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.
Texas becomes the fourth different squad – all from the Southeastern Conference – to rank No. 1 this spring in the survey. Clemson jumped to a season-high No. 2, while Tennessee, Arkansas and Georgia round out the top five, scrambled from last week after a whirlwind weekend of conference series activity.
Some of the other big movers from week nine to week 10 were Auburn from No. 16 to 9, Atlantic Coast Conference leader Georgia Tech from No. 21 to 14, Coastal Carolina, TCU and WKU from receiving votes to Nos. 20, 24 and 25, respectively.
There have been eight conferences and independents (eight again this week) represented in the first 10 standings of 2025, and there were 12 different conferences appearing 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 14) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Texas | SEC | 29-5 | 2 |
| 2. | Clemson | ACC | 33-6 | 4 |
| 3. | Tennessee | SEC | 31-5 | 5 |
| 4. | Arkansas | SEC | 32-5 | 1 |
| 5. | Georgia | SEC | 32-6 | 7 |
| 6. | Oregon State | Independent | 26-7 | 6 |
| 7. | Florida State | ACC | 28-7 | 8 |
| 8. | LSU | SEC | 31-6 | 3 |
| 9. | Auburn | SEC | 26-10 | 16 |
| 10. | North Carolina | ACC | 28-8 | 11 |
| 11. | UCLA | Big Ten | 27-7 | 12 |
| 12. | Ole Miss | SEC | 27-9 | 9 |
| 13. | UC Irvine | Big West | 25-8 | 13 |
| 14. | Georgia Tech | ACC | 29-7 | 21 |
| 15. | Alabama | SEC | 29-8 | 10 |
| 16. | Oklahoma | SEC | 25-10 | 18 |
| 17. | Oregon | Big Ten | 24-10 | 15 |
| 18. | West Virginia | Big 12 | 30-4 | 20 |
| 19. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 26-10 | 14 |
| 20. | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 17-9 | RV |
| 21. | Louisville | ACC | 26-9 | 17 |
| 22. | Troy | Sun Belt | 29-11 | 19 |
| 23. | Arizona | Big 12 | 25-10 | 24 |
| 24. | TCU | Big 12 | 28-9 | RV |
| 25. | WKU | CUSA | 31-5 | RV |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona State (23-12), Baylor (22-13), Cal Poly (25-9), Creighton (20-11), DBU (24-11), Duke (24-14), East Tennessee State (25-9), FIU (22-13), Florida (24-14), Florida Atlantic (24-11), Hawaii (21-10), Iowa (21-11), Kansas (27-10), Kansas State (23-12), Kentucky (19-14), Lamar (30-8), Liberty (22-14), Louisiana Tech (23-12), McNeese (27-5), Mississippi State (22-14), NC State (24-12), Penn State (22-12), Richmond (24-10), St. John’s (19-13), Southern Illinois (24-11), Southern Miss (24-12), Texas A&M (20-15), Tulane (23-14), UC Santa Barbara (24-10), USF (20-13), USC (23-12), UTRGV (25-10), UTSA (28-9), Virginia (20-14), Virginia Tech (23-13), Wake Forest (24-13). | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 22 Kansas, No. 23 Wake Forest, No. 25 Southern Miss. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 10, ACC 5, Big 12 3, Sun Belt 2, Big Ten 2, Big West 1, CUSA 1, Independent 1. | ||||
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