Clemson slides in latest Baseball Polls |
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers, who are 17-6 overall and 5-4 in the ACC, are ranked as high as No. 14 by D1Baseball this week. Clemson is also No. 17 in the Collegiate Baseball poll and No. 22 in the USA Today coaches poll. It marks the fourth straight week the Tigers are ranked in the top 25 of at least one poll.
The Tigers suffered a three-game sweep at No. 4 Miami (Fla.) over the weekend, as the first two games were one-run contests won by the Hurricanes in walkoff fashion. Seth Beer (21) and Chase Pinder (10) bring double-digit hitting streaks into this week's action. Clemson plays road games at Furman (Tuesday) and Western Carolina (Wednesday) before returning home to face Pittsburgh at Doug Kingsmore Stadium this weekend. Collegiate Baseball NCAA Div. I Poll 1. Florida (23-3) 494 1 2. South Carolina (23-2) 492 13 3. Texas A&M (21-3) 490 4 4. Miami, Fla, (20-4) 488 5 5. Louisville (19-5) 486 7 6. Vanderbilt (20-4) 485 8 7. Mississippi State (17-7-1) 483 11 8. Florida State (18-5) 481 14 9. North Carolina (19-4) 479 3 10. California (14-6) 476 20 11. U.C. Santa Barbara (18-4) 473 17 12. Kentucky (17-6) 470 28 13. Oregon State (16-5) 469 2 14. Mississippi (20-5) 467 6 15. Texas Christian (18-5) 465 9 16. Missouri State (19-4) 462 10 17. Clemson (17-6) 459 12 18. Florida Atlantic (18-4) 458 18 19. Georgia Tech. (18-5) 456 21 20. Louisiana State (16-7) 453 15 21. Virginia (17-8) 450 16 22. N.C. State (16-8) 448 19 23. Michigan (16-5) 445 26 24. Brigham Young (20-3) 444 23 25. Alabama (15-8) 442 22 26. Long Beach State (16-7) 439 24 27. Tulane (17-7) 437 30 28. Creighton (16-4) 435 — 29. Texas Tech. (16-7) 430 — 30. Arizona (16-7) 427 — D1Baseball Top 25 Poll 1 Texas A&M 3-1 21-3 2 2 Florida 2-2 23-3 1 3 Vanderbilt 3-1 20-4 5 4 Miami (Fla.) 4-0 20-4 7 5 South Carolina 3-0 23-2 14 6 Oregon State 1-3 16-5 3 7 North Carolina 2-2 19-4 4 8 Louisville 3-1 19-5 9 9 Florida State 3-0 18-5 11 10 TCU 2-2 18-5 6 11 Mississippi State 3-1 17-7 15 12 California 3-0 14-6 17 13 Ole Miss 1-3 20-5 8 14 Clemson 1-3 17-6 12 15 LSU 2-2 16-7 10 16 Long Beach State 2-1 16-7 21 17 NC State 0-2 16-8 13 18 Arkansas 3-0 18-6 20 19 East Carolina 3-1 16-8 19 20 Virginia 2-2 17-8 16 21 Oklahoma State 4-0 17-7 22 22 Florida Atlantic 3-1 18-4 24 23 Houston 3-1 16-7 25 24 UC Santa Barbara 3-1 18-4 NR 25 Georgia Tech 3-1 18-5 NR Dropped out: UCLA, Missouri State Others considered: Alabama, BYU, Kentucky, Louisiana-Lafayette, Tulane, South Alabama, Southern Miss Baseball America Top 25 Poll 1. Texas A&M 2. Florida 3. Miami 4. Louisville 5. Mississippi State 6. Vanderbilt 7. South Carolina 8. Texas Christian 9. North Carolina 10. California 11. Oregon State 12. Florida State 13. Mississippi 14. Virginia 15. Houston 16. Oklahoma State 17. Long Beach State 18. UC Santa Barbara 19. Louisiana State 20. Michigan 21. Alabama 22. Arkansas 23. Georgia Tech 24. Kentucky 25. Florida Atlantic Dropped out: (14) UCLA, (17) Clemson , (21) N.C. State
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