College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday
(March 18, 2002)
FLORIDA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — For the second straight week,
Florida State has been ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's NCAA
Division I baseball poll.
The Seminoles, which have won 18 of their last 20
contests, are averaging 8.1 runs per game with a superb team on-base percentage of .419.
The pitching staff has posted 220 strikeouts and only 67 walks in 29 games.
POLL NOTES: Several other teams are
also on a roll. Clemson has won 14 of its first 15 games while Alabama has won eight
straight, Florida seven in a row and Rice six consecutive. Oklahoma (15-5 overall), which
beat Arizona St. two of three over the past weekend, has won seven of its last eight and
leads the Big 12 Conference with a 3-0 record. Three teams fell out of the poll this week.
Mississippi St. was 1-4 last week while Miami (Fla.) was 1-3 and Tulane lost two of three
at home against N.C.-Charlotte.
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 Div0. I Poll (As of March 18, 2002) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Florida
St. (24-5) |
494 |
1 |
| 2. Clemson
(14-1) |
493 |
2 |
| 3.
Stanford (14-5) |
492 |
3 |
| 4. South
Carolina (18-3) |
489 |
4 |
| 5. Rice
(18-4) |
487 |
5 |
| 6. Florida
(18-3) |
483 |
6 |
| 7. Wichita
St. (10-2) |
479 |
7 |
| 8. Wake
Forest (16-2) |
475 |
11 |
| 9. Houston
(15-5) |
470 |
12 |
| 10. Baylor (17-6) |
466 |
14 |
| 11. Alabama
(19-2) |
463 |
17 |
| 12. Georgia Tech.
(14-3) |
460 |
9 |
| 13. Nebraska
(11-5) |
457 |
21 |
| 14. Louisiana St.
(14-8) |
454 |
8 |
| 15. Texas (20-6) |
451 |
19 |
| 16. Mississippi
(13-6) |
447 |
10 |
| 17. Texas A&M
(17-9) |
443 |
13 |
| 18. Oklahoma
(15-5) |
439 |
— |
| 19. Cal. St.
Fullerton (13-9) |
437 |
20 |
| 20. Arizona St.
(16-8) |
435 |
15 |
| 21. East Carolina
(14-3-1) |
433 |
18 |
| 22. Texas Tech.
(20-10) |
432 |
30 |
| 23. Ohio St.
(8-2-1) |
430 |
22 |
| 24. Oklahoma St.
(12-5) |
427 |
16 |
| 25. San Diego
(21-5) |
425 |
27 |
| 26. Rutgers (8-4) |
423 |
— |
| 27. Auburn (17-5) |
421 |
28 |
| 28. Long Beach
St. (13-6) |
419 |
29 |
| 29. Vanderbilt
(13-4) |
416 |
— |
| 30. Stetson
(19-4) |
413 |
25 |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | SS Khalil Greene, Clemson: Greene
had a monster week as he belted 6 home runs over five games as he went 16-for-22 at the
plate. He also knocked in 17 runs and swiped three of four bases. Greene tied a school
record by homering in five straight games. Currently, he is on a 12-game hitting streak.
|
| LHP Aaron Marsden, Nebraska: Marsden
made his first NCAA Division I start a memorable one, firing an 8-inning, complete-game
1-hitter against highly regarded Texas A&M in a 10-0 victory. He struck out nine as he
only allowed one hit in the second inning on a single by Rusty Meyer before retiring 20 of
the next 21 hitters he faced.
|
| RHP Colby Paxton, Auburn: Paxton
threw a nine inning, one-hit shutout in a 5-0 win over Kentucky. The Wildcats' lone hit
came on a bunt single by Seth Morris with one out in the fifth inning. His six strikeouts
established a career best.
|
| RHP Davy Martin, Virginia Commonwealth: Martin
fired a 1-hit shutout to lead the Rams past in-state rival Virginia Tech., 8-0. He held
the Hokies hitless until a 2-out single in the top of the eighth inning. Martin racked up
a season-high nine strikeouts as he recorded his first career shutout. He walked three and
faced just three batters over the minimum. |
