bakersfield (24-8), Coastal Carolina (24-12), Connecticut
(21-12-1), East Carolina (24-12), Elon (24-13), Georgia (19-18), Georgia
State (27-11), Gonzaga (21-11-1), Jacksonville (23-13), James Madison
(25-12), NC State (21-16), New Mexico State (27-9), Sam Houston State
(26-12), Stephen F. Austin (26-11), Texas State (23-12), Troy (26-9),
UNC Wilmington (21-14), West Virginia (22-15), Western Kentucky (24-13),
Yale (20-12).
Dropped Out: Troy (27), Louisville (28).
By conference: ACC 6, Pac-10 6, SEC 5, Big 12 4, Big West 2, C-USA 2,
Atlantic 10 1, Atlantic Sun 1, MVC 1, MWC 1, WAC 1.
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