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.
No. 1 NCAA Championship seed Tennessee is No. 1 in the survey for the fifth week in succession while Kentucky, Texas A&M and North Carolina remain Nos. 2-4 ahead of No. 5 Clemson as 16 teams compete for eight spots at the NCAA World Series June 14-22/23 at Charles Schwab Park in Omaha, Neb. All 16 NCAA Super Regional competitors are in this week’s Top 25.
Some of the big movers from Week 15 to Week 16 were NC State No. 15 to 10 and Oregon, West Virginia, Florida, Connecticut, Kansas State, and Evansville from receiving votes to Nos. 11-16, respectively, among others.
There have been 13 conferences (eight this week) represented in the first 16 standings of 2024, and there were 15 different conferences in the 2023 NCBWA polls.
This is the next-to-last NCBWA Division I Top 25 poll until after completion of the ’24 NCAA World Series.
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, and for more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.
| 2024 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (JUNE 4) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Tennessee | SEC | 53-11 | 1 |
| 2. | Kentucky | SEC | 43-14 | 3 |
| 3. | Texas A&M | SEC | 47-13 | 3 |
| 4. | North Carolina | ACC | 45-14 | 4 |
| 5. | Clemson | ACC | 44-14 | 6 |
| 6. | Florida State | ACC | 45-15 | 7 |
| 7. | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 45-14 | 8 |
| 8. | Georgia | SEC | 42-15 | 9 |
| 9. | Virginia | ACC | 44-15 | 11 |
| 10. | NC State | ACC | 36-20 | 15 |
| 11. | Oregon | Pac-12 | 42-18 | RV |
| 12. | West Virginia | Big 12 | 36-22 | RV |
| 13. | Florida | SEC | 32-28 | RV |
| 14. | Connecticut | Big East | 35-24 | RV |
| 15. | Kansas State | Big 12 | 35-24 | RV |
| 16. | Evansville | MVC | 38-24 | NR |
| 17. | East Carolina | American Athletic | 46-17 | 13 |
| 18. | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 42-19 | 12 |
| 19. | UC Irvine | Big West | 45-14 | 17 |
| 20. | Arkansas | SEC | 44-16 | 5 |
| 21. | LSU | SEC | 43-23 | 21 |
| 22. | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 40-21 | 14 |
| 23. | UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 44-14 | 16 |
| 24. | Duke | ACC | 40-20 | 10 |
| 25. | Mississippi State | SEC | 40-23 | 20 |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona (36-23), Cal Poly (35-22), California (36-19), Charleston (41-14), DBU (45-15), Georgia Tech (33-25), Grand Canyon (36-25), High Point (35-27), Illinois (35-21), Indiana State (44-15), Jackson State (35-20), Lamar (44-15), Louisiana (42-20), Louisiana Tech (45-19), Nebraska (40-22), Samford (36-22), San Diego (41-15), South Carolina (37-25), Southern Miss (43-20), Texas (36-24), UCF (37-21), UC San Diego (30-23), UNCW (40-21), Vanderbilt (38-23), Wake Forest (38-22), Western Michigan (31-23), Wofford (42-20). | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 18 Wake Forest, No. 19 Arizona, No. 21 DBU, No. 22 Indiana State, No. 24 Southern Miss, No. 25 San Diego. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 8, ACC 6, Big 12 4, Big West 2, Pac-12 2, American 1, Big East 1, MVC 1. | ||||
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