Writers’ Poll Has New No. 1 Team…
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 15th year with its 2012 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 20-June 28 following the 66th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at the second-year TD Ameritade Stadium.
Florida State (with coaching legend Mike Martin racking up his 1,700th career win last Sunday at Georgia Tech) has replaced Florida atop the survey for the first time this season. The Gators had held the No. 1 NCBWA ranking in the first eight ’12 polls, including preseason. There now have been two conferences represented in the No. 1 locale.
The poll voters come from 42 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 291 baseball-playing schools in the 2012 NCAA Division I ranks, and there have been 16 circuits in the 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.
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Rank School Conference Overall Record Previous Rank
1 Florida State Atlantic Coast 27-5 2
2 Texas A&M Big 12 26-6 4
3 Kentucky SEC 30-3 7
4 Florida SEC 25-7 1
5 Stanford Pacific-12 19-7 6
6 Miami (Fla.) ACC 24-8 9
7 South Carolina SEC 23-9 8
8 LSU SEC 25-7 12
9 North Carolina ACC 23-9 3
10 Arkansas SEC 24-7 11
11 UCLA Pac-12 21-7 5
12 Arizona Pac-12 23-9 10
13 UCF Conference USA 26-7 14
14 Cal State Fullerton Big West 21-10 15
15 Rice C-USA 23-11 13
16 Oregon Pac-12 20-9 19
17 Baylor Big 12 25-7 21
18 Purdue Big Ten 24-5 20
19 Louisville Big East 23-9 18
20 Ole Miss SEC 21-10 16
21 Arizona State Pac-12 19-12 23
22 Oregon State Pac-12 18-11 17
23 Virginia ACC 21-10-1 29
24 San Diego West Coast 25-8 28
25 Texas Big 12 17-12 27
26 NC State ACC 21-9 26
27 Appalachian State Southern 24-6 30
28 Georgia SEC 19-13 25
29 Sam Houston State Southland 23-9 NR
30 East Carolina C-USA 22-8-1 24
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Army (23-8), Belmont (23-10), Cal Poly (20-10), Clemson (18-14), Dallas Baptist (21-9), FIU (19-13), Georgia Tech (19-14), Gonzaga (20-9), Indiana State (26-7), Liberty (27-8), Maryland (21-13), Mississippi State (20-12), Missouri State (24-10), New Mexico State (25-9), North Dakota State (22-6), Oklahoma (18-14), Portland (19-7), South Florida (23-10), Stony Brook (19-9), Tennessee (20-12), Texas State (20-11), Tulane (21-10), Virginia Tech (22-12), Wright State (19-10).
Dropped Out: Oklahoma (22), Georgia Tech (24).
By conference: SEC 7, Pac-12 6, ACC 5, Big 12 3, C-USA 3, Big East 1, Big West 1, Big Ten 1, SoCon 1, SLC 1, WCC 1.