DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continued its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 28th year with its 2025 weekly surveys.
NCAA winner LSU (53-15) is No. 1 in the final survey of the season for the second time in three seasons after topping Coastal Carolina in the NCAA World Series Championship round (best-of-3) 2-0 in games. Other World Series participants are Nos. 3-8, respectively. Southeastern Conference members now have captured seven of the last eight NCAA World Series since 2017 (2020 activity was cancelled by COVID-19). Coastal Carolina also was 2016 champ – its first appearance in Omaha, and Oregon State broke the SEC skein by winning the 2018 CWS.
Some big movers from the week 17 to the final Top 25 poll were Coastal Carolina from No. 8 to 2, Louisville from No. 14 to 5, Arizona from No. 11 to 7 and Murray State from No. 13 to 8, among others.
There were 10 conferences and independents (nine in this poll) represented in NCBWA national standings of 2025, and there were 12 different conferences appearing in the 2024 NCBWA polls. The all-time record DI conferences’ representation was 19 during the hectic 2019 campaign.
Texas A&M was the preseason No. 1 in the 2025 NCBWA survey and followed previous pre-No. 1 selections LSU (1998, 2001, 2023), Southern California (1999), Miami (Fla.) (2000), Stanford (2002), Texas (2003, 06, 10, 22) Rice (2004, 07), Cal State Fullerton (2005, 14), Arizona State (2008), North Carolina (2009), TCU (2011, 17), Florida (2012, 18, 21), Arkansas (2013), Wake Forest (2024) and Vanderbilt (2015, 19, 20). The preseason 2026 Top 30 will be released in February ’26.
The 2025 poll voters came from among 33 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. The ’25 season featured 307 NCAA Division I baseball-playing schools, and for more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.
| FINAL 2025 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (JUNE 23) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | LSU | SEC | 53-15 | 2 |
| 2. | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 56-13 | 8 |
| 3. | Arkansas | SEC | 50-15 | 3 |
| 4. | Oregon State | Independent | 48-16-1 | 4 |
| 5. | Louisville | ACC | 42-24 | 14 |
| 6. | UCLA | Big Ten | 48-18 | 7 |
| 7. | Arizona | Big 12 | 44-21 | 11 |
| 8. | Murray State | MVC | 43-17 | 13 |
| 9. | Florida State | ACC | 42-16 | 5 |
| 10. | Tennessee | SEC | 46-19 | 9 |
| 11. | North Carolina | ACC | 46-15 | 1 |
| 12. | West Virginia | Big 12 | 44-16 | 12 |
| 13. | Auburn | SEC | 41-20 | 6 |
| 14. | UTSA | American | 47-15 | 10 |
| 15. | Miami | ACC | 35-27 | 16 |
| 16. | Duke | ACC | 40-21 | 15 |
| 17. | Texas | SEC | 44-14 | 17 |
| 18. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 43-18 | 18 |
| 19. | Georgia | SEC | 43-17 | 19 |
| 20. | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 47-16 | 22 |
| 21. | Oregon | Big Ten | 42-16 | 20 |
| 22. | Clemson | ACC | 45-18 | 21 |
| 23. | Ole Miss | SEC | 43-21 | 23 |
| 24. | Florida | SEC | 39-22 | 24 |
| 25. | Northeastern | CAA | 49-11 | 25 |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (41-18), Arizona State (36-24), Austin Peay (45-14), Cal Poly (43-19), Cincinnati (33-26), Columbia (30-19), Connecticut (38-21), Creighton (43-16), DBU (41-18), East Carolina (35-27), East Tennessee State (41-17), Georgia Tech (41-19), Jacksonville State (37-25), Kansas (43-17), Kansas State (32-26), Kentucky (31-26), Little Rock (27-34), Mississippi State (36-23), NC State (33-19), Nebraska (32-27), Oklahoma (38-22), Oklahoma State (30-25), Southern Illinois (37-20), Stetson (41-22), Texas A&M (30-26), TCU (39-20), Troy (39-21), UC Irvine (43-17), USC (37-23), UTRGV (36-18), Wake Forest (39-22), WKU (46-14); Wright State (40-21), Xavier (32-27).. | ||||
| Dropped out: None. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 9, ACC 6, Sun Belt 2, Big Ten 2, Big 12 2, American 1, Big West 1, CAA 1, Independent 1. | ||||
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