Tigers Fall from Top Spot in Baseball Polls

by Press Release - Mon Mar 06 15:11:27 GMT-04:00 2006

GEORGIA TECH. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL

TUCSON, Ariz. - Georgia Tech. (13-0) has been ranked No. 1 for the

first time this season in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's poll of NCAA

Division I baseball.

The Yellow Jackets are off to the third best start in school history. Tech.

went 17-0 in 2003 and 16-0 in 1987. The Yellow Jackets are hitting .327

as a team and also have a team ERA of 3.24. Over the past week, Tech.

swept a 3-game series against Rutgers by scores of 25-8, 12-2 and 11-4.

Last week's No. 1 team, Clemson (7-2) slipped to third after splitting

a 2-game series with South Carolina over the past weekend. The pitching

staff has an impressive 1.46 ERA.

Poll Notes: It was a strange week with seven teams ranked from 11-20 in

last week's poll posting two or three losses. In the entire top 30, 10

teams lost two or more games over the past week. Therefore, plenty of

movement is seen in this week's poll. Still, there are several red-hot

teams. Outside of Georgia Tech. winning its first 13 games of the

season, Florida St. has won 11 straight, Wichita St. 9 in a row, Alabama 7 consecutive, Mississippi St.

six in a row while Arkansas has won 13 of its first 14 contests and

North Carolina 10 of its first 11. Two teams fell out of the poll in

Hawaii (2-3 last week) and Winthrop (2-2).

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 March 6, 2006)


Rank School (Record)		Points	Previous


1. Georgia Tech. (13-0)		494		5


2. Florida St. (14-1)		492		6


3. Clemson (7-2)		491		1


4. Rice (13-3)			490		2


5. North Carolina (10-1)	489		3


6. Nebraska (8-2)		487		4


7. Tennessee (11-2)		482		9


8. Louisiana St. (13-2)		479		8


9. South Carolina (9-2)		475		15


10. Arkansas (13-1)		472		19

11. Stanford (10-5)		468		10


12. Oregon St. (9-4)		466		14


13. Arizona St. (14-5)		463		22


14. Cal. St. Fullerton (10-6)	461		13


15. Texas A&M (13-2)		457		29


16. Florida (9-6)		455		7


17. Texas (10-8)		452		11


18. Mississippi St. (6-0)	449		-


19. Baylor (9-3)		448		23


20. Wichita St. (13-2)		446		28

21. Miami, Fla. (12-6)		445		27


22. Tulane (10-4)		443		21


23. Oklahoma (12-4)		441		25


24. Pepperdine (9-9)		439		12


25. Long Beach St. (10-7)	438		16


26. North Carolina St. (13-4)	436		17


27. Mississippi (8-3)		435		18


28. Georgia (7-2)		432		20


29. Cal. Poly SLO (12-6)	430		30


30. Alabama (12-3)		429		-

GT Takes Over Number One Slot in Baseball America Poll

DURHAM, N.C. -- Georgia Tech becomes the third team to hold the No. 1 position in Baseball America's weekly college baseball rankings this season. The Yellow Jackets have the nation's longest winning streak at 13 games.

Mississippi State, the only other team in the nation that has won every game it has played, moved to No. 6. Nebraska swept through the Dairy Queen Classic in Minneapolis, Minn., to improve to 8-2 and move up to No. 14 in a week where several teams in the middle of the rankings struggled.

Texas A&M became the first team to win a nonconference series at Florida since 2000 and joined the rankings at No. 20. Florida, which has lost five of its last seven games, slipped 10 spots to No. 15. Arizona State and Cal Poly each rejoined the rankings after weekend series victories.

Kansas makes its 2006 debut in the Top 25 at No. 25 following a 3-0 week and 13-4 start. The Jayhawks last were ranked in March 2003.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of March 5 and do not include ties.

1. Georgia Tech

2. Clemson

3. Rice

4. North Carolina

5. Tennessee

6. Mississippi State

7. Cal State Fullerton

8. Florida State

9. South Carolina

10. Arkansas