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Collegiate Baseball Top 30
TUCSON, Ariz. - Louisiana State University is ranked No. 1 for the second straight week in "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Tigers (9-1) have won seven straight games, including a 3-game sweep of Texas State over the past weekend. The win streak represents the Tigers' longest since the 2002 season. LSU's pitching staff has allowed two runs or less in each of the seven victories as the Tigers have outscored opponents 71-9 during the win streak. Poll Notes: Several teams have been red-hot. East Carolina has raced to a 12-0 start which includes two wins over Clemson. It marks the second best start in school history. South Carolina is off to a 9-0 record. The Gamecocks now own five shutouts in nine wins on the season. On offense, South Carolina has belted 24 homers with a team batting average of .393. Notre Dame is 6-0 for the first time in 44 seasons. Texas A&M has rolled to a 12-1 record - the best start since the 1993 squad opened the year 15-1. Other teams on a roll include North Carolina State (7 straight victories), and Arizona State, Florida and Mississippi (6 consecutive wins). 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
Baseball America Top 25
DURHAM, N.C.- Stanford, Rice and Louisiana State enjoyed perfect
weeks to remain in the top three spots of Baseball America's Top 25
weekly college baseball rankings.
Notre Dame made the biggest move, rising eight spots to No. 11
after sweeping three games at Florida Atlantic's DoubleTree Diamond
Classic and winning a makeup game against Florida Memorial this
weekend. The 6-0 start by the Irish is its best since 1960. Mississippi
also made a big jump, pushing its way to No. 12 with a 6-0 record
following a second straight weekend series sweep.
Oklahoma and East Carolina both make their poll debuts after each
defeating two ranked teams in weekend tournaments. The Sooners (8-1)
improved to 3-0 against top 25 teams this season after beating Georgia
Tech and Cal State Fullerton at the Kia Bash. The Pirates ran their
record to 12-0 with two wins against Clemson in playing host to the
Keith LeClair Invitational.
Georgia Tech, which lost all three games at the Kia Bash, dropped
eight spots to No. 13. Clemson fell seven spots after losing three of
its first five games, and Baylor fell to No. 25 after having lost five
of its last six.
The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings.
Records indicated are through games of Feb. 29 and do not include ties.
Team W-L Last Prev 1. Stanford 13-2 3-0 1 2. Rice 7-2 2-0 2 3. Louisiana State 9-1 3-0 3 4. Texas 15-2 4-0 6 5. South Carolina 9-0 3-0 7 6. Miami 7-3 3-1 4 7. Long Beach State 9-3 2-1 8 8. Tulane 8-1 3-0 9 9. Auburn 9-1 4-0 10 10. Arizona State 12-2 4-0 12 11. Notre Dame 9-0 4-0 19 12. Mississippi 6-0 3-0 18 13. Georgia Tech 6-3 0-3 5 14. Texas A&M 12-1 5-1 20 15. Wichita State 0-0 0-0 14 16. Arizona 7-5 2-2 16 17. Cal St Fullerton 8-8 2-2 13 18. Clemson 2-3 2-3 11 19. Oklahoma 8-1 3-0 NR 20. Florida Atlantic 12-1 2-1 21 21. East Carolina 12-0 5-0 NR 22. Florida 10-3 4-0 22 23. Nebraska 5-1 2-1 23 24. North Carolina St 7-0 3-0 24 25. Baylor 4-5 1-2 15
Dropped Out: North Carolina (17), Florida State (25).
Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll
The Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Coaches' Poll as selected by 40 Division I coaches representing the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Rank, school (first-place votes) W-L-T Pts. LW
1. Stanford (34) 13-2-0 988 1
2. Rice (2) 7-2-0 929 2
3. Texas 15-2-0 922 3
4. LSU (4) 9-1-0 878 4
5. South Carolina 9-0-0 795 8
6. Arizona State 12-2-0 792 7
7. Long Beach State 9-3-0 716 9
8. Miami (Fla.) 7-3-0 714 4
9. Notre Dame 6-0-0 605 12
10. Tulane 8-1-0 574 10
11. Auburn 9-1-0 549 14
12. Georgia Tech 6-3-0 471 6
13. Wichita State 0-0-0 463 13
14. Nebraka 5-1-0 393 17
15. Florida Atlantic 5-1-0 381 16
16. Texas A&M 12-1-0 363 23
17. Oklahoma 8-1-0 315 NR
18. Mississippi 6-0-0 279 21
19. N.C. State 7-0-0 266 24
20. Cal State Fullerton 8-8-0 219 18
21. Arizona 7-5-1 206 19
22. Florida State 9-4-0 187 22
23. Florida 10-3-0 184 25
24. East Carolina 12-0-0 179 NR
25. Clemson 2-3-0 170 11
Dropped out: No. 15 North Carolina (4-3), No. 20 Baylor (4-6).
Others receiving votes: North Carolina 73; Alabama 50; Baylor 43; Vanderbilt 41; Oregon State 36; Southern Mississippi
34; Mississippi State 33; Oklahoma State 32; UC-Irvine 27; Arkansas 24; Washington 22; North
Carolina-Greensboro 18; Tennessee 5; UCLA 5; Georgia 4; Missouri 4; Louisiana-Lafayette 3;
Richmond 3; Cal Poly 2; Kentucky 1; Virginia 1; Virginia Commonwealth 1.
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