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 is the unanimous No. 1 selection and remains in the top spot for the seventh-straight week.
This week the Pac-12 holds down the top two spots, as Stanford remains No. 2 for the third-straight week, but this time is tied with Vanderbilt after the Commodores swept then-No. 23 Auburn last week.
Oregon State drops back one to No. 4 this week, while Louisville moves up one to fill out the top five.
Overall, there are four SEC schools, three Pac-12 programs, one ACC, one Big 12 and one American Athletic school in the top 10.
The highest riser in this week's poll is Florida State, who went from receiving votes to No. 27 after winning eight of its last 10, including going 4-0 last week. Likewise, Missouri also moved from the receiving votes ranks to No. 29 after winning seven of its last 10. The Tigers also went 4-0 last week, with a midweek win over Missouri State and a sweep of South Carolina.
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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