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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday
(April 2, 2001)
RICE NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Rice University (28-6) has been
ranked No. 1 in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball
poll.
The Owls, which have won six straight games and 10 of
their last 11, edged last week's No. 1 team Stanford by one point. The Cardinal was 3-1
last week with its only loss coming against Arizona State. Stanford, however, won two of
three in the 3-game series. Rice is running away with the Western Athletic Conference with
a 17-1 record. Both of the Owls' overall and conference records are the best in school
history at this stage of the season.
POLL NOTES: The
past week was a turbulent one for teams ranked in the poll. Five top 10 teams from the
previous week suffered three losses last week in Arizona St., Miami (Fla.), Tennessee
(3-game sweep by Auburn), South Carolina (3-game sweep by Alabama) and South Alabama
(3-game sweep by Florida International). As a result, each fell in the poll this week.
Cal. St. Fullerton swept a 3-game series at Miami (Fla.). It marked the first time Miami
had been swept in a 3-game series at Mark Light Stadium since 1973. Virginia Commonwealth
extended its home winning streak to 21 games which dates back to last season. Texas
(24-12) has won 11 of its last 12 games, including a season-best nine in a row.
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 April 2, 2001) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Rice
(28-6) |
474 |
2 |
| 2.
Stanford (24-6) |
473 |
1 |
| 3. Georgia
Tech. (23-7) |
469 |
3 |
| 4.
Louisiana St. (21-8-1) |
460 |
9 |
| 5. Florida
St. (27-7) |
455 |
11 |
| 6. Notre
Dame (21-4-1) |
453 |
13 |
| 7. Stetson
(25-4) |
450 |
10 |
| 8. Clemson
(21-8) |
449 |
14 |
| 9. Arizona
St. (21-9-1) |
446 |
4 |
| 10. Nebraska
(22-7) |
442 |
15 |
| 11. Tennessee
(26-6) |
440 |
6 |
| 12. South
Carolina (24-7) |
439 |
7 |
| 13. South Alabama
(26-6) |
435 |
8 |
| 14. Cal. St.
Fullerton (19-10) |
434 |
29 |
| 15. Southern
Calif. (20-11) |
432 |
12 |
| 16. Miami, Fla.
(25-9) |
431 |
5 |
| 17. Baylor (24-9) |
429 |
21 |
| 18. Texas (24-12) |
426 |
22 |
| 19. Central
Florida (27-7) |
422 |
19 |
| 20. Mississippi
(23-8-1) |
420 |
16 |
| 21. East Carolina
(25-7) |
417 |
17 |
| 22. Ohio St.
(20-5) |
416 |
24 |
| 23. The Citadel
(22-9) |
414 |
18 |
| 24. Alabama
(20-11) |
412 |
— |
| 25. Pepperdine
(20-11) |
409 |
20 |
| 26. Tulane (24-7) |
406 |
23 |
| 27. Rutgers
(21-7) |
405 |
— |
| 28. Winthrop
(25-5-1) |
402 |
— |
| 29. Va.
Commonwealth (24-6) |
400 |
30 |
| 30. Fla.
International (30-8) |
397 |
— |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | RHP
Justin Pope, Central Florida: Pope broke Roger Clemens' NCAA Division I consecutive
scoreless inning streak of 35 by shutting out opponents for 38 1/3 innings. In a game
against Mercer this past week, he struck out a career-high 15 batters over eight innings.
|
| 3B
Justin Shaw, Muskingum: Shaw belted 5 home runs in 5 games last week and knocked in 22
runs. He also scored 9 runs as he went 12-for-21 at the plate. His best game was against
Wilmington College as he went 5-for-6 with 1 HR, 2 doubles, 4 runs scored and 9 RBI.
|
| Shawn Johnston, Hendrix:
Johnston pitched the first no-hitter in modern Hendrix College baseball history in a
10-0 win over Central Baptist. Johnston struck out six batters in the game. |
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