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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (April 17, 2000) SOUTH CAROLINA NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — South Carolina (36-4) has been ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll for the first time this season. The Gamecocks, winners of 11 straight, swept a 3-game series against Vanderbilt over the past weekend and beat Clemson earlier in the week, 6-3. South Carolina (15-3 in the Southeastern Conference) has swept three consecutive SEC foes in Alabama, Mississippi State and now Vanderbilt. Previously No. 1 ranked Florida State slipped to second after losing two of three at Miami, Fla. over the weekend. POLL NOTES: Five teams fell out of the top 30 which were ranked last week. Louisiana-Lafayette (30-8) has gone into a tailspin lately with six losses in its last seven games, including four consecutive setbacks. Other teams which fell out include Creighton (1-3), Stetson (1-3), Florida (2-2) and San Jose St. (1-3). Winning streaks of note include Georgia Tech. (12 straight) and Nebraska (8 in a row). Two other red-hot teams include Baylor (winners of 11 out of its last 12) and Wichita State (winners in 9 of its last 10 contests). 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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