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.
Arkansas (preseason), North Carolina (next 10 surveys) and Vanderbilt (three polls from April 29-May 13) have held the No. 1 positions during the 2013 NCBWA Top 30/35s. The NCBWA poll voters come from 44 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation.
The current poll has representation by 12 different conferences (18 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 Vanderbilt Southeastern 45-6 1
2 LSU SEC 45-7 4
3 Oregon State Pac-12 41-8 5
4 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Conference 45-6 2
5 Cal State Fullerton Big West 41-8 3
6 Oregon Pac-12 40-11 6
7 Virginia ACC 42-8 7
8 Florida State ACC 41-10 8
9 NC State ACC 39-12 9
10 Louisville Big East 42-10 10
11 UCLA Pac-12 34-14 11
12 South Carolina SEC 37-14 12
13 Arkansas SEC 34-17 14
14 Arizona State Pac-12 32-15-1 15
15 Indiana Big Ten 38-11 16
16 Oklahoma State Big 12 36-13 19
17 Mississippi State SEC 37-15 13
18 Ole Miss SEC 35-17 20
19 Clemson ACC 37-15 25
20 Rice Conference USA 33-17 17
21 Oklahoma Big 12 35-16 18
22 Kansas State Big 12 37-15 28
23 Pittsburgh Big East 40-11 29
24 UC Irvine Big West 31-16 23
25 South Alabama Sun Belt 39-14 26
26 Georgia Tech ACC 32-20 30
27 Cal Poly Big West 33-16 22
28 Mercer Atlantic Sun 39-14 24
29 Campbell Big South 43-9 NR
30 Austin Peay Ohio Valley 38-13 NR
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona (29-20), Belmont (36-15), Bryant (36-15-1), CSU Bakersfield (34-18), Canisius (37-13), Coastal Carolina (32-18), Creighton (28-14), Dartmouth (32-9), Florida Gulf Coast (34-17), Gonzaga (32-16-1), Illinois State (33-18), Kentucky (28-22), Louisiana-Lafayette (35-17), Miami (FL) (33-20), New Mexico (32-18), Sam Houston State (33-18), Seton Hall (33-16), Stanford (26-20), Troy (37-14), UNC Wilmington (36-16), UNLV (34-17), Virginia Tech (33-19).
Dropped Out: Stanford (21), Arizona (27).
By conference: ACC 6, SEC 6, Pac-12 4, Big 12 3, Big West 3, Big East 2, A-Sun 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, C-USA 1, OVC 1, Sun Belt 1.
