Jan. 27, 2012

 

NCBWA Preseason Poll

 

Rank   School                         Conference              2011 Rec.    Final '11 Rank
1          Florida                         Southeastern              53-19            2
2          South Carolina              SEC                          55-14            1
3          North Carolina             Atlantic Coast            51-16            5
4          Stanford                       Pacific-12                  35-22            13
5          Texas A&M                 Big 12                       47-22            8

6          Arkansas                      SEC                          40-22            20
7          Texas                           Big 12                       49-19            7
8          Rice                             Conference USA       42-21            18
9          Georgia Tech                ACC                         42-21            23
10        Florida State                 ACC                         46-19            10
11        Vanderbilt                    SEC                          54-12            4
12        LSU                             SEC                          36-20            NR
13        TCU                            Mountain West          43-19            16
14        Oklahoma                    Big 12                       41-19            24
15        Arizona State                Pac-12                      43-18            9
16        Miami (Fla.)                 ACC                         38-23            26
17        Clemson                       ACC                         43-20            15
18        Arizona                        Pac-12                      39-21            25
19        Cal State Fullerton        Big West                   41-17            17
20        UCLA                          Pac-12                      35-24            22
21        Georgia                        SEC                          33-32            NR
22        Oregon State                Pac-12                      41-19            12
23        Virginia                         ACC                         56-12            3
24        UC Irvine                     Big West                   43-18            11
25        Louisville                      Big East                     32-29            NR
26        California                      Pac-12                      38-23            6
27        St. John's                      Big East                     36-22            NR
28        UCF                            Conference USA       39-23            NR
29        Southern Miss              Conference USA       39-19            30
30        Ole Miss                      SEC                          30-25            NR
31        Stetson                         Atlantic Sun               43-20            NR
32        Baylor                          Big 12                       31-28            NR
33        Dallas Baptist               Independent              42-20            21
34        Mississippi State           SEC                          38-25            19
35        Coastal Carolina           Big South                  42-20            NR

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):  Alabama (35-28), Auburn (29-29), Belmont (38-26), Bethune-Cookman (36-25), CSU Bakersfield (33-22), Charlotte (43-16), College of Charleston (39-22), Connecticut (45-20-1), Creighton (45-16), East Carolina (41-21), FIU (40-20-1), Fresno State (40-16), Georgia Southern (36-26), Georgia State (37-21), Gonzaga (32-19-1), Illinois (30-27), Jacksonville (37-24), James Madison (42-19), Kansas State (36-25), Kent State (45-17), Kentucky (25-30), Long Beach State (29-27), Maine (33-24), Michigan State (36-21), Missouri State (33-23), NC State (35-27), Nebraska (30-25), Oklahoma State (35-25), Old Dominion (30-26), Oral Roberts (39-22), Oregon (33-26-1), Sam Houston State (35-24), San Diego State (22-36), Seton Hall (34-25), USC (25-31), Stony Brook (42-12), Tennessee (25-29), Texas State (41-23), Texas Tech (33-25), Troy (43-19), Tulane (31-26), UNC Wilmington (31-28), West Virginia (28-27), Wichita State (39-26).

Dropped Out from final '11 poll: Connecticut (14), Kent State (27), Fresno State (28), East Carolina (29).

By conference: SEC 8, Pac-12 6, ACC 6, Big 12 4, C-USA 3, Big East 2, Big West 2, Atlantic Sun 1, Big South 1, Independents 1, MWC 1.