College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday (Feb.
14, 2000)
FLORIDA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Florida St. is ranked No. 1 in the
first regular-season NCAA Division I baseball poll of the year by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
The Seminoles (7-2) pounded Stanford (ranked No. 1 in
the pre-season poll) two of three games in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida St. took game one,
11-4. The Cardinal came back to win game two with a pair of solo home runs in the top of
the 10th inning, 8-6. Then the Seminoles bombed Stanford, 13-1 in the final game of the
3-game set.
One week ago Florida St. took two of three from
perennial national power Arizona St. The Sun Devils (11-2) are ranked 19th this week with
their only losses being to the Seminoles.
POLL NOTES: Five teams fell out of the poll this
week which were ranked in the pre-season poll. The teams include Arizona (8-6), Texas
A&M (2-5), Oklahoma St. (3-3), Pepperdine (3-5) and Oral Roberts (2-1). Five teams are
in the poll for the first time this season including South Carolina (5-0), Fresno St.
(5-2), East Carolina (3-1), Nevada (6-4), and Loyola Marymount (3-1).
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 Feb. 14, 2000) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Florida
St. (7-2) |
485 |
6 |
| 2. UCLA
(6-1) |
480 |
4 |
| 3.
Stanford (6-3) |
479 |
1 |
| 4. Alabama
(2-1) |
477 |
3 |
| 5.
Louisiana St. (3-0) |
473 |
8 |
| 6. Cal.
St. Fullerton (2-4) |
469 |
2 |
| 7. Georgia
Tech. (2-0) |
466 |
9 |
| 8. Texas
(7-2) |
463 |
12 |
| 9. North
Carolina (6-0) |
461 |
20 |
| 10. Houston (5-2) |
458 |
10 |
| 11. Clemson (2-1) |
455 |
11 |
| 12. Miami, Fla.
(4-5) |
452 |
5 |
| 13. Tulane (2-1) |
450 |
13 |
| 14. Wichita St.
(0-0) |
442 |
14 |
| 15. Auburn (7-0) |
441 |
17 |
| 16. Texas Tech.
(6-2) |
439 |
18 |
| 17. Southern
Calif. (5-3) |
438 |
15 |
| 18. Baylor (4-2) |
436 |
16 |
| 19. Arizona St.
(11-2) |
433 |
28 |
| 20. Florida (5-3) |
429 |
24 |
| 21. South
Carolina (5-0) |
427 |
— |
| 22. Rice (3-4) |
424 |
7 |
| 23. East Carolina
(3-1) |
422 |
— |
| 24. Long Beach
St. (3-3) |
418 |
22 |
| 25. Notre Dame
(0-0) |
413 |
25 |
| 26. Fresno St.
(5-2) |
409 |
— |
| 27. Minnesota
(1-0) |
407 |
27 |
| 28. Nevada (6-4) |
404 |
— |
| 29. South Alabama
(0-0) |
398 |
29 |
| 30. Loyola
Marymount (3-1) |
394 |
— |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | P Beau Hale, Texas: Hale
recorded the 18th no-hitter in University of Texas history when he blanked Sam Houston
St., 10-0 in a 9-inning contest. Not one ball was hit out of the infield (13 ground outs,
13 strikeouts and 1 pop-up to shortstop). Hale flirted with a perfect game as he only
walked one batter and his defense committed only one error. He retired the side in order
in eight of nine innings.
|
| P David Talamantez, Lamar: Making
his collegiate debut as a freshman, Talamantez threw the 15th no-hitter in Lamar history
in a 4-0 win over Mississippi Valley St. He struck out nine and didn't walk a batter in
the 7-inning contest. The first hitter of the game reached on an error by Talamantez when
he dropped a popped up bunt. Otherwise he would have pitched a perfect game. He retired 21
straight batters the rest of the game. This was Lamar's first no-hitter since the 1993
season.
|
| OF Gabe Gross, Auburn: Gross was a one man RBI
machine last week as he knocked in 19 runners in five games. He belted three homers and
four doubles as he went 14-for-24 at the plate. His most impressive game was against
Samford when he belted back-to-back home runs and compiled 8 RBIs. |
