Tigers climb in both baseball polls

by TigerNet Staff - Tue Mar 16 08:19:39 GMT-04:00 2010

Clemson University

Overall Season Record: 13-1

ACC Regular-Season Record: 3-0

Last Week: 4-0

Thu. W, Home vs. Gardner-Webb, 13-2

Sat. W, Home vs. N.C. State, 12-7 (Game 1)

Sat. W, Home vs. N.C. State, 12-6 (Game 2)

Sun. W, Home vs. N.C. State, 7-6

Next Week

Tue. Away vs. Charlotte, 6:00 PM

Wed. Home vs. Georgia Southern, 6:30 PM

Fri. Home vs. Virginia Tech, 6:30 PM

Sat. Home vs. Virginia Tech, 6:30 PM

Sun. Home vs. Virginia Tech, 1:00 PM

Notes

Clemson, ranked as high as #7 in the nation, went 4-0 in four games this past week, including a 13-2 midweek win over Gardner-Webb and a three-game sweep of N.C. State over the weekend. The Wolfpack entered the weekend as the nation's highest-scoring team.

Baseball America Poll

DURHAM, N.C. -- Virginia held steady, taking two of three against No. 5 Florida State to remain at No. 1 in the Baseball America Top 25 rankings for the fourth straight week.

The big climber in this week's rankings is Texas Christian, which moved from No. 7 to No. 4 after going 4-0 last week, including a weekend sweep against Texas Tech. Freshman lefthander Matt Purke announced his presence with authority by striking out eight in his first-career complete game on Saturday.

Louisiana State dropped five spots to No. 7 after dropping a home series to Kansas. Rice was knocked out of the top 10 by going 3-2, including a series split over the weekend against California. The Owls lost the first two games of the series, but came back with a vengeance, winning 26-11 on Saturday.

East Carolina fell seven spots to No. 20 after a 1-3 trip to the West Coast, dropping the Pirates to 8-6 on the year. The Pirates have played one of the toughest schedules in the nation, but they aren't scoring runs at their typical rate. On the season, they have scored 70 runs and have allowed 68.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of March 14 and do not include ties.

Rk. Team W-L Last Prev.

1. Virginia 12-3 3-1 1

2. Texas 13-3 5-0 3

3. Georgia Tech 13-1 3-0 4

4. Texas Christian 12-2 4-0 7

5. Florida State 13-2 3-2 5

6. Florida 11-3 4-1 6

7. Louisiana State 13-2 2-2 2

8. Coastal Carolina 15-2 5-1 8

9. Louisville 14-1 3-1 10

10. Arizona State 15-0 4-0 11

11. Clemson 13-1 4-0 12

12. UCLA 13-0 4-0 15

13. Arkansas 12-3 4-1 14

14. Rice 10-7 3-2 9

15. UC Irvine 9-6 3-1 16

16. South Carolina 11-4 5-0 19

17. Miami 10-4 3-1 20

18. Oregon State 10-3 3-0 21

19. Vanderbilt 14-1 4-0 24

20. East Carolina 8-6 1-3 13

21. Mississippi 12-4 3-2 18

22. Kentucky 13-2 4-1 22

23. Stanford 7-4 0-0 23

24. North Carolina 12-4 2-3 17

25. Oklahoma 15-2 4-1 25

Dropped Out: None.


 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Poll


 (As of March 15, 2010)				

  Rank School (Record)		Points	Previous


  1. Arizona St. (15-0)		494		2


  2. Virginia (12-3)		492		4


  3. Louisiana St. (13-2)	490		1


  4. Georgia Tech. (13-1)	489		5


  5. Florida St. (13-2)		488		3


  6. Texas (13-3)		486		6


  7. UCLA (13-0)		484		10


  8. Coastal Carolina (15-2)	480		7


  9. Louisville (14-1)		477		8


  10. Clemson (13-1)		476		13


 


  11. Florida (11-3)		475		9


  12. Texas Christian (12-2)	474		11


  13. Oregon St. (10-3)		472		12


  14. Oklahoma (15-2)		469		16


  15. Miami, Fla. (10-4)	466		15


  16. Arkansas (12-3)		463		19


  17. S.E. Louisiana (15-1)	460		26


  18. Vanderbilt (14-1)		458		27


  19. Kansas (11-4)		457		-


  20. Mississippi (12-4)	455		18


 


  21. Alabama (12-1)		453		30


  22. North Carolina (12-4)	450		14


  23. South Carolina (11-4)	449		23


  24. New Mexico (13-5)		447		22


  25. Wichita St. (10-3)	444		21


  26. Kentucky (13-2)		442		24


  27. Ohio St. (9-4)		439		17


  28. Texas A&M (13-3)		437		-


  29. Stanford (7-4)		432		29


  30. Va. Military Inst. (14-1)	429		-