College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (March 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 seventh straight Collegiate Baseball newspaper
NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Longhorns (21-1) swept a 3-game series at
home against Purdue and blanked highly regarded Rice, 7-0 earlier in the week.
Texas, which now has won five consecutive games, features a pitching staff which
has hurled six shutouts through 22 games.
Nine of the Longhorns’ 21 wins this year have
seen Texas come from behind. Texas’ offense has tallied 10 or more hits in 13 of
22 games to date. Another interesting number is that the Longhorns have extended
their home winning streak to 22 games dating back to the 2004 season.
Poll Notes:
Several other teams have also been red-hot.
Arkansas and Tennessee each have 11-game winning streaks. Mississippi has won
eight straight and East Carolina 11 of its last 12. Georgia Tech (16-2, 6-0
Atlantic Coast Conference) won its 22nd straight ACC game, a new conference
record, with a 3-game sweep at home against Wake Forest. Michigan (8-3) is off
to its best start since the 1991 team also started 8-3 after 11 games. Central
Florida (19-3) and winners of six straight, is off to its best start in school
history after 22 games.
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 March 14, 2005) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Texas (21-1) |
497 |
1 |
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2. South Carolina (15-1) |
493 |
4 |
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3. Cal. St. Fullerton (14-3) |
492 |
5 |
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4. Tulane (15-3) |
490 |
2 |
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5. Louisiana St. (14-4) |
487 |
6 |
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6. Georgia Tech. (16-2) |
485 |
8 |
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7. Arkansas (16-1) |
482 |
10 |
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8. Rice (14-5) |
481 |
7 |
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9. North Carolina (11-3) |
478 |
11 |
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10. Florida (15-4) |
474 |
13 |
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11. Miami, Fla. (17-4) |
472 |
14 |
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12. Texas A&M (15-5) |
469 |
17 |
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13. Arizona (14-6) |
466 |
16 |
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14. Wichita St. (16-3) |
464 |
9 |
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15. Stanford (11-7) |
463 |
15 |
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16. Florida St. (21-4) |
462 |
3 |
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17. Georgia (10-5) |
460 |
12 |
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18. Mississippi St. (9-2) |
459 |
18 |
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19. Louisiana-Lafayette (17-2) |
458 |
19 |
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20. Mississippi (13-3) |
454 |
21 |
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21. Nebraska (12-2) |
452 |
23 |
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22. Central Florida (19-3) |
449 |
26 |
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23. Michigan (8-3) |
446 |
24 |
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24. Southern California (9-6) |
444 |
22 |
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25. Tennessee (14-3) |
442 |
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26. Baylor (11-7) |
439 |
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27. Vanderbilt (12-3) |
437 |
20 |
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28. Coastal Carolina (13-3) |
434 |
25 |
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29. East Carolina (11-4) |
432 |
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30. Oregon St. (13-3) |
429 |
28 |
"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Gib Hobson, North
Carolina St.: Hobson pitched the
first no-hitter by a North Carolina St. pitcher in 12 years during an 11-1 win
over Maryland. Hobson retired the first 12 men he faced and 17 of the first
18. He struck out 11, a career high for Hobson, and walked four in a
134-pitch, 9-inning contest. The Terrapins’ one run was unearned, the result
of a walk and an error. |
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RHP/SS P.J. Finigan,
Southern Illinois: Finigan had one of the most dominating performances in
the history of baseball at Southern Illinois when he posted a career-high 17
strikeouts in seven innings during an 8-0 shutout against Chicago St. He
struck out every Cougar hitter at least once. He fell just three strikeouts
from breaking SIU's all-time single-game strikeout mark. Finigan, also a
shortstop, hit .400 (4-for-10) with five runs scored and one RBI in three
starts at shortstop. He also stole two bases. |
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OF Antone Towns, Western
Kentucky: Towns went 8-for-11 with 5 home runs, 2 doubles and knocked in
15 runs over three games against Wofford. He belted two home runs in two of
the three games. |
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3B Lee Cruz, University
of Tampa: Cruz hit 5 home runs in a 3-game stretch, including a school
record tying three blasts in a game against St. Anselm. In his first 10 at
bats of the week, Cruz had six hits, five of which were home runs.
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OF Eli Iorg, Tennessee:
Iorg had a monster week as he belted 4 home runs with 13 RBIs and 29 total
bases over four games as he went 13-for-19. His slugging percentage for the
week was 1.526. |
