Every Monday Baseball America comes out with their weekend review. Aaron Fitt ended up attending the San Diego Tournament which featured some of the best pitching matchups of the season. The full article available here.

The three strikes segment focuses on the Shooter-Hunter matchup in Minnesota, Texas A&M bats warming up, and some more thoughts on the USD tourney. The full article is available here.

John Manuel sat down for a chat session to discuss BA Top 25. The full chat transcript is available here. Baseball America’s Top 25 is available here.

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DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 11th year with its 2008 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 25-June 30 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 30 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 298 baseball-playing schools in the 2008 NCAA Division I ranks. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com. Read the rest of this entry »

The Division 2 poll by The College Baseball News that came out on Feb. 25th is led by Mount Olive who has taken over the top spot in the poll with a 16-1 record. Ouachita Baptist is ranked second in the country with an solid record of 12-1. Two-time defending national champion and former number 1 team in the country Tampa is ranked number 3. Delta State and Grand Valley State round out the Top 5. You can read the full poll by clicking here.

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DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 11th year with its 2008 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 25-June 30 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 30 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 298 baseball-playing schools in the 2008 NCAA Division I ranks. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com. Read the rest of this entry »

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DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb. This will be the final poll until the postseason survey on June 26.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by a season-most 14 conferences (for the second week in succession and ties for a season-most) among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 17 circuits have had teams in the polls in '07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank1 Rice Conference USA 54-12 12 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 53-13 23 Arizona State Pacific-10 48-13 34 UC Irvine Big West 45-15-1 85 Vanderbilt Southeastern 54-13 56 South Carolina SEC 46-20 47 Texas A&M Big 12 48-19 68 Mississippi State SEC 38-20 209 Texas Big 12 46-17 910 Oregon State Pac-10 44-18 2111 Virginia ACC Coast 45-16 712 Louisville Big East 46-22 2413 Cal State Fullerton Big West 38-23 2214 (tie) Florida State ACC 49-13 1114 (tie) Clemson ACC 41-23 1014 (tie) Wichita State Missouri Valley 53-22 1217 Mississippi SEC 40-25 1318 Oklahoma State Big 12 42-21 1419 Coastal Carolina Big South 50-13 1520 Michigan Big Ten 42-19 1721 Arizona Pac-10 42-17 1622 Arkansas SEC 43-21 1823 San Diego West Coast 43-18 1924 Charlotte Atlantic 10 49-12 2525 Missouri Big 12 42-18 2326 UCLA Pac-10 33-28 2927 Long Beach State Big West 39-20 2628 TCU Mountain West 48-14 2829 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 45-17 2730 Creighton MVC 45-16 30

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Austin Peay (40-22), East Carolina (40-23), Kent State (33-26), Minnesota (41-18), Ohio State (38-24), Southern Miss (39-23), St. John's (41-19), UC Riverside (38-21), Western Carolina (42-20).

Dropped Out: None

By conference: Southeastern 5, Atlantic Coast 4, Big 12 4, Pacific-10 4, Big West 3, Missouri Valley 2, Atlantic 10 1, Big East 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Conference USA 1, Mountain West 1, Sun Belt 1, West Coast 1.

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DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues itstradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weeklysurveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following theNCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb. All 16 2007 NCAA Regional sites are beinghosted by NCBWA Top 30 members.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media personsfrom throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 13conferences (ties for a season-most) among the 293 baseball-playing schools inthe '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 17 circuits have had teams in the polls in'07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 51-11 12 Rice Conference USA 49-12 23 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 48-12 44 Texas Big 12 44-15 55 Arizona State Pacific-10 43-13 66 Florida State ACC 47-11 37 Virginia ACC 43-14 88 San Diego West Coast 43-16 99 South Carolina SEC 42-18 710 Coastal Carolina Big South 48-11 1111 Texas A&M Big 12 44-16 1312 Arizona Pacific-10 40-15 1013 Arkansas SEC 41-19 1714 Wichita State Missouri Valley 49-19 3-2 1215 UC Irvine Big West 40-15-1 1616 Clemson ACC 38-21 1817 Missouri Big 12 40-16 1418 Charlotte Atlantic 10 47-10 2019 Long Beach State Big West 37-18 2120 TCU Mountain West 46-12 2221 Mississippi SEC 37-23 1922 Oklahoma State Big 12 38-19 1523 Creighton MVC 44-14 2524 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 43-15 2425 Oregon State Pac-10 38-17 2326 Pepperdine West Coast 35-20 2627 UC Riverside Big West 37-19 2828 East Carolina C-USA 39-21 NR29 NC State ACC 37-21 2730 Oral Roberts Mid-Continent 40-15 NR

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Cal State Fullerton (33-23), Miami (Fla.) (36-22), Michigan (39-16), Minnesota (40-16), Mississippi State (33-20), Ohio State (37-22), Oklahoma (34-24), Rutgers (41-19), St. John's (40-17), Southern Miss (37-21), Western Carolina (40-18).

Dropped Out: Cal State Fullerton (29), Miami (Fla.) (30)

By conference: Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 4, Southeastern 4, Big West 3, Pacific-10 3, Conference USA 2, Missouri Valley 2, West Coast 2, Atlantic 10 1, Big South 1, Mid-Continent 1, Mountain West 1, Sun Belt 1.

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DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues itstradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weeklysurveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following theNCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media personsfrom throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 12conferences among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division Iranks, and 17 circuits have had teams in the polls in '07. For more informationor to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 43-10 12 Rice Conference USA 41-11 33 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 41-11 44 Florida State ACC 43-9 25 Texas Big 12 39-14 66 Arizona State Pacific-10 37-12 87 South Carolina SEC 38-15 78 Virginia ACC 39-12 59 Texas A&M Big 12 40-12 1010 Oklahoma State Big 12 37-13 1511 Arkansas SEC 37-16 912 San Diego West Coast 41-15 1413 Arizona Pac-10 36-12 1314 Wichita State Missouri Valley 43-16 1115 Clemson ACC 34-18 1616 Coastal Carolina Big South 41-10 1717 Long Beach State Big West 34-14 2018 Oregon State Pac-10 36-13 1219 UC Irvine Big West 34-14-1 2220 Missouri Big 12 35-14 2421 Mississippi SEC 33-20 1922 Charlotte Atlantic 10 40-10 2323 Cal State Fullerton Big West 31-19 2524 Mississippi State SEC 32-16 1825 TCU Mountain West 40-11 2926 Pepperdine West Coast 32-19 2127 Creighton MVC 37-12 NR28 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 38-13 NR29 East Carolina C-USA 35-17 3030 NC State ACC 33-18 28

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): College of Charleston (37-15), Georgia Tech (31-20), Kentucky (33-17-1), Miami (Fla.) (32-20), Michigan (36-13), Minnesota (35-12), Oral Roberts (33-15), Southern Miss (33-19), St. John's (36-14), Stetson (38-14), UC Riverside (33-17), UCLA (28-22), Western Carolina (37-15).

Dropped Out: Michigan (26), College of Charleston (27)

By conference: Atlantic Coast 5, Southeastern 5, Big 12 4, Big West 3, Pacific-10 3, Conference USA 2, Missouri Valley 2, West Coast 2, Atlantic 10 1, Big South 1, Mountain West 1, Sun Belt 1.-www.NCBWA.com-

DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues itstradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weeklysurveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following theNCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media personsfrom throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 13 differentconferences (season-high number for the fifth time this season) among the 293baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 17 circuits havehad teams in the polls in '07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, pleasego to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 41-9 12 Florida State Atlantic Coast 42-7 23 Rice Conference USA 37-11 34 North Carolina ACC 37-10 55 Virginia ACC 38-10 66 Texas Big 12 38-14 47 South Carolina SEC 35-14 88 Arizona State Pacific-10 34-12 109 Arkansas SEC 36-14 710 Texas A&M Big 12 38-11 1111 Wichita State Missouri Valley 41-13 1212 Oregon State Pac-10 35-11 913 Arizona Pac-10 35-11 1514 San Diego West Coast  38-14 1615 Oklahoma State Big 12 34-13 1716 Clemson ACC 31-16 1417 Coastal Carolina Big South 38-9 1918 Mississippi State SEC 31-12 2019 Mississippi SEC 32-18 1320 Long Beach State Big West 30-14 2321 Pepperdine West Coast 31-16 2122 UC Irvine Big West 31-13-1 2223 Charlotte Atlantic 10 38-9 2524 Missouri Big 12 33-13 2825 Cal State Fullerton Big West 28-18 1826 Michigan Big Ten 34-10 2627 College of Charleston Southern 36-12 2428 NC State ACC 31-16 2729 TCU Mountain West 37-11 2930 East Carolina C-USA 32-15 NR

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Creighton (32-12), Kentucky (31-15-1), LSU (28-21-1), Louisiana-Lafayette (35-13), Miami (Fla.) (30-19), Minnesota (33-10), Southern Miss (30-19), St. John's (32-13), Stetson (36-12), UC Riverside (30-17), UCLA (27-19).

Dropped Out: Minnesota (30)

By conference: Atlantic Coast 5, Southeastern 5, Big 12 4, Big West 3, Pacific-10 3, Conference USA 2, West Coast 2, Atlantic 10 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Missouri Valley 1, Mountain West 1, Southern 1.

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 13 different conferences (ties for highest representation in a 2007 weekly polls by various leagues) among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the ‘07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 17 circuits have had teams in the polls in ‘07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank
1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 35-8 1
2 Florida State Atlantic Coast 37-6 3
3 Rice Conference USA 33-11 6
4 South Carolina SEC 31-10 4
5 Texas Big 12 33-12 5
6 North Carolina ACC 33-9 2
7 Virginia ACC 34-9 8
8 Arkansas SEC 32-11 7
9 Oregon State Pacific-10 31-8 9
10 Arizona State Pac-10 32-10 11
11 Wichita State Missouri Valley 34-9 14
12 Oklahoma State Big 12 31-10 15
13 Arizona Pac-10 31-9 10
14 Cal State Fullerton Big West 26-12 17
15 Pepperdine West Coast 30-13 12
16 Texas A&M Big 12 32-10 16
17 Clemson ACC 26-13 13
18 Mississippi SEC 27-15 19
19 Mississippi State SEC 25-10 18
20 Coastal Carolina Big South 33-8 21
21 San Diego West Coast 32-14 22
22 Charlotte Atlantic 10 32-7 23
23 UC Irvine Big West 28-11-1 t27
24 NC State ACC 27-14 20
t25 College of Charleston Southern 31-10 NR
t25 East Carolina C-USA 28-12 NR
27 Oklahoma Big 12 27-15 26
28 Long Beach State Big West 23-14 29
29 Michigan Big Ten 26-8 NR
30 Stetson Atlantic Sun 32-11 30

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Creighton (27-11), Georgia Tech(26-14), Kentucky (27-12-1), Louisiana State (23-18-1), Louisiana-Lafayette (29-12), Louisville (28-11), Miami (Fla.) (25-17), Minnesota (26-7), Missouri (28-12), Nebraska (23-17), New Orleans (27-13), Ohio State (23-10), St. John’s (25-12), TCU (30-10), Tulane (28-14), UC Riverside (23-16), Western Carolina(27-12).

Dropped Out: Tulane (24), Louisiana-Lafayette (25), Kentucky (t27)

By conference: Atlantic Coast 5, Southeastern 5, Big 12 4, Big West 3, Pacific-10 3, Conference USA 2, West Coast 2, Atlantic 10 1, Atlantic Sun 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Missouri Valley 1, Southern 1.

FROM NCBWA RELEASEDALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues itstradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weeklysurveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following theNCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 12 different conferences among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 17 leagues have had teams in the polls in '07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 32-6 12 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 32-6 23 Florida State ACC 35-4 44 South Carolina SEC 28-8 35 Texas Big 12 31-10 66 Rice Conference USA 29-11 57 Arkansas SEC 29-10 98 Virginia ACC 31-8 89 Oregon State Pacific-10 28-8 1010 Arizona Pac-10 30-7 1111 Arizona State Pac-10 29-10 1212 Pepperdine West Coast 28-11 713 Clemson ACC 25-10 1314 Wichita State Missouri Valley 30-8 1615 Oklahoma State Big 12 26-9 1416 Texas A&M Big 12 30-8 1717 Cal State Fullerton Big West 23-12 1818 Mississippi State SEC 23-8 1919 Mississippi SEC 25-13 1520 NC State ACC 26-11 2121 Coastal Carolina Big South 30-7 2022 San Diego West Coast 29-13 t2523 Charlotte Atlantic 10 29-6 t2524 Tulane Conference USA 27-11 2825 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 28-9 2326 Oklahoma Big 12 25-13 24t27 Kentucky SEC 26-9-1 22t27 UC Irvine Big West 25-10-1 2629 Long Beach State Big West 21-12 NR30 Stetson Atlantic Sun 30-9 30

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (22-15), College of Charleston (27-9), East Carolina (24-12), Miami (Fla.) (22-16), Michigan (22-6), Missouri (25-11), Nebraska (22-14), New Orleans (24-12).

Dropped Out: Ohio State (29)By conference: Southeastern 6, Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 4, Big West 3, Pacific-10 3, Conference USA 2, West Coast 2, Atlantic 10 1, Atlantic Sun 1, Big South 1, Missouri Valley 1, Sun Belt 1

DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by a season-most 13 different conferences among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 17 leagues have had teams in the polls in '07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 29-5 12 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 29-5 33 South Carolina SEC 26-7 44 Florida State ACC 31-4 25 Rice Conference USA 26-10 86 Texas Big 12 28-10 77 Pepperdine West Coast 26-8 98 Virginia ACC 29-7 59 Arkansas SEC 25-10 610 Oregon State Pacific-10 25-7 1011 Arizona Pac-10 28-6  1412 Arizona State Pac-10 26-10 1513 Clemson ACC 23-9 1614 Oklahoma State Big 12 23-8 1115 Mississippi SEC 24-10 1916 Wichita State Missouri Valley 26-8 1317 Texas A&M Big 12 27-7 1718 Cal State Fullerton Big West 19-12 1219 Mississippi State SEC 21-8 2620 Coastal Carolina Big South 28-5 1821 NC State ACC 24-10   2122 Kentucky SEC 25-6-1 2023 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 26-7 2724 Oklahoma Big 12 23-11 2325 (tie) San Diego West Coast 26-12 2825 (tie) Charlotte Atlantic 10 26-5 2927 UC Irvine Big West 23-8-1 3028 Tulane Conference USA 24-10 2429 Ohio State Big Ten 18-5 2530 Stetson Atlantic Sun 27-9 NR

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Akron (14-8), Alabama (20-14),College of Charleston (24-8), East Carolina (21-12), Florida (20-15), GeorgiaTech (21-13), Long Beach State (16-12), Memphis (19-12), Miami (Fla.) (20-14),Missouri (24-9), Nebraska (19-12).

Dropped Out: East Carolina (22).

FROM NCBWA RELEASEDALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 12 differentconferences among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division I ranks, and 16 leagues have had teams in the polls in '07. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank1 Vanderbilt Southeastern 26-4 32 Florida State Atlantic Coast 29-2 13 North Carolina ACC 25-5 54 South Carolina SEC 23-6 25 Virginia ACC 27-5 66 Arkansas SEC 22-8 77 Texas Big 12 25-9 88 Rice Conference USA 22-10 99 Pepperdine West Coast 23-8 1010 Oregon State Pacific-10 23-6 411 Oklahoma State Big 12 22-6 1612 Cal State Fullerton Big West 18-10 1413 Wichita State Missouri Valley 24-6 1514 Arizona Pac-10 25-6 2015 Arizona State Pac-10 23-10 1216 Clemson ACC 18-9 1117 Texas A&M Big 12 25-6 1718 Coastal Carolina Big South 27-3 1919 Mississippi SEC 21-9 1820 Kentucky SEC 24-4-1 1321 NC State ACC 22-8 2722 East Carolina C-USA 21-8 2123 Oklahoma Big 12 21-9 2324 Tulane C-USA 22-8 NR25 Ohio State Big Ten 17-4 2926 Mississippi State SEC 18-7 NR27 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 23-6 NR28 San Diego West Coast 23-12 2429 Charlotte Atlantic 10 22-5 NR30 UC Irvine Big West 21-7-1 NR

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (18-12), Creighton(18-8), Florida (18-13), Georgia Tech (19-11), Kansas State (20-8), Long BeachState (14-11), Miami (Fla.) (17-13), Missouri (22-8), Navy (22-9), Nebraska(16-11), Southern California (18-12), Stetson (23-9), VMI (21-8).

Dropped Out: Long Beach State (22), Alabama (25), Nebraska (26), Missouri (28),Southern Miss (30)

By conference: Southeastern 6, Atlantic Coast 5, Big 12 4, Conference USA 3, Pacific-10 3, Big West 2, West Coast 2, Atlantic 10 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1,Missouri Valley 1, Sun Belt 1.