Texas A&M (35-5) tops NCBWA Division I Poll

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.

Texas A&M, the fourth school to be ranked No. 1 this spring, while Atlantic Coast Conference powers Clemson and Duke now are Nos. 4 and 5, respectively, behind Arkansas and Tennessee of the Southeastern Conference.

Some of the big movers from week nine to week 10 were Duke No. 8 to 5, Wake Forest from No. 12 to 9, Vanderbilt from No. 13 to 10, Coastal Carolina from No. 19 to 13, UC Irvine from No. 18 to 15, Arizona from No. 25 to 17, and Oklahoma and NC State from receiving votes into positions 20 and 24, among others.

There have been 12 conferences (eight this week) represented in the first 10 standings of 2024, and there were 15 different conferences in the 2023 NCBWA polls.

2024 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (APRIL 22)
Rk.SchoolConferenceRecordPvs.
1. Texas A&M SEC 35-5 1
2. Arkansas SEC 34-6 3
3. Tennessee SEC 33-7 2
4. Clemson ACC 32-7 6
5. Duke ACC 29-11 8
6. Kentucky SEC 32-7 4
7. East Carolina American Athletic 31-8 9
8. Florida State ACC 31-8 7
9. Wake Forest ACC 26-13 12
10. Vanderbilt SEC 29-11 13
11. Oregon State Pac-12 30-9 5
12. Virginia ACC 30-11 10
13. Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 27-12 19
14. North Carolina ACC 30-10 11
15. UC Irvine Big West 28-8 18
16. Louisiana Sun Belt 31-11 16
17. Arizona Pac-12 24-14 25
18. Oregon Pac-12 27-12 14
19. South Carolina SEC 27-13 20
20. Oklahoma Big 12 24-14 RV
21. Georgia SEC 29-10 24
22. Indiana State MVC 29-8 22
23. Alabama SEC 25-15 15
24. NC State ACC 22-15 RV
25. Oklahoma State Big 12 26-14 17
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Bethune-Cookman (24-17), Campbell (25-13), Charleston (28-10), Creighton (28-9), DBU (28-10), Florida (20-19), Fresno State (25-14), Georgetown (26-13), Georgia Tech (24-14), Illinois (23-13), Jackson State (24-14), Lamar (29-6), Louisiana Tech (26-12), LSU (22-15), Maryland (23-14), Mississippi State (26-14), Nebraska (25-12), Northeastern (28-11), San Diego (26-12), St. John’s (25-9-1), Samford (26-13), Southern Miss (25-15), Texas (24-17), Texas Tech (29-13), UCF (24-13), UC San Diego (26-11), UC Santa Barbara (25-10), UNCW (26-14), Utah (26-12), Virginia Tech (25-12), West Virginia (23-16), WKU (29-12).
Dropped out: No. 21 DBU, No. 23 Virginia Tech.
By conference: SEC 8, ACC 7, Pac-12 3, Sun Belt 2, Big 12 2, American 1, Big West 1, Missouri Valley 1.

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates and official votes in the Dick Howser Trophy, Regional Players of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests.