NCBWA Preseason Poll

This is the fourteenth year for the poll and, as you can see, it covers the DI Schools across the nation. The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. Keep an eye on the Sooners to climb to No. 1!

2011 Pre Season Ranking

Rank-School-2010 Record-Final ’10 Poll Place
1 TCU Mountain West 54-14 3
2 UCLA Pacific-10 51-17 2
3 Florida Southeastern 47-17 8
4 Vanderbilt SEC 46-20 15
5 Oklahoma Big 12 50-18 5
6 Texas Big 12 50-13 9
7 Clemson Atlantic Coast 45-25 4
8 South Carolina SEC 54-16 1
9 Cal State Fullerton Big West 46-18 12
10 Florida State ACC 48-20 6
11 Arizona State Pac-10 52-10 7
12 Oregon Pac-10 40-24 25
13 Virginia ACC 51-14 10
14 Stanford Pac-10 31-25 NR
15 Rice Conference USA 40-23 21
16 Texas A&M Big 12 43-21-1 24
17 Connecticut Big East 48-16 22
18 Coastal Carolina Big South 55-10 11
19 LSU SEC 41-22 29
20 Miami (Fla.) ACC 43-20 13
21 Georgia Tech ACC 47-15 16
22 Louisville Big East 50-14 17
23 Auburn SEC 43-21 19
24 Arkansas SEC 43-21 14
25 Arizona Pacific-10 34-24 NR
26 College of Charleston Southern 44-19 27
27 UC Irvine Big West 39-21 20
28 Alabama SEC 42-25 18
29 North Carolina ACC 38-22 26
30 California Pac-10 29-25 NR
31 St. John’s Big East 43-20 28
32 Baylor Big 12 36-24 NR
33 Wichita State Missouri Valley 41-19 NR
34 Washington State Pac-10 37-22 NR
35 Fresno State Western Athletic 38-25 NR

SOUTHERN INDIANA TOPS
PRESEASON NCBWA DIVISION II POLL
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) continues its tradition of NCAA Division II polls with its 2011 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will continue each Tuesday throughout the season.

PRESEASON NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (FEB. 7)
Rk. School [1st place] Record Pts. Pvs.
1. Southern Indiana [10] 52-14 322 1
2. UC San Diego [3] 54-8 309 2
3. Central Missouri 47-8 287 4
4. Georgia College & State 42-17 266 3
5. Kutztown, Pa. 42-15 258 5
6. Tampa, Fla. 46-11 251 6
7. Franklin Pierce, N.H. 43-17-1 230 7
8. Abilene Christian, Texas 46-13 220 10
9. Southern Arkansas 47-10 219 9
10. Minnesota State 44-16 210 8
11. Columbus State, Ga. 44-12 200 12
12. Valdosta State, Ga. 43-17 153 17
t13. Emporia State, Kan. 42-14 140 18
t13. Francis Marion, S.C. 40-14 140 13
t15. Grand Valley State, Mich. 37-16 123 16
t15. West Chester, Pa. 39-14 123 15
17. Mount Olive, N.C. 41-11 109 11
18. Florida Southern 41-16 99 21
19. Chico State, Calif. 35-20 89 -
20. Cal State Dominguez Hills 41-20 71 19
21. Mesa State, Colo. 37-20 69 -
22. Northern Kentucky 43-17 62 23
23. Southern Connecticut State 38-13-1 58 20
24. California, Pa. 34-18 39 -
25. St. Mary’s, Texas 39-17 35 -

Here's the DII Poll.......I don't see a Northeast bias but there are some really good teams in the northeast. Kutztown, West Chester and California, Pa are all from the same conference (PSAC) and they are all fine programs.