NCBWA Mar. 9 Division I Poll

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FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 12th year with its 2009 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 23-June 25 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 12 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2009 NCAA Division I ranks. There have been 17 different leagues among the ’09 polls to date. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank School Conference Overall Record Previous Rank

1 Georgia Southeastern 12-0 2
2 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 10-2 3
3 Texas Big 12 12-1 4
4 Arizona State Pacific-10 11-1 5
5 LSU SEC 10-2 1
6 Texas A&M Big 12 11-3 7
7 Miami (Fla.) ACC 10-2 9
8 Georgia Tech ACC 9-1 10
9 Cal State Fullerton Big West 9-2 12
10 Rice Conference USA 8-4 8
11 Oklahoma State Big 12 9-2 11
12 Coastal Carolina Big South 12-1 14
13 Baylor Big 12 10-2 15
14 Florida State ACC 7-5 6
15 UC Irvine Big West 7-4 13
16 Pepperdine West Coast 9-3 19
17 TCU Mountain West 9-2 21
18 Florida SEC 9-4 17
19 Oklahoma Big 12 12-3 22
20 East Carolina C-USA 8-2 20
21 Clemson ACC 6-4 18
22 Mississippi SEC 7-3 25
23 San Diego WCC 8-6 16
24 Arkansas SEC 9-2 26
25 Michigan Big Ten 10-2 28
26 Virginia ACC 12-0 NR
27 Fresno State Western Athletic 5-4 24
28 South Carolina SEC 8-1 NR
29 Cal Poly Big West 8-2 30
30 Louisville Big East 8-4 29

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (8-3), Boston College (10-3), California (8-4), College of Charleston (9-2), Dallas Baptist (8-3), Georgia Southern (11-1), Illinois (7-2), Kent State (7-2), Kentucky (9-2), Lamar (12-2), Nebraska (10-3-1), Ohio State (9-2), Oregon State (7-3), Rhode Island (7-2), Sam Houston State (10-4), San Diego State (7-6), San Jose State (9-0), Southern Miss (8-4), Stanford (3-8), UC Riverside (10-3), UC Santa Barbara (9-2), UNC Wilmington (10-2), Vanderbilt (9-4), Western Carolina (8-2).

Dropped Out: Stanford (23), Southern Miss (27)

By conference: ACC 6, SEC 6, Big 12 5, Big West 3, C-USA 2, WCC 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, MWC 1, Pac-10 1, WAC 1.