FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 14th year with its 2011 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 21-June 28 following the 65th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at the new TD Ameritade Stadium.
To date, TCU, UCLA and Florida have held the No. 1 NCBWA rankings in ’11.
The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 12 different conferences among the 300 baseball-playing schools in the 2010 NCAA Division I ranks, and there have been 13 circuits in the early surveys this season. Last year there were 16 different leagues (from 30 in NCAA Division I) among the Top 30 polls. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.
Rank School Conference Overall Record Previous Rank
1 Florida Southeastern 7-0 2
2 Vanderbilt SEC 7-1 3
3 Oklahoma Big 12 9-0 4
4 South Carolina SEC 6-0 6
5 Florida State Atlantic Coast 7-0 8
6 UCLA Pacific-10 5-2 1
7 Arizona State Pac-10 6-1 9
8 Virginia ACC 6-1 10
9 Clemson ACC 5-1 11
10 TCU Mountain West 4-3 5
11 LSU SEC 7-0 14
12 Texas Big 12 5-3 7
13 Texas A&M Big 12 6-1 13
14 Cal State Fullerton Big West 4-3 15
15 Stanford Pac10 4-3 12
16 Arkansas SEC 6-0 20
17 Rice Conference USA 5-3 18
18 North Carolina ACC 6-1 21
19 College of Charleston Southern 7-0 25
20 Oregon Pac-10 4-3 19
21 UC Irvine Big West 7-0 26
22 Arizona Pac-10 5-1 23
23 Louisville Big East 4-2 16
24 California Pac-10 5-1 30
25 Auburn SEC 5-2 27
26 Miami (Fla.) ACC 4-3 22
27 Coastal Carolina Big South 4-4 17
28 Georgia Tech ACC 5-3 24
29 Fresno State Western Athletic 6-0 NR
30 Wichita State Missouri Valley 7-0 NR
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (4-3), Baylor (4-3), Charlotte (7-1), Connecticut (2-4), Creighton (7-1), Duke (7-1), East Carolina (4-2), Georgia State (7-1), James Madison (7-1), Kansas State (5-2), Loyola Marymount (7-1), Mercer (8-2), New Mexico State (8-0), Ole Miss (7-1), Oregon State (4-3), San Jose State (6-1), Southeast Missouri State (5-2), Southeastern Louisiana (6-1), Southern Miss (6-2), Stetson (5-0), Texas Tech (7-1), Troy (6-1), UCF (6-1), Virginia Tech (6-2), Washington State (4-1).
Dropped Out: Connecticut (28), Alabama (29)
By conference: ACC 6, Pac-10 6, SEC 6, Big 12 3, Big West 2, Big East 1, Big South 1, C-USA 1, MVC 1, MWC 1, Southern 1, WAC 1.
