Apr. 30 NCBWA Division I poll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apr. 30, 2007

NCBWA Apr. 30 Division I Poll

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 13 different
conferences (season-high number for the fourth time this season) among the 293
baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 17 circuits 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 39-8 1
2 Florida State Atlantic Coast 39-7 2
3 Rice Conference USA 37-11 3
4 Texas Big 12 37-12 5
5 North Carolina ACC 37-10 6
6 Virginia ACC 37-10 7
7 Arkansas SEC 35-12 8
8 South Carolina SEC 33-13 4
9 Oregon State Pacific-10 34-9 9
10 Arizona State Pac-10 34-12 10
11 Texas A&M Big 12 35-11 16
12 Wichita State Missouri Valley 36-12 11
13 Mississippi SEC 30-16 18
14 Clemson ACC 29-15 17
15 Arizona Pac-10 32-11 13
16 San Diego West Coast 34-14 21
17 Oklahoma State Big 12 31-13 12
18 Cal State Fullerton Big West 27-15 14
19 Coastal Carolina Big South 36-9 20
20 Mississippi State SEC 28-12 19
21 Pepperdine West Coast 30-15 15
22 UC Irvine Big West 31-12-1 23
23 Long Beach State Big West 27-14 28
24 College of Charleston Southern 34-10 t-25
25 Charlotte Atlantic 10 34-9 22
26 Michigan Big Ten 30-8 29
27 NC State ACC 29-16 24
28 Missouri Big 12 31-12 NR
29 TCU Mountain West 34-10 NR
30 Minnesota Big Ten 30-8 NR

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (25-20), Creighton
(30-11), East Carolina (29-15), Kentucky (30-13-1), Lafayette (28-14),
Louisiana-Lafayette (32-13), Miami (Fla.) (27-19), Oklahoma (28-17), St. John's
(29-12), Stetson (32-12), UC Riverside (27-16), UCLA (24-18).

Dropped Out: East Carolina (t-25), Oklahoma (27), Stetson (30).

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