College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (May 16, 2005)
TULANE NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Tulane has been ranked No. 1
in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll for the
sixth straight week.
The Green Wave (45-8) has won 25 of their last
28 games and were 3-0 last week. Over the past week, Tulane swept a 3-game
series at St. Louis. By taking all three games, the Green Wave claimed its 11th
sweep of the 2005 season.
One of the common themes throughout the 2005
season has been Tulane's ability to get on base via the walk (271) while the
pitching staff has a superb strikeout to walk ratio (463 strikeouts and 145
walks). If the Green Wave can maintain its average 8.74 strikeouts per game,
Tulane will eclipse the school record for total strikeouts.
Poll Notes:
Several teams have been red hot lately. Cal. St.
Fullerton has won 11 of its last 12 games. Oregon St. moved from eighth to third
this week after winning eight in a row and 12 of its last 13, including three
straight victories at Washington last weekend. The Beavers are first in the
Pac-10 Conference with a 17-4 record. Florida St. won five straight games last
week, including three straight over North Carolina. Southern California also has
a 5-game winning streak while Troy University has won six straight. Coastal
Carolina had a memorable week going 5-0 with two wins over Georgia Tech (ranked
fifth at the time) and North Carolina. St. John’s continues to roll with a 35-14
overall record. The Red Storm pitching staff has thrown nine shutouts this
season, the most since the 1968 College World Series team had 13.
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 16, 2005) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Tulane (45-8) |
487 |
1 |
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2. Cal. St. Fullerton
(37-12) |
485 |
2 |
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3. Oregon St. (39-8) |
482 |
8 |
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4. Texas (41-11) |
479 |
4 |
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5. Nebraska (41-12) |
478 |
3 |
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6. Georgia Tech. (37-14) |
476 |
5 |
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7. Miami, Fla. (38-12-1) |
472 |
6 |
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8. Baylor (34-18) |
471 |
9 |
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9. Arizona (33-16) |
470 |
7 |
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10. Florida St. (46-14) |
467 |
11 |
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11. Tennessee (36-16) |
464 |
10 |
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12. Florida (34-18) |
459 |
12 |
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13. Long Beach St. (35-17) |
457 |
13 |
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14. Louisiana St. (35-17) |
455 |
16 |
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15. Rice (36-15) |
453 |
23 |
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16. Alabama (35-18) |
450 |
15 |
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17. Southern Calif. (32-15) |
446 |
21 |
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18. Arizona St. (30-19) |
443 |
17 |
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19. Louisiana-Lafayette
(44-12) |
442 |
18 |
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20. Coll. of Charleston
(41-10) |
440 |
20 |
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21. Mississippi (37-16) |
437 |
25 |
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22. Arkansas (37-15) |
434 |
26 |
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23. Coastal Carolina (42-11) |
432 |
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24. Clemson (33-19) |
429 |
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25. North Carolina (37-14-1) |
428 |
14 |
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26. Texas Christian (36-16) |
426 |
24 |
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27. Troy (35-16) |
425 |
27 |
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28. St. John’s (35-14) |
423 |
28 |
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29. Cal Poly SLO (32-18) |
421 |
19 |
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30. Creighton (39-13) |
418 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Ian Kennedy, Southern
California: Kennedy struck out 14
batters in seven innings against Washington State as he allowed one run on
four hits with two walks. In his last seven starts, he is 7-0 with a 1.05 ERA
with four of those games on the road (Washington, Cal. St. Fullerton,
California and Arizona). |
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1B Adam Tucker,
Birmingham-Southern: Tucker belted 5 home runs and knocked in 13 runs last
week over six games. His five home runs broke the single season school home
run record with 23 as he leads the nation in total home runs and ranked fourth
in home runs per game. |
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1B/DH Walker Gorham,
Army: Gorham became the first player in the 116-year history of
intercollegiate baseball at West Point to hit three home runs in a game. He
accomplished the feat against Lehigh. During two games last week (both against
Lehigh), he belted three homers, scored four runs and collected six RBIs as he
was named Patriot League tournament MVP. He also was 4-for-7 at the plate. |
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1B/3B Justin Baum,
Pacific: Baum went 13-for-16 at the plate over four games as he belted
four home runs and knocked in 11 runs. His slugging percentage was 1.813. He
also drew one walk and was hit three times. He scored nine runs, had two
doubles, one triple and collected 29 total bases. |
