DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 29th year with its 2026 weekly surveys.
The UCLA Bruins conclude their fifth consecutive week at No. 1 after sweeping Iowa in Big Ten Conference activity to run the Bruins winning streak to 19 games in a row. No. 2 Texas swept then-No. 10 Oklahoma in Austin to remain at No. 2, while Nos. 3 and 4 Georgia Tech and Mississippi State kept their ratings ahead of first-time No. 5 Georgia.
Some of the top movers from the Week Seven to Week Eight polls are North Carolina from No. 9 to 6, Oregon State from No. 14 to 8, USC from No. 12 to 9, Southern Miss from No. 13 to 10, West Virginia from No. 15 to 11, Coastal Carolina from No. 16 to 13, Oregon from No. 18 to 14, Alabama from No. 25 to 17, Florida from No. 22 to 18 and this week’s poll newcomers Nebraska at No. 20, Texas A&M at No. 21, Jacksonville State at No. 24 and Boston College at No. 25. This is the first time in NCBWA DI annals that Conference USA-leading (9-0, 24-5 overall) JSU has entered the Top 25.
Southeastern Conference (10 schools) and Atlantic Coast Conference (five teams) currently occupy 15 of the Top 25 slots with a season-high four Big Ten Conference members gracing the poll.
There have been seven conferences (six this week plus independent Oregon State) represented in the first eight standings of 2026, and there were 10 different conferences in the 2025 NCBWA polls.
The 2026 poll voters come from among 33 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. The ’26 season features 308 NCAA Division I baseball-playing schools, and for more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.
| 2026 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MARCH 30) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | UCLA | Big Ten | 25-2 | 1 |
| 2. | Texas | SEC | 23-4 | 2 |
| 3. | Georgia Tech | ACC | 22-5 | 3 |
| 4. | Mississippi State | SEC | 23-4 | 4 |
| 5. | Georgia | SEC | 23-6 | 7 |
| 6. | North Carolina | ACC | 24-4-1 | 9 |
| 7. | Florida State | ACC | 21-6 | 8 |
| 8. | Oregon State | Independent | 21-5 | 14 |
| 9. | USC | Big Ten | 26-3 | 12 |
| 10. | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 21-7 | 13 |
| 11. | West Virginia | Big 12 | 19-5 | 15 |
| 12. | Auburn | SEC | 20-7 | 5 |
| 13. | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 20-7 | 16 |
| 14. | Oregon | Big Ten | 23-5 | 18 |
| 15. | Arkansas | SEC | 19-10 | 6 |
| 16. | Oklahoma | SEC | 19-8 | 10 |
| 17. | Alabama | SEC | 22-7 | 25 |
| 18. | Florida | SEC | 23-6 | 22 |
| 19. | Virginia | ACC | 22-7 | 11 |
| 20. | Nebraska | Big Ten | 22-6 | RV |
| 21. | Texas A&M | SEC | 22-5 | RV |
| 22. | Arizona State | Big 12 | 20-8 | 21 |
| 23. | Kentucky | SEC | 21-6 | 19 |
| 24. | Jax State | CUSA | 24-5 | RV |
| 25. | Boston College | ACC | 20-9 | RV |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arkansas State (18-9), Bethune-Cookman (19-9), California Baptist (24-5), Campbell (18-9), Cincinnati (20-10), Clemson (19-10), DBU (16-12), Duke (18-12), East Carolina (16-12-1), East Tennessee State (19-7), FGCU (19-8), Illinois State (18-10), Kansas (18-8), Kansas State (18-10), Kent State (19-7), Louisiana (18-10), Louisville (17-11), LSU (19-10), Mercer (21-7), Miami (Fla.) (21-7), Missouri State (17-9), Murray State (18-9), NC State (18-10), New Mexico (17-10-1), Notre Dame (15-9), Oklahoma State (17-11), Ole Miss (19-10), Pittsburgh (19-7), Purdue (18-8), TCU (17-10), Tennessee (18-10), Texas State (19-8), Texas Tech (16-11), UAB (18-10), UCF (18-8), USF (22-6), UTSA (20-8), Vanderbilt (17-12), Wake Forest (20-8), Western Carolina (18-11), Wichita State (19-10). | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 17 NC State, No. 20 Ole Miss, No. 23 Tennessee, No. 24 Clemson. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 10, ACC 5, Big Ten 4, Big 12 2, Sun Belt 2, CUSA 1, Independent 1. | ||||
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