College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday
(March 3, 2003)
FLORIDA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Florida St. University (14-1) has
been ranked No. 1 for the second straight time in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's
NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Seminoles, which have won 11 straight, are off to their
best start since 1986 when Florida St. began the season with a 14-1 record.
For the first time in Collegiate Baseball poll
history, which dates back to 1957, the top five teams in the nation are only separated by
five points. The reason is that all five teams are on lengthy winning streaks.
Cumulatively, the top five teams have won 49 straight games led by Arizona St. (15 in a
row), Florida St. (11 straight), Georgia Tech. (9 consecutive), Rice (8 straight), and
Cal. St. Fullerton (6 in a row). Overall, the top five teams in the nation have posted a
cumulative 72-4 record with none of the schools having more than one loss this season.
Poll Notes: Alabama-Birmingham,
which had a dismal 16-40 record last year, has raced to a 13-0 record this season. UAB is
off to the best start in school history as well as Conference USA history. Baylor is
another red-hot team with nine consecutive wins. North Carolina-Greensboro has also been
impressive with a 10-0 record.
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 3, 2003) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Florida
St. (14-1) |
495 |
1 |
| 2. Cal.
St. Fullerton (14-1) |
494 |
2 |
| 3. Georgia
Tech. (9-0) |
493 |
3 |
| 4. Arizona
St. (24-1) |
492 |
4 |
| 5. Rice
(11-1) |
491 |
5 |
| 6. South
Carolina (9-2) |
485 |
6 |
| 7. Baylor
(12-3) |
480 |
11 |
| 8.
Stanford (11-7) |
479 |
7 |
| 9. Long
Beach St. (10-5) |
476 |
9 |
| 10. Mississippi
St. (5-1) |
470 |
12 |
| 11. Texas (13-5) |
468 |
8 |
| 12. Richmond
(3-0) |
465 |
15 |
| 13. Wake Forest
(5-3) |
462 |
10 |
| 14. Miami, Fla.
(9-3) |
459 |
13 |
| 15. Auburn (12-3) |
456 |
18 |
| 16. Florida
(11-1) |
452 |
23 |
| 17. Kansas (13-4) |
446 |
17 |
| 18. Louisiana St.
(7-6) |
443 |
14 |
| 19. Clemson (3-3) |
440 |
19 |
| 20. Nebraska
(7-2) |
438 |
26 |
| 21. Arizona
(11-5) |
435 |
— |
| 22. Texas A&M
(10-4) |
434 |
16 |
| 23. Tennessee
(9-1) |
432 |
24 |
| 24. Wichita St.
(9-1) |
429 |
25 |
| 25. N.C.
Greensboro (10-0) |
426 |
28 |
| 26. Notre Dame
(3-4) |
423 |
20 |
| 27. Alabama-Birm.
(13-0) |
422 |
— |
| 28. Arkansas
(8-0) |
419 |
— |
| 29. Tulane (9-4) |
415 |
22 |
| 30. Oklahoma
(5-2) |
413 |
29 |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | P Dan Kagey, Washington and Lee: Kagey
pitched the eighth no-hitter in Washington and Lee history (which dates back to 1907) as
he struck out 13 in the 7-inning contest against Emory & Henry during a 26-1 win.
Kagey only allowed one walk in the game. It was the second no-hitter of his career.
|
| P Lucas Trotter,
Alabama-Birmingham: Trotter struck out a career-high 1 2 batters in six innings of work against Eastern Illinois during a
10-4 win. Trotter allowed one run on one hit and one walk in the contest.
|
| 2B Rickie Weeks, Southern: Weeks
had a superb week as he went 9-for-14 at the plate with 3 home runs, 2 doubles, 11 RBIs
and scored 8 runs. He also went 2-for-2 in stolen bases as he raised his batting average
48 points over the past weekend. He now is hitting a robust .500 through 10 games.
|
| P Kevin Thompson, Duke: Thompson came within one
strike of a perfect game and finished with a one-hit shutout in leading Duke to a 10-0 win
against Buffalo. Thompson recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts in the seven-inning game,
the most by a Blue Devil pitcher since Stephen Cowie struck out 13 in nine innings during
the 1999 season. Thompson allowed no walks in the game. |
