Clemson Baseball Ranked in the Top 25 |
TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Texas is ranked No. 1 in the first
regular-season Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll of 2005. Picked No. 1 in the nation in Collegiate Baseball's pre-season poll last December, the Longhorns opened the season with a 3-game sweep at San Diego St. with 9-3, 13-5 and 7-0 victories. During its three games with San Diego St., the Texas pitching staff compiled 35 strikeouts for an average of 11.6 per game. While 19 of 30 teams in the first poll have yet to play a game, one key series over the past weekend pitted defending national champion Cal. St. Fullerton against Stanford, both ranked in the top six in the nation. The Titans knocked off the Cardinal two games to one in games played at Fullerton, Calif. Poll Notes: Four teams which have started strong include Miami, Fla. (4-0), Arizona (3-0), Long Beach St. (5-1, two wins over Arizona St.), Florida St. (6-0) and Oklahoma St. (3-0). Rice (1-0) started the season with a bang in a 5-2 win over Central Missouri St. as pitchers Joe Savery, Josh Geer and Bryce Cox combined for a school record 21 strikeouts. The 21 strikeouts were the most since Rice started baseball in 1913. 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. 7, 2005)
Rank School (Record) Points Prev
Sports Weekly/ESPN 2005 Preseason College Baseball Coaches Poll
Feb. 7, 2005
The Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Coaches’ Poll as selected by 40 Division I coaches representing the
American Baseball Coaches Association.
Last First
Rank School (record) Points rank votes
1. Texas (3-0) 969 1 26
2. Cal State Full (2-1) 945 2 7
3. Louisiana State (0-0) 896 4 1
4. Miami (Fla.) (4-0) 870 3 1
5. Tulane (0-0) 850 5 5
6. South Carolina (0-0) 783 7 0
7. Stanford (4-2) 781 6 0
8. Georgia (0-0) 654 8 0
9. Texas A&M (0-0) 611 10 0
10. Arizona (3-0) 553 12 0
11. Washington (0-0) 493 12 0
12. Long Beach State (5-1) 471 16 0
13. Arizona State (3-3) 435 9 0
14. Rice (1-0) 432 14 0
15. Georgia Tech (0-0) 411 15 0
16. Florida (0-0) 383 17 0
17. North Carolina (0-0) 343 11 0
18. Mississippi (0-0) 322 18 0
19. Florida State (6-0) 302 19 0
20. Baylor (0-0) 233 21 0
21. Vanderbilt (0-0) 228 22 0
22. Notre Dame (0-0) 211 20 0
23. Clemson (0-0) 151 23 0
24. TCU (0-0) 108 25 0
25. Arkansas (0-0) 99 24 0
Others receiving votes:
Mississippi State 69; Oklahoma State 63; Oregon State 38; Oral Roberts 29; Virginia 29; Oklahoma 25;
Central Florida 24; East Carolina 21; Southern California 19; Wichita State 18; Auburn 16; North Carolina-
Wilmington 14; Florida Atlantic 12; Pepperdine 12; Winthrop 12; Southern Mississippi 11; UC-Irvine
9; North Carolina State 7; Alabama 5; St. John‘s 5; Houston 4; South Florida 4; UCLA 4; Charleston
3; Texas Tech 3; Cal Poly 2; Nebraska 2; Tennessee 2; Lamar 1; Northwestern State 1; Stetson 1; Texas
State 1.
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