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 11 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2009 NCAA Division I ranks. There have been 19 different leagues among the Top 30 in ‘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 22-3 1
2 Cal State Fullerton Big West 18-4 4
3 Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 18-4 3
4 Arizona State Pacific-10 19-4 6
5 LSU Southeastern 21-6 7
6 North Carolina ACC 20-6 5
7 Miami (Fla.) ACC 20-7 2
8 Rice Conference USA 17-7 8
9 Texas Big 12 17-7 9
10 Oklahoma Big 12 22-6 10
11 Baylor Big 12 17-6 11
12 UC Irvine Big West 16-7 12
13 Texas A&M Big 12 18-9 13
14 Arkansas SEC 19-5 16
15 Oklahoma State Big 12 19-7 18
16 East Carolina C-USA 20-5 19
17 Mississippi SEC 16-8 14
18 Clemson ACC 18-7 20
19 Florida State ACC 16-8 22
20 Florida SEC 18-8 23
21 Virginia ACC 22-4 21
22 Coastal Carolina Big South 19-7 15
23 San Diego West Coast 19-10 29
24 Ohio State Big Ten 20-4 28
25 Cal Poly Big West 17-7 24
26 Pepperdine WCC 16-11 17
27 TCU Mountain West 15-9 25
28 South Carolina SEC 18-7 NR
29 San Diego State MWC 18-9 NR
30 UNC Wilmington Colonial 17-5 26
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (16-10), Auburn (18-9), Boston College (15-9), College of Charleston (19-5), Dallas Baptist (15-7), Eastern Illinois (17-5), George Mason (19-5), Hawai’i (16-9), Illinois (16-5), Jacksonville (17-8), Kansas State (21-7), Kentucky (16-9), Liberty (19-5), Louisville (17-8), Middle Tennessee State (20-4), Nebraska (16-9-1), New Mexico (24-4), New Mexico State (25-3), Oregon State (15-6), Southeastern Louisiana (17-9), Southern Miss (16-9), UC Riverside (16-6), West Virginia (18-6).
Dropped Out: Alabama (27), College of Charleston (30).
By conference: ACC 6, SEC 6, Big 12 5, Big West 3, C-USA 2, MWC 2, WCC 2, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Colonial 1, Pacific-10 1.
