DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 28th year with its 2025 weekly surveys.
Tennessee overtook Arkansas at No. 1 after the Razorbacks held that position in the March 24 poll. The Volunteers, Arkansas and Georgia all swept Southeastern Conference opponents last week as UT capped a 4-0 week. Florida State of the Atlantic Coast Conference climbed two places to No. 4 ahead of LSU at No. 5.
Some of the other big movers from week seven to week eight were Alabama from No. 11 to 8, UC Irvine from No. 21 to 11, Ole Miss from No. 20 to 13 and UCLA from No. 25 to 14, among others.
There have been eight conferences and independents (eight again this week) represented in the first eight standings of 2025, and there were 12 different conferences in the 2024 NCBWA polls
The 2025 poll voters come from among 33 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. The ’25 season features 307 NCAA Division I baseball-playing schools, and for more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.
| 2025 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 31) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Tennessee | SEC | 26-2 | 3 |
| 2. | Arkansas | SEC | 26-3 | 1 |
| 3. | Georgia | SEC | 28-2 | 2 |
| 4. | Florida State | ACC | 23-4 | 6 |
| 5. | LSU | SEC | 26-3 | 5 |
| 6. | Texas | SEC | 23-3 | 7 |
| 7. | Clemson | ACC | 26-3 | 4 |
| 8. | Alabama | SEC | 25-4 | 11 |
| 9. | Oregon State | Independent | 20-6 | 8 |
| 10. | Oklahoma | SEC | 22-5 | 9 |
| 11. | UC Irvine | Big West | 21-5 | 21 |
| 12. | North Carolina | ACC | 21-7 | 14 |
| 13. | Ole Miss | SEC | 21-6 | 20 |
| 14. | UCLA | Big Ten | 22-5 | 25 |
| 15. | Oregon | Big Ten | 20-7 | 10 |
| 16. | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 20-8 | 15 |
| 17. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 20-8 | 12 |
| 18. | Wake Forest | ACC | 20-9 | 13 |
| 19. | DBU | CUSA | 18-9 | 18 |
| 20. | Troy | Sun Belt | 21-8 | 17 |
| 21. | Auburn | SEC | 20-8 | 16 |
| 22. | Louisville | ACC | 20-7 | 22 |
| 23. | West Virginia | Big 12 | 22-4 | 23 |
| 24. | Arizona | Big 12 | 20-7 | 19 |
| 25. | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 20-8 | RV |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona State (19-9), Baylor (19-8), Cal Poly (18-8), Creighton (16-7), Duke (19-10), East Carolina (18-10), East Tennessee State (18-10), FIU (19-10), Florida (19-11), Florida Atlantic (19-9), Georgia Tech (22-6), Hawai’i (18-6), Iowa (15-9), Kansas (23-6), Kansas State (19-8), Kentucky (17-9), Lamar (23-7), Liberty (19-9), Mercer (19-10), Michigan State (17-10), NC State (18-10), Penn State (17-10), Purdue (20-7), Richmond (21-7), South Carolina (17-12), Southern Illinois (20-7), Stanford (16-9), TCU (21-8), UCF (17-10), UC Santa Barbara (17-9), USC (16-11), UTRGV (19-8), UTSA (23-7), Virginia (15-11), Virginia Tech (20-8), WKU (25-3). | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 24 Florida. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 10, ACC 5, Sun Belt 3, Big Ten 2, Big 12 2, Big West 1, CUSA 1, Independent 1. | ||||
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