College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (April 12, 2004)
TEXAS NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Texas is No.
1 in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll of NCAA Division I
baseball.
The Longhorns (35-4) have won eight straight
games and sit at 9-2 in the Big 12 Conference. In 39 games, Texas has stolen 84
bases in 113 attempts while limiting its opposition to only 28 in 39 attempts.
The pitching staff has been superb all season long with a 2.25 ERA and nine
shutouts. The staff has a better than 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio (332
strikeouts and 129 walks).
Stanford, ranked No. 1 the past two weeks,
slipped to second after winning two of three over the past weekend at Oregon St.
Poll Notes:
Louisiana St. took the biggest tumble in this
week's poll after losing four straight home games (one to Tulane and three
against Arkansas). The Tigers dropped from second to 12th. Arkansas' 3-game
sweep at LSU was the first conference 3-game sweep at Alex Box Stadium in 16
years. The Razorbacks are now 8-4 in Southeastern Conference action and 23-11
overall as Arkansas jumped to 18th in this week's poll. Several other teams have
been red-hot lately. Rice has won 11 straight games, Virginia 9 in a row and
Tennessee eight consecutive.
Three teams fell out of the poll this week in
Arizona St., Clemson and Georgia. The Sun Devils lost two of three at home to
Oral Roberts and have now lost four consecutive series. Clemson lost three
straight at Virginia. Georgia was swept by Tennessee over three contests.
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
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of April 12, 2004) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Texas (35-4) |
496 |
3 |
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2. Stanford (25-5) |
494 |
1 |
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3. Rice (27-6) |
492 |
6 |
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4. Notre Dame (25-4) |
489 |
4 |
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5. Miami, Fla. (26-7) |
487 |
7 |
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6. Tennessee (29-5) |
484 |
14 |
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7. U.C. Irvine (22-7-1) |
480 |
10 |
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8. Long Beach St. (23-8) |
478 |
11 |
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9. Mississippi (26-6) |
477 |
5 |
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10. North Carolina (25-8) |
475 |
8 |
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11. Wichita St. (20-5) |
472 |
12 |
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12. Louisiana St. (24-9) |
470 |
2 |
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13. South Carolina (25-7) |
467 |
9 |
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14. Florida St. (25-11) |
464 |
13 |
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15. Tulane (25-9) |
461 |
22 |
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16. Auburn (24-10) |
460 |
16 |
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17. Nebraska (24-7) |
457 |
15 |
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18. Arkansas (23-11) |
455 |
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19. Florida (26-10) |
453 |
17 |
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20. Southern Miss. (27-6) |
452 |
18 |
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21. Oral Roberts (26-7) |
450 |
27 |
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22. Coll. of Charleston (26-6) |
449 |
20 |
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23. Virginia (29-7) |
447 |
29 |
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24. North Carolina St. (24-10) |
445 |
24 |
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25. Oklahoma (22-11) |
442 |
30 |
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26. Central Florida (29-7) |
440 |
19 |
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27. Texas A&M (29-9) |
439 |
26 |
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28. East Carolina (28-6) |
438 |
28 |
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29. Florida Atlantic (28-8) |
435 |
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30. Georgia Tech. (20-14) |
430 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RF Brad Corley, Mississippi
St.: Corley belted six home runs and
drove in 11 runs over five games last week for the Bulldogs as he compiled a
1.304 slugging percentage. Over a 3-game series against Kentucky, he belted
five of his six homers which included back-to-back 2-home run games. |
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OF Drew Moffitt, Wichita
St.: Moffitt cracked six home runs
and knocked in 13 runs for the Shockers over six games last week. He compiled
a slugging percentage of 1.556 which also included seven walks. |
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LHP Craig Costello, Butler:
Costello hurled the sixth no-hitter
in Butler history as he registered a 2-0, 7-inning win over
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He struck out 10 and walked three as he faced only 24
batters. |
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RHP Justin Verlander, Old
Dominion: Verlander fanned 16
batters and scattered three hits in a 3-0 win over Virginia Commonwealth. He
was one shy of his career mark of 17 strikeouts which he accomplished as a
freshman against James Madison. He has 90 strikeouts in 63 innings this
season. |
