College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (May 10, 2004)
TEXAS NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — With five straight wins, the
University of Texas is No. 1 in this week's Collegiate Baseball newspaper
NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Longhorns (46-8) have posted victories in
28 of their 31 home games this season. With 101 steals in 54 games, Texas only
needs 21 more to have the most stolen bases at the school since the 1990 season
when the Longhorns swiped 166.
Stanford, ranked No. 1 last week, lost two of
three at Washington during the past weekend and fell to second in this week's
poll.
Poll Notes:
Several teams have been on a roll lately. Georgia
jumped from 19 to 12 in this week's poll after winning 12 straight games. The
Bulldogs swept Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. for the first time ever
last weekend. It was only the fifth time ever in MSU history that they had been
swept at home. Georgia is currently riding a 10-game Southeastern Conference
winning streak and are currently third in the SEC with a 15-9 conference mark.
Georgia Tech. has won nine in a row. Miami
(Fla.) has also played well with a 6-game winning streak. Two teams fell out of
the top 30 this week in Tennessee and Texas Tech. The Volunteers were 1-2 last
weekend as Tennessee dropped its fourth straight SEC series. Texas Tech. lost
two of three at home against Missouri. One notable big move in the poll saw
Wichita St. fall from 12 to 24 this week after losing three of four at Creighton
over the past weekend. Central Florida beat Clemson two of three in another key
series. It marked the first Clemson home series non-conference loss since
Liberty won two of three during the 1999 season.
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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Collegiate Baseball
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 10, 2004) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Texas (46-8) |
496 |
2 |
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2. Stanford (37-8) |
493 |
1 |
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3. Miami, Fla. (36-9) |
491 |
4 |
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4. Rice (35-9) |
488 |
3 |
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5. East Carolina (41-7) |
482 |
6 |
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6. Florida (36-13) |
477 |
10 |
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7. Louisiana St. (36-13) |
476 |
5 |
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8. Notre Dame (37-9) |
471 |
8 |
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9. Long Beach St. (34-12) |
465 |
11 |
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10. Virginia (37-11) |
463 |
7 |
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11. Arkansas (33-16) |
462 |
9 |
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12. Georgia (33-15) |
460 |
19 |
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13. Washington (28-15-1) |
459 |
16 |
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14. Oral Roberts (37-8) |
457 |
14 |
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15. Georgia Tech. (30-17) |
455 |
21 |
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16. North Carolina (34-12) |
453 |
15 |
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17. Arizona St. (32-13) |
451 |
17 |
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18. Mississippi (35-15) |
448 |
18 |
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19. Central Florida (37-11) |
446 |
30 |
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20. Clemson (30-18) |
445 |
13 |
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21. South Carolina (34-13) |
443 |
20 |
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22. Oklahoma St. (31-15) |
442 |
25 |
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23. Oklahoma (31-18) |
441 |
26 |
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24. Wichita St. (34-12) |
439 |
12 |
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25. Tulane (34-15) |
437 |
23 |
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26. Florida St. (31-18) |
435 |
24 |
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27. Coll. of Charleston (37-9) |
434 |
27 |
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28. Cal. St. Fullerton (30-19) |
432 |
29 |
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29. Southern Miss. (36-13) |
429 |
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30. Birmingham So. (37-13) |
426 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Jered Weaver, Long Beach
St.: Weaver struck out a career-high
17 batters over nine innings in a 3-0 win over Pacific. Weaver retired the
last 18 Pacific batters, including 12 on strikeouts. He only gave up two hits
in the game and walked none in a complete game, 115-pitch outing. |
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RHP Justin Verlander, Old
Dominion: Verlander struck out a
career-high 17 batters over nine innings in a 3-2 win over James Madison. He
scattered five hits and walked three. |
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RHP Tim Lincecum,
Washington: Lincecum picked up two
wins against Stanford last weekend as he struck out 15 batters over 10
innings. He posted a win in relief in the first game of the series over two
innings. Then he started the third game and struck out 13 batters over eight
innings, his longest outing ever. His last seven outs came via strikeouts. |
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OF Richie Robnett, Fresno
St.: Robnett hit four home runs over
three games as he went 8-for-9 at the plate with 7 RBI. In the process, he
extended his hitting streak to 24 games. He also had two stolen bases. |
