NCBWA Apr. 2 Division I Poll

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 12 different
conferences among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 16 leagues have had teams in the polls in '07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank
1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 26-4 3
2 Florida State Atlantic Coast 29-2 1
3 North Carolina ACC 25-5 5
4 South Carolina SEC 23-6 2
5 Virginia ACC 27-5 6
6 Arkansas SEC 22-8 7
7 Texas Big 12 25-9 8
8 Rice Conference USA 22-10 9
9 Pepperdine West Coast 23-8 10
10 Oregon State Pacific-10 23-6 4
11 Oklahoma State Big 12 22-6 16
12 Cal State Fullerton Big West 18-10 14
13 Wichita State Missouri Valley 24-6 15
14 Arizona Pac-10 25-6 20
15 Arizona State Pac-10 23-10 12
16 Clemson ACC 18-9 11
17 Texas A&M Big 12 25-6 17
18 Coastal Carolina Big South 27-3 19
19 Mississippi SEC 21-9 18
20 Kentucky SEC 24-4-1 13
21 NC State ACC 22-8 27
22 East Carolina C-USA 21-8 21
23 Oklahoma Big 12 21-9 23
24 Tulane C-USA 22-8 NR
25 Ohio State Big Ten 17-4 29
26 Mississippi State SEC 18-7 NR
27 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 23-6 NR
28 San Diego West Coast 23-12 24
29 Charlotte Atlantic 10 22-5 NR
30 UC Irvine Big West 21-7-1 NR

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (18-12), Creighton
(18-8), Florida (18-13), Georgia Tech (19-11), Kansas State (20-8), Long Beach
State (14-11), Miami (Fla.) (17-13), Missouri (22-8), Navy (22-9), Nebraska
(16-11), Southern California (18-12), Stetson (23-9), VMI (21-8).

Dropped Out: Long Beach State (22), Alabama (25), Nebraska (26), Missouri (28),
Southern Miss (30)

By conference: Southeastern 6, Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 4, Conference USA 3, Pacific-10 3, Big West 2, West Coast 2, Atlantic 10 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1,
Missouri Valley 1, Sun Belt 1.