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 this week UCLA remains in the top spot for the second-straight week.
The Bruins remain No. 1 this week after garnering 25-of-26 first place votes after sweeping Arizona over the weekend. Stanford jumps up one spot to No. 2 after a sweep of Utah and Mississippi State rounds out the top three after going 4-1 last week, including a series win over Auburn.
Louisville entered the top 10 this week, jumping up from No. 13, while Arizona State joined at No. 9 after a series win at Oregon.
Overall, the Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference have four first-place teams apiece, followed by the Atlantic Coast Conference with two teams and the Big 12 with one.
The biggest riser this week was Washington, who went from receiving votes to No. 30 after a sweep of USC, while Texas A&M jumped up seven spots from No. 19 to No. 12 after going 4-0 last week with a sweep at Kentucky.
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.
This week's current survey has representation by eight 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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