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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (April 12, 1999) FLORIDA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Florida St. University has been ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's latest NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Seminoles beat Clemson two of three games over the past weekend and have won 22 of their last 23 games in rolling to a 36-4 overall record (14-1 Atlantic Coast Conference mark). The Seminoles have been ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball poll eight of the last nine weeks. Florida St. is averaging 8.9 runs per game with a .335 batting average and team ERA of 2.76. The strikeout to walk ratio is superb with 402 strikeouts and only 147 walks. POLL NOTES: Several other teams have been red-hot. The longest winning streak of top 30 teams is Florida Atlantic with 33 straight, one short of the NCAA Division I record of 34 set by Texas during the 1977 season. FAU's next game is at Jacksonville University this Friday. The last time Florida Atlantic (39-1) lost was a 3-1 setback at Miami, Fla. on Feb. 17. It was FAU's only game this season against a ranked opponent. Several other hot teams include Minnesota (18 wins in last 19 contests), Ohio State (15 wins in 16 games), S.W. Missouri St. (11 straight victories) and Texas Tech. (8 consecutive wins). 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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