Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll (4-17-23)

LSU NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL 

TUCSON, Ariz. — Louisiana St. (29-6) is ranked No. 1 for the 10th straight time in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Division I baseball poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum.

Over the past week, the Tigers beat Tulane on the road and took two of three from Kentucky at home.

LSU leads the nation averaging 10.4 runs per game and is No. 1 with a .456 team on-base percentage and No. 2 with a .587 slugging percentage.

In key series, Vanderbilt took two of three at home against South Carolina, Wake Forest won two of three at Louisville, Virginia lost two of three against Pittsburgh at home, Arkansas swept 3 from Tennessee at home, Stanford lost two of three at Oregon, Miami (Fla.) won 2 of 3 at North Carolina and Ball St. lost three straight at Central Michigan.

Poll Notes: Several teams are on impressive winning streaks, including Indiana St. (10), Dallas Baptist (10), East Carolina (8), Kent St. (7) and Oral Roberts (7).

Eight teams fell out of the top 30 in Oklahoma St. (1-3 last week), Tennessee (1-3), Southern California (1-3), Florida Gulf Coast (1-3), Ball St. (lost 5 in row), U.C. San Diego (2-3), Louisiana-Lafayette (2-3) and Xavier (2-2).

New to the poll is Indiana St. (22-12, 11-1 Missouri Valley – 1st), Indiana (25-11, 9-3 Big Ten – 1st), Kent St. (25-10, 12-3 Mid-American – 1st), Texas-San Antonio (28-8, 12-2 Conference USA – 1^st), Dallas Baptist (27-9, 12-3 Conference USA – 2^nd), Central Michigan (21-13, 10-5 Mid-American – T-3^rd), Connecticut (26-9, 4-2 Big East – T1), Oral Roberts (27-10, 12-0 Summit – 1^st).

The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1959 college baseball season.

Collegiate Baseball’s
NCAA Div. I Baseball Poll
(As of April 17, 2023)
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CF Bobby Boser, South Florida: Boser belted 5 homers with 1 double, 8 RBI and 8 runs scored over 4 games and posted a slugging percentage of 1.438 as he went 7-for-16 at the plate.

RHP Teddy Sharkey, Coastal Carolina: Sharkey fanned 13 batters over 6 innings in 2 relief appearances last week and didn’t surrender a run.

3B Jake Gelof, Virginia: Gelof hit 4 home runs with 1 double, 9 RBI and 6 runs scored as he went 7-for-16 over 5 games.

RHP Levi Wells, Texas St.: Wells threw a complete game against Marshall and struck out a career-high 13 batters with no walks and 1 run.

CF Cole Gambill, Brigham Young: Gambill hit 4 home runs with 3 doubles, 7 RBI and 6 runs scored over 4 games.

RHP Christian Coppola, Rutgers: Coppola fanned 12 Michigan batters over 8 innings during a 13-0 win over the Wolverines. He didn’t give up a run or walk a batter and scattered 5 hits.

LF Christian Kirtley, U.C. Santa Barbara: Kirtley belted 4 homers with 1 double, 4 RBI and 9 runs scored as he went 7-for-18.

C Bryan Broecker, Michigan St.: Broecker hit 4 home runs with 6 RBI and 8 runs scored as he went 7-for-15.

OF Jace Bohrofen, Arkansas: Bohrofen belted 4 home runs with 1 double, 9 RBI and 7 runs scored as he went 6-for-16 over 5 games.

OF Jack Hurley, Virginia Tech.: Hurley hit 4 home runs with 1 double, 8 RBI and 5 runs scored as he went 6-for-17 over 4 games.

3B Sabin Ceballos, Oregon: Ceballos collected 11 RBI as he delivered 3 home runs and 1 triple over 5 games and played excellent defense with 14 chances without committing an error. He was 7-for-19 at the plate and scored 4 runs.

RHP Ryan Dromboski, Pennsylvania: Dromboski retired 23 batters in a row and fired a complete game in Penn’s 4-1 win over Brown. He allowed 1 run and 3 hits while striking out 12 and didn’t surrender a walk.

3B Wyatt Henseler, Pennsylvania: Henseler belted 4 home runs with 11 RBI as he hit .438.