College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (April 27, 2009)
U.C. IRVINE NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — U.C. Irvine (30-11) has been
ranked No. 1 for the second straight time in Collegiate Baseball
newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Anteaters, which have won seven of their
last eight games and 11 of 13, lead the Big West Conference with an 11-1 record.
POLL NOTES:
Several teams have been red-hot. Texas St. has
won 12 in a row while Florida St. has won 9 straight and is now second in the
Atlantic Coast Conference with a 15-7 record. Cal. St. Fullerton is on a roll
with six consecutive wins while Louisiana St. is playing well with five straight
victories. Four teams fell out of the top 30 this week, including Baylor (0-5
last week), Coastal Carolina (2-3), Georgia Southern (2-2) and Missouri St.
(2-2). New to the poll this week is Kansas St. (31-11-1, won two and tied one at
Texas over the past weekend), Texas St. (31-10, leads Southland Conference with
18-5 record), Illinois (26-12, tied for first in Big Ten with 11-4 record), and
East Carolina (32-13, second in Conference USA with 12-6 record).
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
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of April 27,
2009) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. U.C. Irvine (30-11) |
491 |
1 |
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2. Arizona St. (31-9) |
488 |
2 |
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3. North Carolina
(35-11) |
486 |
3 |
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4. Louisiana St.
(33-12) |
485 |
9 |
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5. Cal. St. Fullerton
(29-11) |
483 |
10 |
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6. Georgia (33-11) |
480 |
5 |
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7. Arkansas (29-12) |
477 |
7 |
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8. Rice (28-10) |
476 |
8 |
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9. Florida St. (30-12) |
473 |
15 |
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10. Georgia Tech.
(28-11-1) |
470 |
4 |
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11. Virginia (34-9-1) |
468 |
11 |
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12. Mississippi (32-12) |
466 |
13 |
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13. Cal Poly (29-10) |
465 |
12 |
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14. Oklahoma (33-11) |
464 |
14 |
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15. Texas A&M (28-15) |
462 |
16 |
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16. Texas (29-11-1) |
460 |
6 |
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17. Florida (31-14) |
458 |
22 |
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18. Miami, Fla. (29-14) |
457 |
18 |
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19. Clemson (30-15) |
454 |
26 |
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20. Texas Christian
(27-12) |
452 |
20 |
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21. Kent St. (32-9) |
450 |
25 |
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22. Oregon St. (24-11) |
447 |
19 |
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23. Alabama (29-15) |
445 |
21 |
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24. Kansas St. (31-11-1) |
442 |
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25. South Florida
(27-15) |
439 |
29 |
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26. Texas St. (31-10) |
437 |
— |
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27. Ohio St. (31-10) |
434 |
24 |
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28. Illinois (26-12) |
433 |
— |
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29. George Mason (34-8) |
432 |
27 |
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30. East Carolina
(32-13) |
429 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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2B Shane Brown, Central
Florida: Brown tied an NCAA record
by reaching base 18 straight times last week. It all started when he doubled
in the seventh and eighth innings during a 13-12 win over Stetson last
Tuesday. In the Knights' 29-9 win over Alabama-Birmingham, he went 5-for-5
with two doubles, a homer, 3 RBI and 3 runs. He also was hit by a pitch
twice and walked once as he got on board all eight times. In the series
finale against UAB, he homered, doubled and singled in his first three
at-bats to tie the NCAA record. The streak finally came to an end as he flew
out in his fourth at-bat. |
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RHP Dan Wright, Lynn:
Wright carried a no-hitter into
the eighth inning and settled on a 1-hitter with 17 strikeouts during an 8-0
win over Florida Tech. The 17 strikeouts were a new record at Lynn,
shattering the old mark of 13. |
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RHP Anthony Ranaudo,
Louisiana St.: Ranaudo struck out
a career-high 15 batters in eight innings during a 7-3 win over Auburn. His
15 strikeouts were the most by an LSU pitcher during an SEC game since the
1999 season. |
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RHP Mark Serrano, Oral
Roberts: Serrano fired a
complete-game 2-hitter with a career-high 16 strikeouts during a 5-0 win
over North Dakota St. The Bison didn't get their second hit in the game
until two outs in the ninth. Serrano faced 31 batters, four over the
minimum. |
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OF Phil Wunderlich,
Louisville: Wunderlich hit .522
with 4 home runs, 14 RBIs and 6 runs scored. The amazing week came just two
weeks after he suffered a broken nose and fractured orbital bone after being
hit in the face by a 3-2 pitch in the eighth inning against Indiana on April
7. |
 | OF Jason Patton, Kent St.: Patton
belted 4 home runs during the past week as he went 10-for-20 at the plate.
Prior to the past week, his season-high in home runs was only four. Against
Youngstown St., Patton recorded his first multi-home run game. Then against
Ohio, he hit his first collegiate grand slam in the first inning. In
Saturday's game against Ohio, he had a career-high 5 hits in 7 at-bats with
a caree-high 6 runs scored and 4 RBIs. |