College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (Feb. 7, 2005)
TEXAS NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Texas is
ranked No. 1 in the first regular-season Collegiate Baseball newspaper
NCAA Division I baseball poll of 2005.
Picked No. 1 in the nation in Collegiate
Baseball's pre-season poll last December, the Longhorns opened the season
with a 3-game sweep at San Diego St. with 9-3, 13-5 and 7-0 victories. During
its three games with San Diego St., the Texas pitching staff compiled 35
strikeouts for an average of 11.6 per game.
While 19 of 30 teams in the first poll have
yet to play a game, one key series over the past weekend pitted
defending national champion Cal. St. Fullerton against Stanford, both ranked in
the top six in the nation. The Titans knocked off the Cardinal two games to one
in games played at Fullerton, Calif.
Poll Notes:
Four teams which have started strong include
Miami, Fla. (4-0), Arizona (3-0), Long Beach St.
(5-1, two wins over Arizona St.), Florida St. (6-0) and Oklahoma St. (3-0). Rice
(1-0) started the season with a bang in a 5-2 win over Central Missouri St. as
pitchers Joe Savery, Josh Geer and Bryce Cox combined for a school record 21
strikeouts. The 21 strikeouts were the most since Rice started baseball in 1913.
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 Feb. 7, 2005) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Texas (3-0) |
497 |
1 |
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2. Miami, Fla. (4-0) |
496 |
2 |
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3. Cal. St. Fullerton (2-1) |
494 |
3 |
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4. Tulane (0-0) |
493 |
4 |
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5. Louisiana St. (0-0) |
486 |
5 |
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6. Stanford (4-2) |
483 |
6 |
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7. North Carolina (0-0) |
480 |
7 |
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8. South Carolina (0-0) |
477 |
8 |
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9. Georgia (0-0) |
475 |
9 |
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10. Texas A&M (0-0) |
472 |
10 |
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11. Arizona (3-0) |
468 |
12 |
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12. Long Beach St. (5-1) |
466 |
14 |
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13. Georgia Tech. (0-0) |
462 |
13 |
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14. Rice (1-0) |
459 |
15 |
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15. Florida St. (6-0) |
457 |
18 |
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16. Mississippi (0-0) |
456 |
16 |
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17. Washington (0-0) |
453 |
17 |
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18. Arizona St. (3-3) |
450 |
11 |
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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. Florida (0-0) |
441 |
22 |
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23. Oklahoma St. (3-0) |
437 |
23 |
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24. Central Florida (2-0) |
434 |
24 |
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25. Baylor (0-0) |
430 |
25 |
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26. Wichita St. (0-0) |
425 |
26 |
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27. Virginia (0-0) |
423 |
27 |
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28. Winthrop (0-0) |
420 |
28 |
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29. Florida Atlantic (0-0) |
413 |
30 |
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30. Nebraska (0-0) |
409 |
31 |
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