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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (Feb. 9, 2004) RICE, MIAMI (FLA) NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Defending national champion Rice University and the University of Miami (Fla.) are deadlocked at the top of Collegiate Baseball newspaper's first regular season NCAA Division I baseball poll of 2004. Rice (0-0) returns what many consider to be one of the best pitching staffs in the history of college baseball with three first team Louisville Slugger pre-season All-Americans in RHP Jeff Niemann (17-0, 1.70 ERA, 156 K, 35 BB), RHP Wade Townsend (11-2, 2.20 ERA, 164 K, 46 BB) and RHP Philip Humber (11-3, 3.30 ERA, 138 K, 39 BB). All three are expected to be first round draft picks in next June’s Free Agent Draft as they led the Owls to a 58-12 record last season. The Owls start their season tomorrow at home against Sam Houston St. Miami (0-0) finished fifth in the nation at the College World Series and rolled to a 45-17-1 overall record last season. The Hurricanes return every starting position player from a year ago in addition to every starting pitcher and every key member of the bullpen. Miami begins its season this Friday at home against Florida. Poll Notes: Only nine of the top 30 teams in this week's poll have started the season. Texas has rolled to a 6-0 record after sweeping the University of San Diego this past weekend. Arizona State (3-0) swept a 3-game series against perennial power Florida State. Stanford (5-1) swept a 3-game series against Cal. St. Fullerton one week ago and then took two of three against Fresno State. Another team off to a good start is Arizona (3-0). The Wildcats swept a 3-game series against U.C. Riverside. The only team to fall out of the poll this week was Nevada-Las Vegas (0-3) which dropped all three games to Cal. St. Fullerton. 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)
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