Clemson enters Collegiate Baseball poll |
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of North Carolina (14-0) is ranked No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Tar Heels won three straight over Wake Forest over the past weekend and sit at 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. North Carolina’s pitching staff has a 2.03 ERA and has struck out 116 batters over 14 games. On offense, the highly disciplined Tar Heels are hitting .316 with 95 walks — an average of 6.7 per game.
Poll Notes: Oregon St. and Florida St. are both undefeated at 15-0. Louisiana St. has won 10 straight while Mississippi (16-1) and Virginia (14-1) have only lost one time this season. Nevada-Las Vegas has won nine staight. In key series over the past weekend, Vanderbilt beat Oregon two of three, Central Arkansas (14-2) knocked off Mississippi St. two of three, Clemson beat N.C. State two of three, and Stanford was swept in a 3-game series at home against UNLV. Three teams fell out of the poll in Virginia Tech (1-2 last week), Rice (3-2), and Maryland (1-2). New to the poll is Clemson (9-5 overall), Central Arkansas (14-2), and UNLV (9-3).
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s NCAA Div. I Poll
(As of March 11, 2013)
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. North Carolina (14-0) 497 1
2. Oregon St. (15-0) 494 3
3. Louisiana St. (15-1) 492 4
4. Vanderbilt (15-2) 491 2
5. South Carolina (13-2) 489 6
6. Mississippi (16-1) 486 11
7. Florida St. (15-0) 482 15
8. Mississippi St. (17-2) 480 5
9. Kentucky (13-2) 479 7
10. UCLA (11-3) 476 13
11. Georgia Tech. (14-2) 474 16
12. Virginia (14-1) 473 17
13. Cal. St. Fullerton (13-3) 467 12
14. Louisville (12-2) 465 19
15. Arizona St. (10-2-1) 462 20
16. Oregon (11-5) 458 14
17. N.C. State (12-4) 456 8
18. Stanford (10-5) 453 9
19. Oklahoma (12-4) 451 10
20. Cal Poly (13-2) 448 22
21. Notre Dame (10-3) 445 25
22. Arkansas (11-5) 443 29
23. Florida Gulf Coast (13-3) 442 23
24. Arizona (13-5) 440 18
25. Nevada-Las Vegas (9-3) 439 —
26. Clemson (9-5) 437 —
27. Oklahoma St. (12-3) 436 26
28. U.C. Irvine (12-4) 433 22
29. Miami, Fla. (13-4) 430 24
30. Central Arkansas (14-2) 427 —
