WAKE FOREST NO. 1 CB’S LATEST NATIONAL POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Wake Forest (39-7) is ranked No. 1 for the first time this season in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Division I baseball poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum.
The Demon Deacons have won all eight of their ACC weekend series and took two of three at home against Boston College over the past weekend. Wake Forest leads the Atlantic Coast Conference by four games with an 18-5 record.
LSU, which had been ranked No. 1 the previous 12 polls this season, lost two of three on the road at Auburn. It was their first SEC series loss of the season. Prior to the Auburn series, the Tigers had won six SEC series and tied one against South Carolina (1-1) with game three cancelled because of weather.
In other key series, Vanderbilt lost two of three at Alabama, South Carolina lost three straight at Kentucky, Arkansas swept three at Mississippi St., Florida lost two of three at Texas A&M, Stanford swept three at Arizona St., Oregon lost two of three at USC and an earlier game at Oregon St., Cal. St. Fullerton lost two of three at Texas Christian, West Virginia won two of three at home against Oklahoma, Tennessee lost two of three at Georgia and Clemson swept three at home against Louisville.
Poll Notes: Several teams are on impressive winning streaks, including Southern Mississippi (10), Oral Roberts (8), Indiana St. (6) and Connecticut (6).
Four teams fell out of the top 30 in Oregon (1-3 last week), Arizona St. (0-3, lost 6 of last 7), Central Michigan (2-1) and Boston College (1-2).
New to the poll is Kentucky (33-13, won 3 at home against South Carolina), Oregon St. (33-14, tied for second in Pac-12 with 16-11 record), Alabama (32-16) and Houston (28-19, first in the American Athletic at 12-5).
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 May 8, 2023)
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| Rank | Team (Record) | Points | PVS |
| 1. | Wake Forest (39-7) | 493 | 2 |
| 2. | Louisiana St. (37-10) | 491 | 1 |
| 3. | Arkansas (36-12) | 489 | 5 |
| 4. | Stanford (31-13) | 485 | 7 |
| 5. | Vanderbilt (34-13) | 482 | 3 |
| 6. | Duke (32-13) | 479 | 13 |
| 7. | Miami, Fla. (31-16) | 477 | 8 |
| 8. | Florida (37-12) | 475 | 6 |
| 9. | South Carolina (36-11) | 472 | 4 |
| 10. | Virginia (37-11) | 469 | 14 |
| 11. | Indiana St. (32-13) | 467 | 15 |
| 12. | West Virginia (36-12) | 465 | 17 |
| 13. | Oklahoma St. (33-14) | 464 | 16 |
| 14. | Maryland (33-16) | 462 | 21 |
| 15. | Kansas St. (31-18) | 458 | 22 |
| 16. | Oral Roberts (36-11) | 455 | 24 |
| 17. | Clemson (31-17) | 452 | 25 |
| 18. | Cal. St. Fullerton (28-15) | 449 | 12 |
| 19. | Coastal Carolina (30-16) | 444 | 20 |
| 20. | U.C. Santa Barbara (30-14) | 443 | 9 |
| 21. | Kentucky (33-13) | 441 | — |
| 22. | Kent St. (34-13) | 436 | 23 |
| 23. | Oregon St. (33-14) | 434 | — |
| 24. | Alabama (32-16) | 431 | — |
| 25. | Campbell (36-10) | 429 | 28 |
| 26. | Connecticut (35-11) | 426 | 29 |
| 27. | Southern Mississippi (32-15) | 424 | 30 |
| 28. | Tennessee (32-16) | 423 | 19 |
| 29. | Dallas Baptist (36-12) | 420 | 18 |
| 30. | Houston (28-19) | 416 | — |
Collegiate Baseball’s
National Players Of The Week
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RHP Brad Camarda, Hofstra: Camarda fired the third no-hitter in school history during a 7-1 win over Monmouth. He struck out 8 batters and only needed 97 pitches in the 9-inning contest.
RHP Paul Skenes, Louisiana St.: Skenes fanned a career-high 15 Auburn batters over 7 1/3 innings. He became the first LSU pitcher to record 15 strikeouts in a game since Tyler Jones mowed down 15 against New Orleans during the 2011 season.
CF Nathan Humphreys, Dallas Baptist: Humphreys hit 5 home runs with 10 RBI over 4 games as he went 10-for-18. He belted 3 of them in a game against Middle Tennessee.
1B Drake Westcott, Illinois: Westcott hit 5 home runs with 10 RBI during a weekend series against Michigan St. as he collected 10 RBI and 8 runs. He went 8-for-15.
3B Luke Mann, Missouri: Mann belted 5 home runs with 12 RBI and 7 runs scored as he went 9-for-15 over 4 games.
1B Cameron Sisneros, East Tennessee St.: Sisneros hit 5 home runs with a double, 7 RBI and 8 runs scored as he went 7-for-14 over 4 games.
RHP Zack Lee, Kentucky: Lee struck out a career-high 12 South Carolina batters over 6 1/3 innings during a 9-2 win.
1B Peyton McDowall, Science & Arts: McDowall belted 4 home runs with a double in 1 game against Southwestern Christian as he collected 8 RBI with 4 runs scored in going 5-for-7. His biggest home run was a 2-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth.
RHP Lebarron Johnson, Jr, Texas: Johnson struck out a career-high 12 batters in 7 innings against Kansas during a 6-2 win
OF Stephen Reid, Georgia Tech.: Reid hit 4 home runs with 10 RBI over 3 games against Pittsburgh as he scored 7 runs and went 9-for-14.
RHP Gage Ziehl, Miami (Fla.): Ziehl struck out 12 Presbyterian batters over 8 innings and only surrendered 4 hits and no runs.
LF Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma St.: Schubart tied an Oklahoma St. record for home runs and RBI in a game during a 20-7 win over Est Tennessee St. He went 3-for-3 with 3 home runs, including 2 grand slams, as he collected 10 RBI.
RHP Dakota Hawkins, Washington St.: Hawkins struck out a career-high 12 Washington batters over 6 2/3 innings during a 2-1 win. It tied for the fourth highest strikeout total by a Cougar pitcher in history.
1B Jack Wagner, Tarleton St.: Wagner belted 4 home runs with 11 RBI and 5 runs scored.
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