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.
Tennessee becomes the fifth team to garner a No. 1 ranking in this year’s NCBWA survey, just ahead of two-week No. 1 Texas A&M. The Volunteers join A&M, Wake Forest, Oregon State and Arkansas in holding down DI’s top position.
Some of the big movers from Week 11 to Week 12 are Kentucky from No. 8 to 5, Wake Forest from No. 15 to 12, Georgia from No. 17 to 14, Mississippi State from No. 18 to 15, Indiana State from No. 20 to 17, Oklahoma from No. 24 to 18 and Oregon and Troy from receiving votes to No. 23 and 24, respectively, 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.
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 (MAY 6) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Tennessee | SEC | 39-9 | 3 |
| 2. | Texas A&M | SEC | 40-8 | 1 |
| 3. | Clemson | ACC | 36-10 | 4 |
| 4. | Arkansas | SEC | 40-9 | 2 |
| 5. | Kentucky | SEC | 35-10 | 8 |
| 6. | East Carolina | American Athletic | 37-9 | 5 |
| 7. | Florida State | ACC | 35-10 | 6 |
| 8. | Virginia | ACC | 35-12 | 10 |
| 9. | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 35-12 | 7 |
| 10. | North Carolina | ACC | 35-11 | 9 |
| 11. | Duke | ACC | 32-14 | 12 |
| 12. | Wake Forest | ACC | 32-16 | 15 |
| 13. | South Carolina | SEC | 32-15 | 14 |
| 14. | Georgia | SEC | 35-12 | 17 |
| 15. | Mississippi State | SEC | 32-16 | 18 |
| 16. | UC Irvine | Big West | 34-10 | 11 |
| 17. | Indiana State | MVC | 34-10 | 20 |
| 18. | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 29-17 | 24 |
| 19. | Arizona | Pac-12 | 29-17 | 23 |
| 20. | UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 31-12 | 25 |
| 21. | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 32-16 | 16 |
| 22. | NC State | ACC | 26-18 | 22 |
| 23. | Oregon | Pac-12 | 32-15 | RV |
| 24. | Troy | Sun Belt | 34-15 | RV |
| 25. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 32-16 | 13 |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (29-18), Austin Peay (30-17), Bethune-Cookman (27-21), Cal Poly (28-17), California (28-17), Cal Poly (28-17), Charleston (33-11), Coastal Carolina (27-20), Connecticut (27-19), Creighton (31-14), DBU (34-12), Florida (24-23), Georgia Tech (28-17), Hawai’i (25-15), Illinois (28-16), Jackson State (28-16), Lamar (36-10), Louisiana (34-15), Louisiana Tech (35-15), Louisville (29-18), LSU (31-18), Maryland (31-18), Nebraska (30-16), Northeastern (32-13), Ole Miss (25-22), St. John’s (31-11-1), Samford (31-16), San Diego (33-13), Southern Miss (31-17), Texas (30-19), UCF (29-15), UC San Diego (26-19), UNCW (32-16), USC Upstate (30-18), Utah (30-15), Virginia Tech (31-14), West Virginia (28-18), WKU (31-16).. | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 19 Alabama; No. 21 Louisiana. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 8, ACC 7, Pac-12 3, Big West 2, Big 12 2, American 1, Missouri Valley 1, Sun Belt 1. | ||||
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