DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 28th year with its 2025 weekly surveys.
Texas and Clemson maintained the top two spots from last week while Oregon State reached a season-high No. 3 position. Previous No. 1 Tennessee is No. 4, while LSU holds down the No. 5 ranking. Streaking No. 10 West Virginia, NCAA-best current longest winning streak at 14 games, has the fewest setbacks of any Division I member at 34-4 overall. The Mountaineers climbed eight places from the April 14 survey.
Some of the other big movers from Week 10 to Week 11 were Oklahoma from No. 16 to 12, Vanderbilt from No. 19 to 15, Coastal Carolina from No. 20 to 17 and from receiving votes to Nos. 22-25, respectively, DBU, Kansas. Southern Miss, and first-time top-25 member in 2025 McNeese.
There have been nine conferences and independents (a season-most nine this week) represented in the first 11 standings of 2025, and there were 12 different conferences appearing in the 2024 NCBWA polls.
The 2025 poll voters come from among 33 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. The ’25 season features 307 NCAA Division I baseball-playing schools, and for more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to ncbwa.com.
| 2025 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (APRIL 21) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Texas | SEC | 33-5 | 1 |
| 2. | Clemson | ACC | 35-7 | 2 |
| 3. | Oregon State | Independent | 30-7 | 6 |
| 4. | Tennessee | SEC | 33-7 | 3 |
| 5. | LSU | SEC | 34-7 | 8 |
| 6. | Arkansas | SEC | 34-7 | 4 |
| 7. | Florida State | ACC | 29-7 | 7 |
| 8. | North Carolina | ACC | 31-9 | 10 |
| 9. | Georgia | SEC | 33-9 | 5 |
| 10. | West Virginia | Big 12 | 34-4 | 18 |
| 11. | Auburn | SEC | 27-13 | 9 |
| 12. | Oklahoma | SEC | 29-10 | 16 |
| 13. | UC Irvine | Big West | 28-9 | 13 |
| 14. | UCLA | Big Ten | 29-10 | 11 |
| 15. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 30-10 | 19 |
| 16. | Alabama | SEC | 31-10 | 15 |
| 17. | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 30-10 | 20 |
| 18. | Troy | Sun Belt | 28-12 | 22 |
| 19. | Ole Miss | SEC | 28-12 | 12 |
| 20. | Arizona | Big 12 | 28-11 | 23 |
| 21. | Oregon | Big Ten | 27-11 | 17 |
| 22. | DBU | CUSA | 28-11 | RV |
| 23. | Kansas | Big 12 | 31-10 | RV |
| 24. | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 27-13 | RV |
| 25. | McNeese | Southland | 29-7 | RV |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona State (25-15), Austin Peay (30-10), Ball State (29-12), Baylor (25-14), Cal Poly (27-11), Creighton (23-12), Duke (28-14), East Carolina (24-17), East Tennessee State (27-11), Florida (27-15), Florida Atlantic (27-12), Georgia Tech (29-11), Hawai’i (22-13), Iowa (25-11), Kansas State (23-17), Kentucky (22-15), Lamar (32-10), Liberty (24-16), Louisiana Tech (25-15), Louisville (28-11), Miami (Fla.) (24-17), Michigan (23-17), Mississippi State (24-16), NC State (27-12), Northeastern (29-9), Penn State (24-14), Purdue (24-15), Richmond (25-13), Southern Illinois (27-12), TCU (29-12), Texas A&M (23-16), UC Santa Barbara (26-12), USC (25-14), UTRGV (26-13), UTSA (30-10), Virginia (20-15), Virginia Tech (25-15), Wake Forest (26-15), WKU (33-7). | ||||
| Dropped out: No. 14 Georgia Tech, No. 21 Louisville, No. 24 TCU, No. 25 WKU. | ||||
| By conference: SEC 10, ACC 3, Big 12 3, Sun Belt 3, Big Ten 2, Big West 1, CUSA 1, Southland 1, Independent 1. | ||||
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