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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday, May 18, 1998 MIAMI RANKED NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseball-news.com) POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Miami (Fla.) has been ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's latest NCAA Division I baseball poll with a 46-9 record. The Hurricanes, ranked No. 1 for the seventh time this season, are averaging 10.3 runs per game, hitting .340 as a team and have belted 113 home runs. Miami has also stolen 131 bases in 161 attempts while limiting its opposition to only 39 stolen bases in 57 attempts. As far as pitching, the Hurricanes have a 3.88 ERA. The strikeout to walk ratio is amazing as Miami hurlers have fanned 525 batters and walked only 177. Last week’s No. 1 team, Stanford, lost two straight to Washington in the Pac-10 Conference playoffs as the Huskies claimed their second consecutive Pac-10 championship. Coupled with two straight losses to Southern California prior to that, the Cardinal has now lost four straight. POLL NOTES…Several other teams have been red-hot. Wichita State has won 16 straight. Washington has won 16 of its last 18. Tulane has won 11 in a row. Minnesota, which won the Big Ten Conference tournament over Illinois, has won 17 of its last 18. Other teams with streaks include Oral Roberts (14 straight), Delaware (10 in a row), and Long Beach St. (11 consecutive). Wake Forest, winners of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, has won 6 of its last 7. Rutgers, champions of the Big East Conference regular season and tournament, have won 29 of its last 34 games. The "Collegiate Baseball" Newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season. (Top 30 Agate Follows)
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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