College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (Feb. 14, 2005)
TEXAS NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Texas has
been ranked No. 1 for the third straight Collegiate Baseball newspaper
NCAA Division I baseball poll of 2005.
The Longhorns (7-0) swept a 3-game series
against Nevada-Las Vegas over the past weekend. Over seven games, Texas pitching
has been superb with a 2.43 ERA. The staff has a better than 3:1 strikeout to
walk ratio (66 strikeouts and 20 walks). On offense, the Longhorns have scored
59 runs (8.4 per game) and stolen 13 bases in 17 attempts while holding
opponents to only three over seven games.
Poll Notes:
The only change in the top 10 this week was in
the 10th position as Arizona moved into that spot with a 6-0 record. Every other
team in the top 10 went unbeaten during the past week. Besides Texas starting
the season with a perfect 7-0 mark, Miami (Fla.) has been equally impressive
with a 7-0 record. Three teams made their debut in the top 30 this week in U.C.
Irvine (3-game sweep over previously ranked Washington), Southern California
(two straight wins over Long Beach St.) and Arkansas (4-0). Two other teams that
have been impressive in the early going include Baylor (3-0) and Rice (3-1).
Baylor beat Houston, Tennessee and Rice to begin the season. Rice in the last
week knocked off top 30 powers Texas A&M and Oklahoma St.
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Baseball Newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of Feb. 14, 2005) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Texas (7-0) |
497 |
1 |
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2. Miami, Fla. (7-0) |
496 |
2 |
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3. Cal. St. Fullerton (4-1) |
494 |
3 |
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4. Tulane (3-0) |
493 |
4 |
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5. Louisiana St. (2-0) |
487 |
5 |
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6. Stanford (7-2) |
484 |
6 |
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7. North Carolina (0-0) |
480 |
7 |
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8. South Carolina (3-0) |
478 |
8 |
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9. Georgia (0-0) |
475 |
9 |
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10. Arizona (6-0) |
470 |
11 |
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11. Rice (3-1) |
467 |
14 |
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12. Texas A&M (1-2) |
465 |
10 |
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13. Baylor (3-0) |
462 |
25 |
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14. Georgia Tech. (2-1) |
459 |
13 |
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15. Florida St. (8-1) |
457 |
15 |
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16. Mississippi (0-0) |
456 |
16 |
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17. U.C. Irvine (5-1) |
452 |
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18. Southern California (3-0) |
449 |
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19. Mississippi St. (0-0) |
447 |
19 |
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20. Notre Dame (0-0) |
445 |
20 |
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21. Clemson (0-0) |
442 |
21 |
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22. Long Beach St. (5-3) |
441 |
12 |
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23. Arizona St. (6-4) |
440 |
18 |
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24. Arkansas (4-0) |
439 |
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25. Wichita St. (3-0) |
438 |
26 |
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26. Winthrop (4-0) |
435 |
28 |
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27. Florida (2-1) |
434 |
22 |
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28. Oklahoma St. (4-2) |
432 |
23 |
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29. Florida Atlantic (3-0) |
425 |
29 |
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30. Central Florida (5-1) |
423 |
24 |
"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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LHP Brian Bogusevic, Tulane:
The Louisville Slugger pre-season
All-American struck out a career-high 13 batters against Southeast Missouri
St. over eight innings with no walks and allowed just two hits while facing
three over the minimum. After giving up a leadoff double in the second inning,
Bogusevic retired the next 19 batters he faced, including 11 by strikeout. He
also came through with a clutch 3-run, pinch-hit double to snap a 3-3 tie in
the bottom of the eighth in another game during the series for a 6-3 win. |
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LHP Ricky Romero, Cal. St.
Fullerton: The talented southpaw
pitched seven innings of no-hit ball against Fresno St. before it was broken
up by leadoff hitter Brian Lapin in the eighth inning. Romero struck out
seven, including five of the first six in the game. He retired 14 of the first
15 batters. After Lapin's hit in the eighth, Romero walked the next batter and
was then taken out. Fullerton went on to win, 12-1. |
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LHP Ryan Schreppel, Cal. St.
Fullerton: Schreppel fired the
second 1-hitter of the weekend for the Titans as he went eight innings and
allowed only one hit with nine strikeouts. Schreppel's no-hit bid was broken
up by Beau Mills with two outs in the seventh inning as the Titans went on to
beat Fresno St., 9-0. |
