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FROM NCBWA RELEASE
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. This will be the final poll until the postseason survey on June 26.
The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by a season-most 14 conferences (for the second week in succession and 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 Rice Conference USA 54-12 1
2 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 53-13 2
3 Arizona State Pacific-10 48-13 3
4 UC Irvine Big West 45-15-1 8
5 Vanderbilt Southeastern 54-13 5
6 South Carolina SEC 46-20 4
7 Texas A&M Big 12 48-19 6
8 Mississippi State SEC 38-20 20
9 Texas Big 12 46-17 9
10 Oregon State Pac-10 44-18 21
11 Virginia ACC Coast 45-16 7
12 Louisville Big East 46-22 24
13 Cal State Fullerton Big West 38-23 22
14 (tie) Florida State ACC 49-13 11
14 (tie) Clemson ACC 41-23 10
14 (tie) Wichita State Missouri Valley 53-22 12
17 Mississippi SEC 40-25 13
18 Oklahoma State Big 12 42-21 14
19 Coastal Carolina Big South 50-13 15
20 Michigan Big Ten 42-19 17
21 Arizona Pac-10 42-17 16
22 Arkansas SEC 43-21 18
23 San Diego West Coast 43-18 19
24 Charlotte Atlantic 10 49-12 25
25 Missouri Big 12 42-18 23
26 UCLA Pac-10 33-28 29
27 Long Beach State Big West 39-20 26
28 TCU Mountain West 48-14 28
29 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 45-17 27
30 Creighton MVC 45-16 30
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Austin Peay (40-22), East Carolina (40-23), Kent State (33-26), Minnesota (41-18), Ohio State (38-24), Southern Miss (39-23), St. John's (41-19), UC Riverside (38-21), Western Carolina (42-20).
Dropped Out: None
By conference: Southeastern 5, Atlantic Coast 4, Big 12 4, Pacific-10 4, Big West 3, Missouri Valley 2, Atlantic 10 1, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Conference USA 1, Mountain West 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast 1.
