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.
Arkansas regained the No. 1 position for the second time in ’25 after sweeping four games and a Southeastern Conference series for the second week in succession to advance to 30-3 this spring. Texas moved up to a season-best No. 2 while LSU jumped from No. 5 to 3 ahead of Clemson at No. 4 (tying for its best ranking this year) and No. 5 Tennessee.
Some of the other big movers from week eight to week nine were Oregon State from No. 9 to 6, Ole Miss from No. 13 to 9, Auburn from No. 21 to 16, West Virginia from No. 23 to 20, Vanderbilt from No. 17 to 14 and Georgia Tech and Kansas from receiving votes to Nos. 21 and 22, respectively.
There have been eight conferences and independents (eight again this week) represented in the first nine 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 (APRIL 7) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Arkansas | SEC | 30-3 | 2 |
| 2. | Texas | SEC | 26-4 | 6 |
| 3. | LSU | SEC | 30-3 | 5 |
| 4. | Clemson | ACC | 30-5 | 7 |
| 5. | Tennessee | SEC | 28-4 | 1 |
| 6. | Oregon State | Independent | 22-7 | 9 |
| 7. | Georgia | SEC | 29-5 | 3 |
| 8. | Florida State | ACC | 25-6 | 4 |
| 9. | Ole Miss | SEC | 24-7 | 13 |
| 10. | Alabama | SEC | 27-6 | 8 |
| 11. | North Carolina | ACC | 24-8 | 12 |
| 12. | UCLA | Big Ten | 25-6 | 14 |
| 13. | UC Irvine | Big West | 23-7 | 11 |
| 14. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 24-8 | 17 |
| 15. | Oregon | Big Ten | 22-9 | 15 |
| 16. | Auburn | SEC | 22-10 | 21 |
| 17. | Louisville | ACC | 24-7 | 22 |
| 18. | Oklahoma | SEC | 23-8 | 10 |
| 19. | Troy | Sun Belt | 24-9 | 20 |
| 20. | West Virginia | Big 12 | 27-4 | 23 |
| 21. | Georgia Tech | ACC | 26-6 | RV |
| 22. | Kansas | Big 12 | 27-6 | RV |
| 23. | Wake Forest | ACC | 23-10 | 18 |
| 24. | Arizona | Big 12 | 22-9 | 24 |
| 25. | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 22-10 | 16 |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona State (21-11), Baylor (21-10), Cal Poly (22-8), Coastal Carolina (23-9), Creighton (19-8), DBU (20-11), Duke (21-12), East Carolina (20-13), East Tennessee State (22-9), FIU (20-12), Florida (20-14), Florida Atlantic (23-9), Georgia State (21-13), Hawai’i (19-8), Iowa (18-10), Jacksonville State (21-11), Kansas State (20-11), Kentucky (18-11), Lamar (26-8), Liberty (22-11), Louisiana Tech (20-12), McNeese (22-5), Mercer (21-12), NC State (21-11), Penn State (21-10), Purdue (20-11), Richmond (22-9), Southern Illinois (21-8), TCU (25-8), UC Santa Barbara (20-10), USF (19-10), USC (19-11), UTRGV (21-10), UTSA (25-9), Virginia (17-13), Virginia Tech (22-10), WKU (27-5). | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 19 DBU, No. 25 Coastal Carolina. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 10, ACC 6, Big 12 3, Sun Belt 2, Big Ten 2, Big West 1, Independent 1. | ||||
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