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TEXAS NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. - Texas has been ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight week in the latest "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Longhorns (46-8) have won 28 of their last 29 games. The 24 wins in Big 12 Conference play (24-3) set a new league record. Over the past weekend, Texas swept a 3-game series against Missouri. The Longhorns lead the nation with a 2.39 ERA and have compiled 478 strikeouts and 150 walks over 54 games. On offense, Texas has hit 71 homers and stolen 81 bases while limiting opponents to only 33 stolen bases in 53 chances. Poll Notes: Several other teams have played well lately. UCLA has won nine consecutive Pac-10 games. Oklahoma has won seven straight. And Washington St. has won eight of its last nine Pac-10 games. In key series over the past weekend, Virginia won two of three at Miami, Fla., Florida won two of three at South Carolina, Auburn swept a 3- game series at Mississippi, and Arkansas won two of three at Vanderbilt. Four teams fell out of the top 30 this week in Virginia Tech. (swept in a 3-game series by North Carolina), California (0-4 last week), Arizona (1-3 last week) and Kansas St. (1-2 last week). New to the poll is Stanford (won two of three at Arizona), Texas A&M (won two of three against Kansas St.), Florida Gulf Coast (won regular season title in Atlantic Sun Conference with 25-5 league mark), and Oregon (won two of three against Washington). 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 24, 2010)
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Clemson Returns To Baseball America Top 25
DURHAM, N.C.—Virginia sewed up the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship with a series win at Miami and remained at No. 1 in the Baseball America Top 25 rankings.
The Cavaliers stayed at No. 1 for the fifth straight week, and the top four in the rankings stayed the same for the fourth straight week. No. 4 Florida won the weekend's biggest showdown, clinching the Southeastern Conference's regular-season crown with a series win at South Carolina, which slid four spots to No. 10. Losses by South Carolina and Florida State allowed a few teams to move up in the top 10, including Texas Christian, which swept Cal State Bakersfield to move up to No. 6 and finish the season as the only team in the country without a weekend series loss.
Louisville moved back into the top 10 with a road series sweep of Notre Dame to win the Big East Conference regular-season title by a half-game over Connecticut. The Huskies also moved up one spot to No. 19 thanks to a series win against Seton Hall, but a loss on the last day of the regular season dropped them behind Louisville. In other SEC action, Auburn jumped up three spots to No. 13 by going on the road and sweeping then-No. 18 Mississippi, clinching the SEC Western Division title.
Clemson was the only team to join the rankings this week, replacing Mississippi. The Tigers returned to the rankings for the first time in six weeks, and they did so in emphatic fashion, sweeping Florida State to snatch the ACC's Atlantic Division title away from the Seminoles, who needed only one win to clinch. FSU tumbled seven spots to No. 14.
The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of May 23 and do not include ties.
Rk. Team W-L Last Prev. 1. Virginia 45-10 2-1 1 2. Texas 46-8 3-0 2 3. Arizona State 45-7 3-1 3 4. Florida 40-13 3-1 4 5. Coastal Carolina 47-7 2-1 5 6. Texas Christian 43-11 3-0 8 7. UCLA 41-11 4-0 10 8. Cal St Fullerton 37-15 3-1 9 9. Louisville 46-10 4-0 11 10. South Carolina 43-13 2-2 6 11. Georgia Tech 44-11 3-1 13 12. Oklahoma 42-14 5-0 15 13. Auburn 39-17 4-0 16 14. Florida State 39-16 0-3 7 15. Arkansas 40-16 2-2 17 16. San Diego 33-18 2-1 19 17. Miami 39-15 2-2 14 18. Virginia Tech 36-19 0-3 12 19. Connecticut 43-12 2-1 20 20. Rice 35-20 3-1 21 21. Oregon 37-19 3-1 22 22. Washington State 31-18 3-0 24 23. UC Irvine 34-18 2-1 25 24. Vanderbilt 40-15 1-2 23 25. Clemson 37-19 4-0 NR
Dropped Out: Mississippi (18)
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
Rk School (first) Rec Pts Last week 1 Texas (24) 46-8 763 1 2 Arizona State (6) 45-7 729 3 3 Virginia (1) 45-10 722 2 4 Coastal Carolina 47-7 652 4 5 Florida 40-13 644 5 6 Georgia Tech 44-11 576 6 7 UCLA 41-11 554 10 8 TCU 43-11 550 9 9 South Carolina 43-13 525 7 10 Louisville 46-10 507 11 11 Cal State-Fullerton 37-15 455 12 12 Arkansas 40-16 381 14 13 Miami (Fla.) 39-15 380 13 14 Florida State 39-16 372 8 15 Oklahoma 42-14 369 16 16 Auburn 39-17 331 18 17 Vanderbilt 40-15 282 15 18 Clemson 37-19 207 22 19 Connecticut 43-12 177 19 20 Rice 35-20 165 21 21 Oregon 37-19 128 23 (tie) 22 Mississippi 36-20 101 17 23 San Diego 33-18 91 25 24 UC-Irvine 34-18 77 NR 25t Virginia Tech 36-19 51 20 25t Kansas State 35-18 51 23 (tie)
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: North Carolina (36-20) 35; Washington State (31-18) 30; Alabama (34-21) 29; Arizona (32-20) 28; College of Charleston (41-15) 28; Stanford (30-21) 19; Wichita State (38-18) 14; Florida Gulf Coast (37-18) 10; Texas A&M (36-19) 9; Pittsburgh (37-16) 7; Fresno State (35-23) 5; California (27-22) 4; Florida Atlantic (33-20) 4; LSU (36-20) 3; New Mexico (35-18) 3; Liberty (39-17) 2; Louisiana-Lafayette (37-18) 2; St. John's (36-18) 1; Texas State (34-20) 1; The Citadel (38-20) 1.
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