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.
Arkansas, currently carrying a winning streak of 13 games and a 17-2 overall record, has become the third different school to top the NCBWA polls this spring. Wake Forest and Oregon State previously held the top position.
Some of the big movers from Week Four to Week Five are Clemson from No. 8 to 3, Vanderbilt from No. 10 to 4, Alabama from No. 13 to 8, Florida from No. 15 to 10, Florida State from No. 19 to 11 and Campbell, Kentucky, UC Santa Barbara, Oklahoma, and Mississippi State from receiving votes into the Nos. 19-24 slots.
There have been 11 conferences (nine this week) represented in the first four standings of 2024, and there were 15 different conferences in the 2023 NCBWA polls.
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.
| 2024 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 18) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Arkansas | SEC | 17-2 | 2 |
| 2. | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 17-2 | 1 |
| 3. | Clemson | ACC | 17-2 | 8 |
| 4. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 18-3 | 10 |
| 5. | LSU | SEC | 17-4 | 3 |
| 6. | Texas A&M | SEC | 18-2 | 4 |
| 7. | Tennessee | SEC | 18-3 | 5 |
| 8. | Alabama | SEC | 17-3 | 13 |
| 9. | Duke | ACC | 13-2 | 10 |
| 10. | Florida | SEC | 12-7 | 15 |
| 11. | Florida State | ACC | 18-0 | 19 |
| 12. | Virginia | ACC | 16-4 | 16 |
| 13. | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 17-3 | 17 |
| 14. | East Carolina | American Athletic | 14-4 | 14 |
| 15. | Wake Forest | ACC | 13-6 | 6 |
| 16. | DBU | CUSA | 16-3 | 18 |
| 17. | North Carolina | ACC | 17-4 | 11 |
| 18. | TCU | Big 12 | 15-5 | 9 |
| 19. | Campbell | CAA | 15-4 | RV |
| 20. | UC Irvine | Big West | 15-3 | 22 |
| 21. | Kentucky | SEC | 17-3 | RV |
| 22. | UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 12-5 | RV |
| 23. | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 13-6 | RV |
| 24. | Mississippi State | SEC | 15-6 | RV |
| 25. | South Carolina | SEC | 15-5 | 21 |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Auburn, California, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana State, Jackson State, Kansas State, Long Beach State, Maryland, Miami (Fla.), NC State, Nebraska, North Carolina A&T, Northeastern, Ole Miss, Oregon, Saint Louis, Southern Miss, Texas, Troy, Texas Tech, UCF, UC San Diego, Virginia Tech. | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 12 NC State, No. 20 Auburn, No. 23 Texas Tech, No. 24 Texas, No. 25 Georgia. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 10, ACC 6, Big 12 2, Big West 2, American 1, CAA 1, CUSA 1, Pac-12 1, Sun Belt 1. | ||||
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