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Clemson Baseball Tumbles in Polls

Clemson Baseball Tumbles in Polls


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Overall Season Record: 4-5

Conference Record: 0-0

Last Week: 2-2

W home vs. Gardner-Webb, 8-5

W away vs. College of Charleston, 15-4

L away vs. #5 South Carolina, 5-2

L home vs. #5 South Carolina, 8-7 in 10 innings

Baseball America's College Top 25

DURHAM, N.C.- Stanford stayed atop Baseball America's Top 25

weekly college baseball rankings while Texas and South Carolina enjoyed

perfect weeks to rise two spots each to second and third in the poll.

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Four unranked teams forced their way into the poll this week, led

by UC Irvine joining the rankings at No. 18 after sweeping former No.

25 Baylor (now unranked) for its second road series win against a Top

25 team. The Anteaters won a series against No. 19 Arizona in February.

Mississippi rose two spots to No. 10 with a 5-0 week, and two

other Magnolia State schools made their Top 25 debuts. Southern

Mississippi ranks No. 21 with eight straight wins and an 11-1 record

while Mississippi State checks in at No. 22 with a perfect 7-0 mark.

Florida schools also had an impact on the poll, with Florida

Atlantic and Florida rising to Nos. 15 and 16 and Florida State

rejoining the poll at No. 24 after a one-week absence. Miami stayed at No. 6.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings.

Records indicated are through games of March 7 and do not include ties.


	Team    	W-L    Last Previous

1. Stanford 15-3 2-1 1

2. Texas 19-2 4-0 4

3. South Carolina 12-0 3-0 5

4. Rice 11-3 4-1 2

5. Louisiana State 12-2 3-1 3

6. Miami 11-3 4-0 6

7. Auburn 13-1 4-0 9

8. Arizona State 15-2 3-0 10

9. Long Beach State 11-4 2-1 7

10. Mississippi 11-0 5-0 12

11. Tulane 10-3 2-2 8

12. Texas A&M 14-2 2-1 14

13. Wichita State 3-0 3-0 15

14. Notre Dame 7-1 1-1 11

15. Florida Atlantic 16-1 4-0 20

16. Florida 15-3 5-0 22

17. Georgia Tech 8-5 2-2 13

18. UC Irvine 12-3 3-1 NR

19. Arizona 9-6 2-1 16

20. Oklahoma 10-3 2-2 19

21. So Mississippi 11-1 5-0 NR

22. Mississippi St 7-0 4-0 NR

23. East Carolina 12-3 0-3 21

24. Florida State 11-5 2-1 NR

25. Clemson 4-5 2-2 18

LSU NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER

TUCSON, Ariz. — Louisiana State University is ranked No. 1 for the third straight week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll.

The Tigers (12-2) have won 10 of their last 11 games. During the past week, LSU beat Tulane and took two of three from Houston. The Tigers' 12-2 mark through 14 games is LSU's best since the 2001 club also posted a 12-2 record through its first 14 contests.

Poll Notes: South Carolina is 12-0 on the season. The Gamecocks have hit a home run in all 12 games (29 on the season) and are hitting .374 as a team. The South Carolina pitching staff features a staff ERA of 1.85 with 147 strikeouts and only 16 walks in 107 innings. Other red-hot teams include: Florida, Mississippi and Southern Mississippi (all with 11 consecutive wins), Arizona State and Auburn (9 wins in a row), Texas (8 straight victories) and Miami, Fla. and Mississippi St. (7 consecutive wins). Five teams dropped out of the poll this week in Oregon St., Arizona, Cal. St. Fullerton, Washington and Clemson.

The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.

The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll


Rank School (Record) Points Previous 

1. Louisiana St. (12-2) 495 1

2. Stanford (15-3) 494 2

3. Texas (19-2) 492 3

4. South Carolina (12-0) 490 5

5. Arizona St. (15-2) 489 6

6. Rice (11-3) 487 4

7. Miami, Fla. (11-3) 485 8

8. Notre Dame (7-1) 483 7

9. Wichita St. (3-0) 478 9

10. Fl Atlantic (16-1) 473 11

11. Long Beach St. (11-4) 470 10

12. Auburn (13-1) 468 14

13. Texas A&M (14-2) 466 12

14. Florida (15-3) 463 19

15. Mississippi (11-0) 460 21

16. Tulane (10-3) 458 13

17. Mississippi St. (7-0) 454 24

18. U.C. Irvine (12-3-1) 451 25

19. Florida St. (11-5) 449 23

20. Nebraska (6-3) 447 15

21. Oklahoma (10-3) 445 16

22. Georgia Tech. (8-5) 443 17

23. N. Carolina St. (10-2) 438 22

24. East Carolina (12-3) 435 18

25. North Carolina (8-3) 432 30

26. Tennessee (11-2) 430 —

27. Southern Miss. (11-1) 428 —

28. N.C. Greensboro (10-1) 425 —

29. Vanderbilt (10-1) 422 —

30. Virginia (13-1) 419 —

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