FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 11th year with its 2008 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 25-June 30 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.
The poll voters come from 30 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 297 baseball-playing schools in the 2008 NCAA Division I ranks, and 16 total leagues have had teams in the Top 30 in ’08. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.
Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank (Records Through Apr. 27)
1 Miami (Fla.) Atlantic Coast 36-5 1
2 North Carolina ACC 38-8 3
3 Florida State ACC 35-7 2
4 Arizona State Pacific-10 35-7 5
5 Rice Conference USA 34-11 4
6 Texas A&M Big 12 37-7 6
7 UC Irvine Big West 28-10 11
8 San Diego West Coast 35-11 12
9 Nebraska Big 12 32-8-1 13
10 Oklahoma State Big 12 32-11 14
11 Wichita State Missouri Valley 33-9 8
12 South Carolina Southeastern 31-14 7
13 Vanderbilt SEC 31-13 10
14 Missouri Big 12 29-14 9
15 Coastal Carolina Big South 36-9 15
16 Kentucky SEC 33-11 17
17 Georgia SEC 29-14-1 16
18 Stanford Pac-10 25-13-2 22
19 Cal State Fullerton Big West 26-15 18
20 Arizona Pac-10 28-13 20
21 Long Beach State Big West 26-15 23
22 California Pac-10 27-13-2 19
23 NC State ACC 30-13 28
24 UNC Wilmington Colonial 33-9-1 27
25 Oregon State Pac-10 20-14 29
26 Texas Big 12 26-18 25
27 Virginia ACC 32-15 21
28 Michigan Big Ten 30-10 24
29 Southern Miss C-USA 31-13 NR
30 East Carolina C-USA 32-13 NR
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arkansas (26-18), Canisius (31-9), Charlotte (31-12), Dallas Baptist (29-12), Elon (33-14), Florida (27-16), Georgia Tech (31-13), LSU (28-16-1), Mississippi (28-17), Notre Dame (28-12), Oral Roberts (31-11), Pepperdine (25-13), St. John’s (31-10), TCU (29-15), UT San Antonio (32-12), West Virginia (32-11).
Dropped Out: Mississippi (26), Oral Roberts (30)
By conference: Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 5, Pacific-10 5, Southeastern 4, Big West 3, Conference USA 3, Colonial 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Missouri Valley 1, West Coast 1.
