DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 27th year with its 2024 weekly surveys.
Tennessee remains No. 1 for the third straight week, while Kentucky jumped one spot to a season-best No. 2. Texas A&M is No. 3, Clemson is No. 4 and Arkansas is No. 5, as NCAA Division I conference tournaments begin.
Some of the big movers from week 13 to week 14 are Clemson from No. 7 to 4, East Carolina from No. 14 to 11, Oklahoma from No. 15 to 12, NC State from No. 21 to 14, UC Santa Barbara from No. 19 to 15, and DBU and Texas from receiving votes to Nos. 24-25, respectively, among others.
There have been 12 conferences (nine this week) represented in the first 10 standings of 2024, and there were 15 different conferences in the 2023 NCBWA polls.
The 2024 poll voters come from among 33 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. The ’24 season features 305 NCAA Division I baseball-playing schools.
| 2024 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MAY 20) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Tennessee | SEC | 46-10 | 1 |
| 2. | Kentucky | SEC | 39-12 | 3 |
| 3. | Texas A&M | SEC | 44-11 | 4 |
| 4. | Clemson | ACC | 40-13 | 7 |
| 5. | Arkansas | SEC | 43-12 | 2 |
| 6. | North Carolina | ACC | 41-12 | 5 |
| 7. | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 41-13 | 6 |
| 8. | Florida State | ACC | 39-14 | 10 |
| 9. | Georgia | SEC | 39-14 | 9 |
| 10. | Virginia | ACC | 40-14 | 12 |
| 11. | East Carolina | American Athletic | 40-13 | 14 |
| 12. | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 34-18 | 15 |
| 13. | UC Irvine | Big West | 41-11 | 13 |
| 14. | NC State | ACC | 32-19 | 21 |
| 15. | UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 38-12 | 19 |
| 16. | Mississippi State | SEC | 36-19 | 18 |
| 17. | Indiana State | MVC | 39-11 | 17 |
| 18. | Wake Forest | ACC | 36-19 | 8 |
| 19. | Duke | ACC | 35-18 | 11 |
| 20. | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 36-16 | 20 |
| 21. | Arizona | Pac-12 | 33-20 | 16 |
| 22. | Oregon | Pac-12 | 37-16 | 23 |
| 23. | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 40-16 | 22 |
| 24. | DBU | CUSA | 40-13 | RV |
| 25. | Texas | Big 12 | 35-20 | RV |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (33-21), Cal Poly (32-21), California (34-18), Charleston (39-12), Florida (28-26), Hawai’i (30-16), Illinois (33-17), Jackson State (33-18), Lamar (41-13), Louisiana Tech (41-15), LSU (36-20), Sacred Heart (33-21), Samford (34-20), San Diego (37-13), South Carolina (33-21), Southern Miss (37-18), Troy (36-20), UC San Diego (30-22), UNCW (36-19), Utah (32-21), Vanderbilt (35-20), Virginia Tech (33-20), West Virginia (33-20). | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 24 South Carolina; No. 25 Alabama. | ||||
| By conference: ACC 7, SEC 6, Big 12 3, Pac-12 3, Big West 2, American 1, CUSA 1, MVC 1, Sun Belt 1. | ||||
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