College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday
(March 10, 2003)
ARIZONA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona St. University (28-1) has
been ranked No. 1 for the first time this season in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's
NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Sun Devils, which have won 19 straight games, have
hit 38 home runs on the year in 29 games which equal the entire team total from all of
last year. ASU's 28-1 record is the best start in school history as the Sun Devils are
hitting .360 as a team with six players (30 or more at-bats) hitting over .400.
Ranked second is Georgia Tech. which is off to a
glistening 14-0 record, the second best start in school history. Florida St., ranked No. 1
the previous two polls, slipped to second after beating the University of Florida two of
three games. Rice (15-1) rounded out the top four in the nation. The Owls have won 12
straight games.
The top four teams in the nation are only separated by
four points. Cal. St. Fullerton, ranked second last week, lost two of three at Minnesota
and slipped to fifth.
Poll Notes: Two teams fell out of
the poll this week in Tennessee and Alabama-Birmingham. The Volunteers lost three straight
at home to Miami, Fla. UAB dropped two games last week.
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 10, 2003) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Arizona
St. (28-1) |
495 |
4 |
| 2. Georgia
Tech. (14-0) |
494 |
3 |
| 3. Florida
St. (19-2) |
493 |
1 |
| 4. Rice
(15-1) |
492 |
5 |
| 5. Cal.
St. Fullerton (16-3) |
489 |
2 |
| 6. South
Carolina (13-3) |
485 |
6 |
| 7.
Stanford (14-7) |
482 |
8 |
| 8. Long
Beach St. (13-6) |
477 |
9 |
| 9. Baylor
(14-5) |
476 |
7 |
| 10. Mississippi
St. (9-1-1) |
470 |
10 |
| 11. Texas (15-6) |
467 |
11 |
| 12. Richmond
(10-1) |
466 |
12 |
| 13. Miami, Fla.
(12-3) |
462 |
14 |
| 14. Auburn (16-3) |
460 |
15 |
| 15. Wake Forest
(9-4) |
459 |
13 |
| 16. Florida
(13-3) |
457 |
16 |
| 17. Kansas (16-4) |
450 |
17 |
| 18. Louisiana St.
(11-6) |
447 |
18 |
| 19. Clemson (8-3) |
444 |
19 |
| 20. Nebraska
(9-2) |
442 |
20 |
| 21. Arizona
(12-7) |
435 |
21 |
| 22. Texas A&M
(15-4) |
434 |
22 |
| 23. N.C.
Greensboro (14-1) |
429 |
25 |
| 24. Alabama
(12-3) |
426 |
— |
| 25. Wichita St.
(12-3) |
424 |
24 |
| 26. Notre Dame
(4-4) |
423 |
26 |
| 27. Arkansas
(11-1) |
418 |
28 |
| 28. Tulane (13-4) |
416 |
29 |
| 29. South Florida
(11-4) |
412 |
— |
| 30. Oklahoma
(8-3) |
409 |
30 |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | P Brian Morgan, Webber
International: Morgan pitched the second no-hitter in school history as he struck out
8 against Trinity International in a 4-0, 7-inning victory. Morgan only walked two in the
contest.
|
| RHP Tim Stauffer, Richmond: Stauffer
struck out a career-high 15 batters in a 3-1 win over Princeton. The pre-season
All-American allowed only two hits and one walk.
|
| RHP Matt Durkin, San Jose St.: Durkin
fanned a career-high 15 batters in a complete-game 8-0 shutout against Santa Clara. He
allowed no walks and gave up five hits. He struck out seven of the first 10 batters.
|
| 3B Ryan Roberts, Texas-Arlington: Roberts belted 4
home runs with 11 RBI and 9 runs scored during the past week in six games. In a win
against Centenary, he tied a school record with five hits, including two home runs and 5
RBIs. He was a double shy of hitting for the cycle in a game against New Mexico. |
