FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 16th year with its 2013 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 18-June 27 (weekly through June 11) following the 67th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at TD Ameritade Park.
North Carolina (six consecutive weeks) and Arkansas (preseason No. 1) have held down the No. 1 position throughout the 2013 surveys. The poll voters come from 44 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation.
The current poll has representation by 10 different conferences (16 total for the season) among the 298 baseball-playing schools in the 2013 NCAA Division I ranks. The surveys of 2012 had a NCBWA-poll record 22 different DI conferences and independents rated at least one week. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.
Rank-School-2013 Record-Previous Rank
1 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 21-1 1
2 LSU Southeastern 22-2 3
3 Oregon State Pac-12 21-2 4
4 Florida State ACC 22-2 5
5 Vanderbilt SEC 21-4 2
6 UCLA Pac-12 17-4 7
7 Cal State Fullerton Big West 21-3 10
8 Oregon Pac-12 18-6 12
9 Virginia ACC 22-2 15
10 Kentucky SEC 18-5 9
11 Arkansas SEC 17-7 16
12 Ole Miss SEC 21-4 8
13 South Carolina SEC 18-6 6
14 Oklahoma Big 12 22-4 18
15 Louisville Big East 19-4 13
16 Georgia Tech ACC 18-5 11
17 Mississippi State SEC 21-6 14
18 Oklahoma State Big 12 19-4 20
19 Notre Dame Big East 14-6 22
20 Rice Conference USA 18-8 24
21 UC Irvine Big West 15-5 23
22 Houston C-USA 21-4 28
23 Stanford Pac-12 11-7 17
24 Indiana Big Ten 18-3 29
25 Cal Poly Big West 17-5 26
26 Arizona State Pac-12 13-7-1 21
27 NC State ACC 16-9 19
28 South Alabama Sun Belt 21-4 NR
29 Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun 15-5 30
30 Texas A&M SEC 17-8 NR
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (16-9), Arizona (15-11), Austin Peay (19-4), Belmont (17-6), Campbell (21-3), Central Arkansas (18-6), Clemson (15-8), Connecticut (13-7), Dartmouth (11-1), Georgia Southern (16-7), Gonzaga (14-7-1), Lamar (20-6), Louisiana-Lafayette (17-6), Miami (Fla.) (19-8), Middle Tennessee (15-10), Ohio State (15-6), Southeastern Louisiana (18-7), UNC Wilmington (17-7), UNLV (17-7), Virginia Tech (18-7).
Dropped Out: Arizona (25), Central Arkansas (27).
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 5, Pac-12 5, Big West 3, Big 12 2, Big East 2, C-USA 2, A-Sun 1, Big Ten 1, Sun Belt 1.
