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DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its
tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weekly
surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following the
NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb. All 16 2007 NCAA Regional sites are being
hosted by NCBWA Top 30 members.
The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media persons
from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 13
conferences (ties for a season-most) among the 293 baseball-playing schools in
the '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 17 circuits have had teams in the polls in
'07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.
Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank
1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 51-11 1
2 Rice Conference USA 49-12 2
3 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 48-12 4
4 Texas Big 12 44-15 5
5 Arizona State Pacific-10 43-13 6
6 Florida State ACC 47-11 3
7 Virginia ACC 43-14 8
8 San Diego West Coast 43-16 9
9 South Carolina SEC 42-18 7
10 Coastal Carolina Big South 48-11 11
11 Texas A&M Big 12 44-16 13
12 Arizona Pacific-10 40-15 10
13 Arkansas SEC 41-19 17
14 Wichita State Missouri Valley 49-19 3-2 12
15 UC Irvine Big West 40-15-1 16
16 Clemson ACC 38-21 18
17 Missouri Big 12 40-16 14
18 Charlotte Atlantic 10 47-10 20
19 Long Beach State Big West 37-18 21
20 TCU Mountain West 46-12 22
21 Mississippi SEC 37-23 19
22 Oklahoma State Big 12 38-19 15
23 Creighton MVC 44-14 25
24 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 43-15 24
25 Oregon State Pac-10 38-17 23
26 Pepperdine West Coast 35-20 26
27 UC Riverside Big West 37-19 28
28 East Carolina C-USA 39-21 NR
29 NC State ACC 37-21 27
30 Oral Roberts Mid-Continent 40-15 NR
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Cal State Fullerton (33-23), Miami (Fla.) (36-22), Michigan (39-16), Minnesota (40-16), Mississippi State (33-20), Ohio State (37-22), Oklahoma (34-24), Rutgers (41-19), St. John's (40-17), Southern Miss (37-21), Western Carolina (40-18).
Dropped Out: Cal State Fullerton (29), Miami (Fla.) (30)
By conference: Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 4, Southeastern 4, Big West 3, Pacific-10 3, Conference USA 2, Missouri Valley 2, West Coast 2, Atlantic 10 1, Big South 1, Mid-Continent 1, Mountain West 1, Sun Belt 1.
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