MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - As it prepares for the 2010 Southern Conference Tournament this week, the College of Charleston baseball team was ranked 29th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association released today, Monday, May 24. The Cougars are 41-15 on the season and 22-8 in SoCon action.
The Cougars return to action Wednesday morning as the #2 seed in the conference tournament and will face #7 Appalachian State at 9:00 a.m. at Riley Park. The radio broadcast of the game can be found on ESPN Radio 910-AM and can also be heard live on the internet at www.CofCSports.com. Ted Byrne will be handling the play-by-play with for the Cougars.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 13th year with its 2010 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 22-June 29 following the 64th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., and final CWS competition at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.
The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2010 NCAA Division I ranks.
NCBWA DIVISION I TOP 30 POLL (MAY 24)
Rk. School Conference Record Week Pvs.
1. Texas Big 12 46-8 3-0 1
2. Virginia Atlantic Coast 45-10 2-1 2
3. Arizona State Pacific-10 45-7 3-1 3
4. Florida Southeastern 40-13 3-1 5
5. Coastal Carolina Big South 47-7 2-1 4
6. TCU Mountain West 43-11 3-0 6
7. Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 44-11 3-1 7
8. UCLA Pacific-10 41-11 4-0 10
9. Louisville Big East 46-10 4-0 11
10. South Carolina Southeastern 43-13 2-2 9
11. Cal State Fullerton Big West 37-15 3-1 12
12. Oklahoma Big 12 42-14 5-0 15
13. Florida State Atlantic Coast 39-16 0-3 8
14. Miami Atlantic Coast 39-15 2-2 13
15. Arkansas Southeastern 40-16 2-2 14
16. Auburn Southeastern 39-17 4-0 21
17. Clemson Atlantic Coast 37-19 4-0 20
18. Connecticut Big East 43-12 2-1 18
19. Vanderbilt Southeastern 40-15 1-2 16
20. Rice Conference USA 35-20 3-1 22
21. UC Irvine Big West 34-18 2-1 23
22. Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 36-19 0-3 17
23. Oregon Pacific-10 37-19 3-1 25
24. North Carolina Atlantic Coast 36-20 4-0 26
25. Ole Miss Southeastern 36-20 0-3 19
26. San Diego West Coast 33-18 2-1 29
27. Stanford Pacific-10 30-21 3-1 30
28. Arizona Pacific-10 32-20 1-3 24
29. College of Charleston Southern 41-15 2-1 ?
30. LSU Southeastern 36-20 2-2 27
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (34-21), Bethune-Cookman (35-20), Charlotte (37-15), Florida Atlantic (33-20), Florida Gulf Coast (37-18), Fresno State (35-23), Indiana State (33-17), James Madison (29-21), Kansas State (35-18), Louisiana-Lafayette (37-18), Maine (34-20), New Mexico (35-18), Pittsburgh (37-16), Southern Miss (32-21), Texas A&M (36-19-1), Texas State (34-20), The Citadel (38-20), Washington State (31-18), Wichita State (38-18).
Dropped out: Kansas State (28).
By conference: Atlantic Coast 7, Southeastern 7, Pacific-10 5, Big 12 2, Big East 2, Big West 2, Big South 1, Conference USA 1, Mountain West 1, Southern 1, West Coast 1.