DALLAS (NCBWA) The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 22nd year with its 2019 weekly surveys and this week UCLA is the unanimous No. 1 selection and remains in the top spot for the sixth-straight week.
This week the Pac-12 holds down the top three spots, as Stanford remains No. 2 for the second-straight week and Oregon State rejoins the top three after a sweep of Arizona.
The SEC rounded out the top five as Vanderbilt jumps up one to No. 4 and Georgia also improves one place to No. 5. Overall, the SEC has five of the top 10 teams, followed by the Pac-12 with three, the ACC with one and the Big West with one.
The highest riser in this week's poll is Oklahoma State, who jumped up six spots to No. 25 after only receiving votes last week after a 4-0 week, including a sweep of Texas. UC Irvine was next as they improved five spots to No. 24 after going 4-0 last week with a series sweep of Cal State Northridge.
The 2019 poll voters come from among 35 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. After a preseason Top 40 listing, the remainder of the polls feature a national Top 30.
This week's current survey has representation by eight different conferences among the 299 baseball-playing schools in the 2019 NCAA Division I ranks. The rankings of 2018 had 15 different DI conferences rated at least one week. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.
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