College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday
(March 1, 1999)
FLORIDA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Florida State has been ranked No. 1
in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's latest NCAA Division I baseball poll. The
Seminoles (13-2) were 1-1 last week after splitting two games against the University of
Florida (ranked sixth). Florida State lost the first game in Gainvesville, 4-2 but came
back to win the next game, 8-4. This marks the third consecutive week the Seminoles have
been ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll. FSU has outscored
opponents 152 to 42 in 15 games and has a 2.62 ERA.
POLL NOTES: Several teams have been red-hot.
Florida International has raced to a 15-0 start, the best in school history. Other teams
on a roll include North Carolina (10-0, the best start in school history), Baylor (10
straight wins), Miami, Fla. (9 consecutive victories), Texas A&M (9 in a row), and
Arkansas (8 straight). Two teams which took a tumble in the poll this week include Hawaii
(three straight losses at Texas Christian) and Clemson (three losses last week). Texas,
which was swept three straight at Miami, Fla., dropped from third to 10th this week.
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 1, 1999) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Florida
St. (13-2) |
482 |
1 |
| 2. Rice
(16-3) |
479 |
2 |
| 3. Miami,
Fla. (12-3) |
477 |
4 |
| 4.
Stanford (12-5) |
471 |
5 |
| 5. Auburn
(13-2) |
469 |
7 |
| 6. Florida
(5-4) |
467 |
6 |
| 7. Texas
A&M (12-2) |
466 |
12 |
| 8.
Louisiana St. (8-2) |
465 |
8 |
| 9. Arizona
St. (19-5) |
463 |
15 |
| 10. Texas (11-6) |
462 |
3 |
| 11. Long Beach
St. (6-4) |
461 |
9 |
| 12. Georgia Tech.
(8-4) |
459 |
11 |
| 13. Fla.
International (15-0) |
452 |
19 |
| 14. North
Carolina (10-0) |
449 |
21 |
| 15. Alabama (8-4) |
448 |
22 |
| 16. Cal. St.
Fullerton (10-5) |
447 |
10 |
| 17. Wichita St.
(9-4) |
446 |
16 |
| 18. Texas Tech.
(13-4) |
444 |
17 |
| 19. Pepperdine
(13-1) |
442 |
18 |
| 20. Mississippi
St. (9-1) |
439 |
26 |
| 21. Baylor (12-4) |
436 |
27 |
| 22. North
Carolina St. (10-1) |
434 |
25 |
| 23. Oklahoma St.
(8-4) |
433 |
13 |
| 24. South
Carolina (8-3) |
431 |
23 |
| 25. Houston (8-4) |
428 |
29 |
| 26. Hawaii (13-5) |
426 |
14 |
| 27. Clemson (5-3) |
423 |
20 |
| 28. Georgia (9-1) |
419 |
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| 29. Arkansas
(9-3) |
416 |
— |
| 30. UCLA (11-11) |
409 |
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"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | 1B/DH Macky Waguespack,
Southeastern Louisiana: In less than 24 hours, Waguespack hit six home runs over a
3-game span. The festivities began with a 2-run homer against Northwestern during a game
last Friday evening. The next day during the first game of a doubleheader, the talented
Lion hitter belted two home runs. In the final game of the day, he cracked three more to
bring his total to six homers. During the trio of games, he collected seven hits (six
being homers), one double, 11 RBIs, 26 total bases and posted a slugging percentage of
2.167.
|
| RHP/OF Craig House, Memphis: House
hurled a 2-hit complete game shutout against West Virginia. He faced one batter over the
minimum and struck out a career-high 13 and did not walk a batter. On offense, he hit .500
(6-for-12) with two doubles, 3 runs and 4 RBI. He hit safely in all four games of the
Service Academies Classic and was named to the All-Tournament team.
|
| 1B/RHP Taggert Bozied, San
Francisco: Bozied performed a rarity when he belted four home runs in one game against
Sonoma State in an 18-9 victory to set a new school record. On the week, he hit five
homers in five games, scored nine runs and collected 11 RBI. He also was hit by three
pitches, walked three times and had a pair of stolen bases. As a pitcher, he gave up just
one hit and one run in three innings of work.
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