Alabama State (34-23) received votes in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll. The Hornets are coming off winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championship after defeating Southern 6-5 in fourteen innings in the championship game.
The Hornets will face top rank Tennessee in the Knoxville Regionals starting Friday June 2, 2022.
| 2022 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL (MAY 30) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Tennessee | SEC | 53-7 | 1 |
| 2. | Stanford | Pac-12 | 41-14 | 3 |
| 3. | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 44-15 | 4 |
| 4. | Virginia Tech | ACC | 41-12 | 2 |
| 5. | Texas A&M | SEC | 37-18 | 5 |
| 6. | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 39-20 | 8 |
| 7. | Maryland | Big Ten | 45-12 | 11 |
| 8. | Texas | Big 12 | 42-19 | 16 |
| 9. | Notre Dame | ACC | 35-14 | 13 |
| 10. | Miami | ACC | 39-18 | 6 |
| 11. | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 37-20 | 9 |
| 12. | Louisville | ACC | 38-18-1 | 7 |
| 13. | Gonzaga | West Coast | 36-17 | 14 |
| 14. | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 37-20 | 26 |
| 15. | Texas State | Sun Belt | 45-12 | 12 |
| 16. | UCLA | Pac-12 | 38-22 | 21 |
| 17. | Southern Miss | Conference USA | 43-16 | 17 |
| 18. | Arkansas | SEC | 38-18 | 10 |
| 19. | UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 43-12 | 19 |
| 20. | Florida | SEC | 39-22 | 29 |
| 21. | Virginia | ACC | 38-17 | 15 |
| 22. | TCU | Big 12 | 36-20 | 18 |
| 23. | East Carolina | American Athletic | 42-18 | 27 |
| 24. | LSU | SEC | 38-20 | 20 |
| 25. | North Carolina | ACC | 38-19 | RV |
| 26. | Connecticut | Big East | 46-13 | 22 |
| 27. | Auburn | SEC | 37-19 | 23 |
| 28. | Vanderbilt | SEC | 36-21 | 25 |
| 29. | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 40-18 | RV |
| 30. | San Diego | West Coast | 36-18 | RV |
| Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama State (34-23), Arizona (37-23), Cal Poly (37-21), Campbell (40-17), Coastal Carolina (36-18-1), Dallas Baptist (34-22-1), Florida State (33-23), Georgia (35-21), Grand Canyon (41-19), Liberty (37-21), Louisiana Tech (42-19), Michigan (32-26), NC State (36-21), Old Dominion (41-17), Ole Miss (32-22), Oregon (35-23), Rutgers (44-15), VCU (40-18), Wake Forest (40-17-1). | ||||
| Dropped out: Grand Canyon (24), Oregon (28), Florida State (30). | ||||
| By conference: SEC 7, ACC 6, Big 12 5, Pac-12 3, Sun Belt 2, West Coast 2American Athletic 1, Big East 1, Big Ten 1, Big West 1, Conference USA 1. | ||||