Tigers Fall in College Baseball Polls |
TUCSON, Ariz. — Rice University (28-1) has been ranked No. 1 for the second straight time in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Owls, winners of 25 consecutive games, owns wins over eight ranked opponents this season. Rice is hitting .333 as a team and has a staff ERA of 2.39 through 29 games. It is interesting to note that the Owls have scored more runs (224) than opposing teams have hits (208). In addition, the team has a glistening fielding percentage of .988 with only 13 errors. Georgia Tech., ranked second in last week's poll, slipped to eighth after losing three straight at Miami, Fla. over the past weekend. The Hurricanes (23-4) have won nine straight games and moved from 13th last week to 7th in the current poll. Another red-hot team is Mississippi St. (22-3-1). The Bulldogs have won eight straight and are off to their best start since the 1979 season. Mississippi St. moved from ninth last week to sixth in the latest poll. Poll Notes: Five teams fell out of the poll this week, including: South Alabama (1-2), Tennessee (1-3), Kansas (1-2), Mississippi (2-3) and Washington (3-2). New teams in the poll this week include Oklahoma St., Notre Dame, Florida Atlantic, Texas A&M and Arkansas. 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 Poll
| Team |
Overall |
Last Week |
Previous |
|
| 1. | Rice |
28-1 |
4-0 |
1 |
| 2. | Cal State Fullerton |
24-6 |
3-1 |
4 |
| 3. | Florida State |
28-5 |
3-1 |
6 |
| 4. | Stanford |
18-9 |
3-1 |
8 |
| 5. | Mississippi State |
22-3 |
5-0 |
11 |
| 6. | Auburn |
24-6 |
2-1 |
9 |
| 7. | Arizona State |
34-6 |
2-2 |
3 |
| 8. | Long Beach State |
18-9 |
2-2 |
5 |
| 9. | Miami |
23-4 |
4-0 |
15 |
| 10. | Baylor |
22-9 |
1-3 |
7 |
| 11. | Nebraska |
19-6 |
5-0 |
16 |
| 12. | Louisiana State |
18-9 |
2-2 |
13 |
| 13. | Texas |
19-9 |
2-2 |
12 |
| 14. | Georgia Tech |
21-5 |
1-3 |
2 |
| 15. | North Carolina State |
23-7 |
2-2 |
17 |
| 16. | Richmond |
20-4 |
2-2 |
10 |
| 17. | Florida Atlantic |
27-7 |
4-0 |
18 |
| 18. | Wake Forest |
19-7 |
4-0 |
20 |
| 19. | Notre Dame |
16-6 |
7-0 |
22 |
| 20. | Clemson |
19-6 |
3-3 |
14 |
| 21. | Florida |
22-6 |
3-0 |
NR |
| 22. | Texas A&M |
23-9 |
3-1 |
NR |
| 23. | Southern Mississippi |
20-8 |
2-2 |
NR |
| 24. | Nevada-Las Vegas |
22-9 |
3-1 |
NR |
| 25. | Oklahoma State |
17-8 |
4-0 |
NR |
Dropped Out: Tulane (No. 19), Arizona (No. 21), Alabama (No. 23), Washington (No. 24), South Alabama (No. 25).
Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll
Rank School Rec Pts Last 1. Rice (40) 28-1 1024 1 2. Florida State 28-5 908 5 3. Arizona State (1) 20-2 893 2 4. Cal State Fullerton 21-5 867 4 5. MIssissippi State 25-4 780 10 6. Auburn 21-6 759 8 7. Stanford 15-8 729 7 8. Georgia Tech 22-5 722 3 9. Miami 16-7 705 14 10. Long Beach State 17-3-1 654 9 11. Baylor 19-9 589 6 12. Texas 18-2 549 11 13. Florida 16-3 518 15 14. Nebraska 19-4 466 19 15. Richmond 20-4 373 12 16. LSU 18-9-1 366 18 17. Clemson 19-6 338 13 18. North Carolina State 23-7 326 21 19. Texas A&M 23-9 304 23 20. South Carolina 19-9 302 17 21. Alabama 20-7 240 16 22. Wake Forest 19-7 197 22 23. Texas Tech 20-11 119 20 24. Arkansas 22-5 114 NR 25. Arizona 22-10 88 24 Dropped out: No. 25 Tulane (20-9, 1-3 last week)
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame (59), Washington (49), Florida Atlantic (40), Southern Mississippi (37), Oklahoma State (33), North Carolina (24), North Carolina Greensboro (20), Alabama-Birmingham (15), Missouri (14), Coastal Carolina (14), Tulane (14), Nevada-Las Vegas (12), Southwest Missouri State (11), Kansas (11), Wichita State (9), Indiana State (7), Virginia Commonwealth (5), South Alabama (6), Florida International (6), Southern California (2), Fresno State (2), Virginia Tech (1), Florida A&M (1), UCLA (1), Mississippi (1).
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