College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (Feb. 21, 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 fourth straight Collegiate Baseball newspaper
NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Longhorns (11-0) swept a 3-game series at
home against Stanford over the past weekend and are off to their best start
since the 1995 team began the year with a 15-0 record. On offense, Texas is
averaging 8 runs per game while limiting its opposition to 2.82. Through 11
games, the team has stolen 20 of 25 bases while limiting
opponents to only four in six tries.
The pitching staff is averaging eight
strikeouts per game with 88 in 11 games and nearly a 3:1 strikeout to walk ratio
(88 strikeouts and 33 walks). On defense, Texas is fielding at a .978 clip with
13 double plays. Because of the speed Texas has, opponents have only been able
to turn two double plays against the Longhorns.
Poll Notes:
Several other teams have been outstanding lately.
Tulane (7-0), Louisiana St. (7-0), North Carolina (4-0), South Carolina (6-0)
and Georgia (3-0) are all unbeaten and ranked in the top 10. Through four games,
North Carolina has yet to allow an earned run and began the season with three
straight shutouts. It was the first time in 83 years the Tar Heel pitching staff
had thrown back-to-back-to-back goose eggs against opponents. One team that has
surprised a lot of people is Southern California (4-0). The Trojans could easily
be 5-0 at this juncture since USC was up 7-2 against Cal. St. Fullerton with one
out in the top of the eighth inning when rain stopped the contest on Sunday. The
game was suspended and will be finished at a later date. Another key series last
weekend saw Florida take two of three from highly regarded Miami, Fla. in
Gainesville, Fla.
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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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of Feb. 21, 2005) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Texas (11-0) |
497 |
1 |
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2. Tulane (7-0) |
495 |
4 |
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3. Louisiana St. (7-0) |
494 |
5 |
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4. North Carolina (4-0) |
490 |
7 |
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5. South Carolina (6-0) |
488 |
8 |
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6. Cal. St. Fullerton (5-1) |
487 |
3 |
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7. Rice (7-1) |
484 |
11 |
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8. Miami, Fla. (8-2) |
483 |
2 |
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9. Georgia (3-0) |
479 |
9 |
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10. Arizona (9-1) |
471 |
10 |
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11. Stanford (7-5) |
470 |
6 |
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12. Texas A&M (5-2) |
466 |
12 |
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13. Georgia Tech. (5-1) |
463 |
14 |
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14. Florida St. (11-1) |
461 |
15 |
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15. Southern California (4-0) |
459 |
18 |
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16. Baylor (5-2) |
456 |
13 |
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17. Mississippi (3-1) |
454 |
16 |
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18. Florida (5-2) |
452 |
27 |
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19. Mississippi St. (0-0) |
447 |
19 |
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20. U.C. Irvine (6-2) |
445 |
17 |
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21. Notre Dame (3-1) |
442 |
20 |
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22. Wichita St. (6-0) |
439 |
25 |
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23. Arkansas (6-1) |
438 |
24 |
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24. Winthrop (8-1) |
436 |
26 |
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25. Oklahoma St. (7-3) |
435 |
28 |
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26. Central Florida (7-2) |
430 |
30 |
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27. Nebraska (5-0) |
428 |
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28. Texas Tech. (7-1) |
425 |
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29. Texas Christian (5-2) |
424 |
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30. North Carolina St. (7-1) |
420 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Zach Ward, Gardner-Webb:
Ward tossed a 9-inning, complete
game no-hitter against Akron in a 2-0 victory. It marked the first no-hitter
since Tim Huff accomplished the feat in 1974 — a span of 31 years. Ward struck
out 11 batters in the game, walked five and only faced 32 batters. |
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LHP Taylor Fowler,
Arkansas St.: Fowler became the sixth Indian pitcher ever to hurl a
no-hitter as he blanked Northwestern, 4-0. Facing 31 batters in the 9-inning
contest, he struck out nine and walked four as he threw 124 pitches. It marked
the first no-hitter at Arkansas State by one pitcher since 1991. |
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OF Drew Stubbs, Texas:
Stubbs had a monster week for the Longhorns over four games as he cracked
four home runs with 11 RBI and went 10-for-18 at the plate. He also scored six
runs and compiled 24 total bases with a slugging percentage of 1.333. With his
inside-the-park home run against Stanford in game two of the series, Stubbs
became the first Longhorn player to hit a home run of this type since the 2003
season. The next day, he connected on his second inside-the-park home run in
as many days to win the series finale in the bottom of the ninth as Texas
swept the 3-game series against the Cardinal. He became the first player in
Longhorn history to hit two inside-the-park home runs in two games. |
