No movement for Tigers in baseball polls

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DURHAM, N.C—Florida remained atop Baseball America's Top 25 rankings after winning a home series against No. 25 Cal State Fullerton. Stanford, South Carolina and Arkansas maintained the next three spots after sweeping their season-opening series.

Arizona dropped three spots to No. 8 after losing Saturday against North Dakota State, although the Wildcats still won their series. The biggest droppers of the week were Vanderbilt and UCLA. The Commodores fell seven spots to No. 17 after getting outscored 35-13 in a three-game sweep at Stanford. The Bruins fell eight spots to No. 22 after losing a home series to Maryland.

The biggest upward movers were Arizona State and Miami, who jumped four spots apiece to No. 13 and No. 14, respectively. The Sun Devils and Hurricanes swept their weekend series, and ASU did so emphatically, outscoring Western Michigan 40-2 in three games.

The Titans fell out of the rankings, and Baylor replaced them at No. 25 after sweeping Oral Roberts.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Last year's records do not include ties.

               Team               W-L            Last Week      Prev.


 1.            Florida            2-1            2-1            1


 2.            Stanford           3-0            3-0            2


 3.            South Carolina     3-0            3-0            3


 4.            Arkansas           3-0            3-0            4


 5.            Rice               3-0            3-0            6


 6.            Texas A&M          3-0            3-0            7


 7.            Louisiana State    3-0            3-0            8


 8.            Arizona            2-1            2-1            5


 9.            Georgia            3-0            3-0            11


 10.            North Carolina    2-1            2-1            9


 11.            Georgia Tech      3-1            3-1            12


 12.            Texas             2-1            2-1            13


 13.            Arizona State     3-0            3-0            17


 14.            Miami             3-0            3-0            18


 15.            Texas Christian   1-1            1-1            15


 16.            Clemson           2-1            2-1            16


 17.            Vanderbilt        0-3            0-3            10


 18.            Florida State     3-0            3-0            20


 19.            Central Florida   3-0            3-0            21


 20.            Mississippi       1-1            1-1            22


 21.            Oregon State      3-1            3-1            23


 22.            UCLA              1-2            1-2            14


 23.            Oklahoma          1-2            1-2            19


 24.            Louisville        2-1            2-1            24


 25.            Baylor            3-0            3-0            NR


Dropped out: Cal State Fullerton (25).	  

FLORIDA NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL

TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Florida (2-1) has been ranked No. 1 in the

first regular-season NCAA Division I baseball poll of 2012 by "Collegiate

Baseball" newspaper.

The Gators, ranked No. 1 in the pre-season "Collegiate Baseball" poll last

December, kicked off the season by beating Cal. St. Fullerton two of three

games in Gainesville, Fla. Florida won the first two contests, 7-3 and 5-2

before the Titans captured the final game of the series, 8-5 in a matchup of

top 20 teams. Florida only committed one error over the three games.

Two-time defending national champion South Carolina, ranked second, began

the season 3-0 as did No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 5 Rice. In

fact, 16 teams in the top 30 this week began the season with perfect 3-0

records.

Poll Notes: South Carolina's pitching staff picked up where it left off last

season during its 3-game sweep of VMI. The Gamecocks utilized 11 pitchers.

They combined for 36 strikeouts and just four walks over 27 innings as the

staff registered a 1.33 ERA. Stanford was impressive in its 3-game sweep of

Vanderbilt. The Cardinal won 8-3, 9-5 and 18-5. Arizona St. started the

season with a trio of wins over Western Michigan. The Sun Devils outscored

the Broncos, 40-2. LSU outscored its opposition, 33-2, over the weekend in

posting two wins over Air Force and one victory over Alcorn State.

Two teams fell out of the top 30 this week in UCLA (lost two of three at

home to Maryland) and Vanderbilt (0-3). Two new teams to the poll are

College of Charleston (3-0) and Georgia Southern (3-0).

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 Feb. 20, 2012)

Rank School (Record) Points Previous

1. Florida (2-1) 495 1

2. South Carolina (3-0) 494 2

3. Stanford (3-0) 493 3

4. Texas A&M (3-0) 490 6

5. Rice (3-0) 487 7

6. North Carolina (2-1) 485 4

7. Texas (2-1) 482 5

8. Arkansas (3-0) 480 8

9. Louisiana St. (3-0) 479 12

10. Georgia Tech. (3-1) 477 9

11. Florida St. (3-0) 475 13

12. Miami, Fla. (3-0) 473 14

13. Arizona St. (3-0) 471 17

14. Georgia (3-0) 468 18

15. Texas Christian (1-1) 467 10

16. Louisville (2-1) 464 15

17. Oklahoma (1-2) 461 16

18. St. John's (1-2) 458 11

19. Cal. St. Fullerton (1-2) 457 21

20. California (3-0) 454 22

21. Oregon St. (3-1) 449 24

22. Arizona (2-1) 447 20

23. Stetson (3-0) 444 26

24. Oregon (2-1) 442 27

25. Clemson (2-1) 439 25

26. Baylor (3-0) 437 28

27. U.C. Irvine (3-0) 436 29

28. Southern Miss. (2-1) 433 30

29. Coll. of Charleston (3-0) 429 -

30. Georgia Southern (3-0) 426 -

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