College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday
(March 6, 2000)
FLORIDA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Florida St. has been ranked No. 1
for the fourth consecutive week in the Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I baseball
poll. The Seminoles have won 12 straight. Over the past weekend, Florida St. swept a
3-game series against Pittsburgh, 6-1, 12-0 and 14-4. North Carolina, still unbeaten at
16-0, moved to second this week while Stanford (14-5) slipped to third.
POLL NOTES: Two teams fell out of the poll this week
in UCLA (7-7) and Oklahoma St. (9-7). The Bruins have lost eight of their last nine games.
At one point early in the season, UCLA was ranked fourth in the nation. Oklahoma St. was
2-2 last week. Lengthy winning streaks include North Carolina (16), South Carolina (15),
Kentucky (13) and Louisiana-Lafayette (10). South Carolina (15-0) is off to its best start
in school history and two wins shy of the school record for consecutive wins of 17 set in
1975 when the Gamecocks finished second in the College World Series with a 51-6-1 overall
record. North Carolina has now won 46 consecutive games against non-conference opponents
in Chapel Hill, a streak that dates back to the Seton Hall series in 1998.
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)
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's |
NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 6, 2000) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Florida
St. (18-2) |
492 |
1 |
| 2. North
Carolina (16-0) |
485 |
3 |
| 3.
Stanford (14-5) |
483 |
2 |
| 4. Texas
(16-4) |
473 |
4 |
| 5.
Southern Calif. (11-3) |
469 |
11 |
| 6. Auburn
(18-3) |
468 |
12 |
| 7. Cal.
St. Fullerton (7-5) |
467 |
7 |
| 8. Clemson
(11-2) |
465 |
8 |
| 9. Alabama
(12-5) |
458 |
9 |
| 10. Miami, Fla.
(14-6) |
457 |
10 |
| 11. South
Carolina (15-0) |
452 |
14 |
| 12. Baylor (15-3) |
449 |
16 |
| 13. Wichita St.
(4-1) |
446 |
13 |
| 14. Long Beach
St. (11-4) |
445 |
17 |
| 15. Arizona St.
(18-4) |
440 |
18 |
| 16. Louisiana St.
(10-6) |
439 |
15 |
| 17. Houston
(12-6) |
437 |
5 |
| 18. Georgia Tech.
(8-5) |
435 |
6 |
| 19.
Louisiana-Lafayette (15-1) |
430 |
28 |
| 20. Kentucky
(13-0) |
427 |
21 |
| 21. East Carolina
(12-3) |
425 |
19 |
| 22. Fresno St.
(14-4) |
423 |
20 |
| 23. Illinois
(5-1) |
420 |
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| 24. Florida
Atlantic (12-5) |
414 |
25 |
| 25. Tennessee
(16-4) |
411 |
30 |
| 26. Mississippi
St. (9-2) |
408 |
23 |
| 27. Loyola
Marymount (11-5) |
403 |
22 |
| 28. Notre Dame
(4-2) |
400 |
29 |
| 29. Wake Forest
(10-3) |
399 |
26 |
| 30. Florida
International (18-2) |
396 |
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"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | RHP Marcus Bell, Jacksonville: Bell
struck out 14 batters in 8 innings against South Alabama as he walked three and allowed 5
hits with 1 unearned run. Four of his strikeouts came against SS Tim Merritt who struck
out just 3 times all season and entered the game on a 14-game hitting streak. Bell has now
gone 18 innings without allowing an earned run.
|
| RHP Scott Berney, Clemson: Berney
extended his scoreless inning streak to 30 with 8 shutout innings in Clemson's 8-0 win
over UNLV. Berney is 4-0 on the season and has given up only 3 walks in 30 innings.
|
| C/DH Ryan Duncheon, Illinois St.: Duncheon
had a monster week as he belted 4 home runs in 11 at bats over 3 games against Western
Kentucky. He also walked 4 times, scored 5 runs and drove in 7 runs. His slugging
percentage was 1.723 with a single, double and 4 home runs.
|
| RHP Justin Wayne, Stanford: Wayne
pitched the first shutout of his career in a 1-0 win over Santa Clara. He fanned 12
batters, allowed 3 hits and walked 3. He has won his last 15 decisions as a pitcher for
Stanford.
|
| RHP Aaron Heilman, Notre Dame: Heilman
struck out a career-high 12 batters in 8 innings against Georgia. He gave up no walks and
became just the third Notre Dame pitcher since 1980 to fan 12-plus batters.
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