DALLAS (NCBWA) The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 22nd year with its 2019 weekly surveys and for the second-straight week LSU sits at No. 1, followed by Vanderbilt at No. 2 and Oregon State at No. 3.
LSU remains at No. 1 after going 4-0 last week, including a sweep of Bryant. The preseason No. 1 selection of Vanderbilt stayed put at No. 2 after going 3-0 last week. Oregon State jumped into the top three from No. 5 last week after going 5-0 last week, including a 4-game sweep of Nebraska.
Georgia jumped up three spots to No. 7 this week after a sweep of UMass Lowell and the newcomer to the top 10 is Stanford, who went 3-1 last week, including a series win over UNLV.
Overall, the top 10 consists of four SEC schools, three Pac-12 programs, two ACC schools and one Big 12 program.
The biggest risers this week were Tennessee and Arizona State, as they jumped from not receiving votes to No. 27 and 26, respectively.
The 2019 poll voters come from among 35 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. After a preseason Top 40 listing, the remainder of the polls feature a national Top 30.
The current survey has had representation by 12 different conferences among the 299 baseball-playing schools in the 2019 NCAA Division I ranks. The rankings of 2018 had 15 different DI conferences rated at least one week. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.
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