College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday (Feb.
11, 2002)
STANFORD NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Stanford University has been ranked
No. 1 for the third consecutive NCAA Division I baseball poll of the 2002 season by Collegiate
Baseball newspaper.
The Cardinal (4-2) beat No. 2 Florida St. two of three
games in Tallahassee, Fla. over the past weekend. Stanford won the first two games by
scores of 9-3 and 15-11. The Seminoles bounced back to take the third game, 7-6. The week
prior, the Cardinal knocked off 16th ranked Cal. St. Fullerton two of three.
Stanford is hitting .349 as a team and is averaging 9.5
runs a game. The Cardinal has cracked 26 extra base hits in only six contests.
POLL NOTES: Four teams have been
extremely hot to kick off the 2002 season. Arizona State is 7-0 after sweeping Tennessee
three straight at home. Surprising Arizona is 10-1 on the season. The Wildcat pitching
staff has been sensational with a 2.61 ERA through 11 games. The staff has struck out 85
batters and only walked 23. The University of San Diego has raced to a 9-0 record. It is
the best start in school history. Florida is 5-0 after winning two straight at defending
national champion Miami, Fla. The Gators are off to their best start since they went 7-0
to start the 1994 season.
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. 11, 2002) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1.
Stanford (4-2) |
494 |
1 |
| 2. Florida
St. (7-3) |
489 |
2 |
| 3.
Louisiana St. (3-0) |
486 |
5 |
| 4. Clemson
(0-0) |
484 |
6 |
| 5. South
Carolina (3-0) |
481 |
8 |
| 6. Tulane
(1-2) |
478 |
3 |
| 7.
Southern Calif. (1-2) |
477 |
4 |
| 8. Wichita
St. (0-0) |
475 |
9 |
| 9.
Oklahoma St. (0-0) |
472 |
10 |
| 10. Rice (2-1) |
468 |
11 |
| 11. Nebraska
(0-0) |
462 |
12 |
| 12. Mississippi
(0-0) |
459 |
13 |
| 13. Arizona St.
(7-0) |
458 |
20 |
| 14. Florida (5-0) |
457 |
21 |
| 15. Wake Forest
(0-0) |
456 |
15 |
| 16. Cal. St.
Fullerton (3-3) |
454 |
16 |
| 17. Miami, Fla.
(2-4) |
450 |
7 |
| 18. Georgia Tech.
(2-0) |
448 |
22 |
| 19. Notre Dame
(0-0) |
447 |
19 |
| 20. Texas (3-2) |
444 |
14 |
| 21. Long Beach
St. (2-1) |
442 |
— |
| 22. San Diego
(9-0) |
439 |
— |
| 23. Mississippi
St. (0-0) |
437 |
23 |
| 24. Ohio St.
(0-0) |
433 |
24 |
| 25. Rutgers (0-0) |
430 |
25 |
| 26. Arizona
(10-1) |
427 |
— |
| 27. Purdue (0-0) |
423 |
27 |
| 28. Ball St.
(0-0) |
420 |
28 |
| 29. East Carolina
(0-0) |
416 |
29 |
| 30. Texas A&M
(2-1) |
413 |
30 |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | RHP Frank Allen Yeilding, Samford: Yeilding
hurled a no-hitter in a 2-0, 7-inning win over VMI in his first appearance as an NCAA
Division I pitcher. He struck out 10 batters and allowed two walks. After the first
inning, he only faced 20 batters the rest of the way.
|
| 2B Shaun Larkin, Cal. St.
Northridge: Larkin belted 4 homers and went 8-for-10 at the plate as he scored 9 runs,
walked 11 times and had a slugging percentage of 2.200. One week after blasting 4 homers
in his first three games as a Matador, the senior transfer from Texas Tech belted 4 more
to give him 8 on the year. Against Loyola Marymount last week, he was 2-for-4 with a
homer, double, three RBI, a walk and run scored. In a 3-game series over the past weekend
against Washington State, he hit three more homers and reached base safely in all 16 of
his plate appearances (6 hits, 10 walks).
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