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FLORIDA NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Florida (45-16) has been ranked No. 1 in the latest "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Gators won the Southeastern Conference tournament over the past weekend with a 5-0 win over Vanderbilt in the championship game. South Carolina, ranked No. 1 last week, slipped to fourth after finishing 1-2 in the SEC tournament. No. 2 Virginia captured the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with a 7-2 win over Florida St. The Pac-10 race saw an exciting end to the regular season. Oregon swept Oregon St. in a 3-game series at home while Arizona swept a 3-game series at home against Washington, UCLA won two of three at Arizona St. and Stanford won two against California. UCLA finished No. 1 in the Pac-10 with an 18-9 conference mark and was followed by Oregon St. and Arizona St. with 17-10 Pac-10 records. Oregon St. finished the regular season with five straight losses. Poll Notes: Several other teams have been hot. James Madison, which captured the Colonial Conference tournament, has won nine in a row. Coastal Carolina and Texas A&M have won five straight while Virginia has won four consecutive games. Two teams fell out of the top 30 in St. John's (3-2 last week) and Troy (2-1). New to the poll is Arizona (36-19, fourth place finish in the Pac-10 at 15-12), and Creighton (44-14), regular season Missouri Valley Conference winner as well as tournament champion. The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 30, 2011)
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DURHAM, N.C.—Preseason No. 1 Florida enters the NCAA tournament back atop Baseball America's Top 25 rankings after winning the Southeastern Conference tournament.
The Gators lost two series during the regular season but went 4-1 in Hoover, Ala., including a victory against Vanderbilt, to claim the SEC championship and to reclaim the No. 1 spot. Virginia, which won the Atlantic Coast Conference's regular-season and tournament titles, ranks second, followed by Vanderbilt and last week's No. 1, reigning national champion South Carolina.
Texas A&M and Rice both tied for their conference regular-season crowns and won their tournaments to move up the rankings. The Aggies swept the Big 12 tournament despite the loss to injury of ace John Stilson and moved up to No. 7, while Rice won the Conference USA event despite a loss and moved up seven spots to No. 9.
The other big mover this week was UCLA. The Bruins, ranked second in the preseason, won the Pacific-10 Conference title (regular season; the league has no tournament) by winning a series at Arizona State while Oregon State was swept by Civil War rival Oregon. The Bruins moved up to No. 17, a six-spot jump, while the Beavers fell nine spots to No. 15. Fellow Pac-10 team Stanford moved back into the rankings at No. 24 with a series win at California.
The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of May 29 and do not include ties.
Rk. Team W-L Last Prev. 1. Florida 45-16 4-1 3 2. Virginia 49-9 4-0 5 3. Vanderbilt 47-10 3-1 4 4. South Carolina 45-14 1-2 1 5. Texas 43-15 3-2 2 6. Florida State 42-17 2-2 7 7. Texas A&M 42-18 4-0 13 8. Cal State Fullerton 40-15 3-1 9 9. Rice 41-19 3-1 16 10. Arizona State 39-16 1-2 8 11. Texas Christian 42-17 2-2 10 12. Georgia Tech 40-17 1-2 11 13. North Carolina 45-14 1-2 12 14. Clemson 41-18 2-1 14 15. Oregon State 38-17 0-3 6 16. Miami 36-21 2-1 17 17. UCLA 33-22 2-2 23 18. Connecticut 41-17 2-2 15 19. Arkansas 38-20 2-2 20 20. Florida International 40-18 3-1 22 21. Troy 42-17 2-1 21 22. Oklahoma 41-17 1-2 18 23. East Carolina 39-19 2-1 25 24. Stanford 32-20 2-1 NR 25. Southern Mississippi 39-17 1-2 19 Dropped Out: UC Irvine (24).
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