HOUSTON (NCBWA) – Stanford University headlines the 2002 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason poll, released by the organization today.
he Cardinal, who advanced to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. last June, completed a clean sweep as the top-ranked team in each of the major preseason polls.
Voting on the weekly NCBWA poll is conducted by a select panel of the organization’s members. The first poll of the 2002 season has representation by several different conferences and top independents among the 279 baseball-playing schools in the NCAA Division I ranks.
Weekly polls will continue each Monday through the end of the College World Series.
| NCBWA PRESEASON POLL | |||||
| Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. | School Stanford Miami, Fla. Southern California Clemson Florida State Tulane South Carolina Nebraska LSU Rice Wichita State Cal State Fullerton Texas Notre Dame Oklahoma State Arizona State Ole Miss | 2001 (51-17) (53-12) (45-19) (41-22) (47-19) (56-13) (49-20) (50-16) (44-22) (47-20) (42-24) (48-18) (36-26) (49-13) (42-22) (37-20) (39-23) | 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. | Baylor Georgia Tech Central Florida Mississippi State Wake Forest Rutgers Ohio State Minnesota Purdue Texas Tech Cal State Northridge Louisiana-Lafayette Long Beach State Texas A&M Oral Roberts Nevada California Ball State | (37-24) (41-20) (51-14) (39-24) (44-18) (42-17) (43-18) (39-21) (32-24) (43-20) (34-22) (28-28) (35-23) (33-27) (48-13) (30-26) (34-25) (34-23) |