College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (Feb. 20, 2006)
FLORIDA NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Florida
(6-1) has been ranked No. 1 for the third straight Collegiate Baseball
newspaper poll.
Over the past weekend, the Gators swept a
3-game series at Miami, Fla. by scores of 2-1, 4-1 and 11-10. Florida had never
been perfect against the Hurricanes in a 3-game set and became the first team to
take all three games in Coral Gables since Florida St. accomplished the feat
during the 2002 season.
Poll Notes:
In other key series across the nation, Pepperdine
took two of three from previously second ranked Oregon St. Texas and Stanford
split the first two games of their series at Stanford. Four teams from the
Atlantic Coast Conference are in this week’s top 10, including second ranked
Clemson (3-0), fifth ranked North Carolina (3-0), sixth ranked Florida St.
(7-1), and seventh ranked Georgia Tech. (6-0). Other teams which are playing
well include Tulane (6 wins in a row) and Arkansas (6 consecutive wins).
Clemson, which moved to second this week, is 3-0 after sweeping James Madison,
8-1, 3-0 and 6-1. The Tiger pitching staff posted 36 strikeouts in 27 innings
while allowing only one earned run in three 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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Collegiate
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of Feb. 20,
2006) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Florida (6-1) |
494 |
1 |
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2. Clemson (3-0) |
491 |
5 |
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3. Nebraska (3-1) |
489 |
3 |
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4. Rice (6-2) |
486 |
4 |
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5. North Carolina
(3-0) |
483 |
6 |
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6. Florida St. (7-1) |
481 |
7 |
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7. Georgia Tech. (6-0) |
480 |
8 |
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8. San Diego (7-2) |
473 |
9 |
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9. Pepperdine (6-4) |
470 |
14 |
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10. Oregon St. (3-3) |
469 |
2 |
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11. Texas (5-5) |
468 |
10 |
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12. Stanford (5-3) |
467 |
11 |
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13. Tennessee (6-1) |
465 |
13 |
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14. Cal. St. Fullerton
(5-4) |
463 |
12 |
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15. Louisiana St. (6-1) |
462 |
16 |
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16. South Carolina (5-1) |
461 |
17 |
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17. Long Beach St. (6-4) |
459 |
15 |
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18. North Carolina St.
(8-1) |
458 |
19 |
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19. Mississippi (2-0) |
456 |
21 |
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20. Baylor (4-0) |
455 |
23 |
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21. Tulane (6-1) |
454 |
24 |
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22. Notre Dame (0-0) |
453 |
22 |
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23. Missouri (4-2) |
451 |
20 |
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24. Arkansas (6-0) |
448 |
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25. Cal Poly SLO (9-3) |
446 |
27 |
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26. Winthrop (7-2) |
445 |
26 |
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27. Miami, Fla. (6-6) |
443 |
18 |
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28. Southern Cal. (7-4) |
441 |
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29. Wichita St. (6-2) |
439 |
25 |
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30. Arizona St. (8-4) |
438 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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CF Tyler Dean, Chapman:
In one of the rarest of
achievements, Dean hit for the cycle on back-to-back days. Against Pomona-Pitzer,
he hit for the cycle in just four at bats. The very next day against Pomona-Pitzer,
he did it again. He was hit by the first pitch he saw in the game. He then
doubled in the third, grounded out in the fourth, tripled in the sixth,
singled in the seventh and homered in the eighth. Dean finished the 2-game
series 8-for-10 with 7 runs scored, 6 RBI and 20 total bases. |
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LHP Brad Furnish, Texas
Christian: Furnish threw a
7-inning no-hitter to lead Texas Christian to a 13-0 win over Stephen F.
Austin. The no-hitter was the first at TCU since the 2001 season. It was the
eighth no-hitter in TCU history as he struck out 13 batters, a career high. |
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RHP Tim Lincecum,
Washington: Lincecum matched a
career high with 15 strikeouts in only six innings of work as the Huskies
beat Cal. St. Northridge, 7-3. He allowed only three hits, one run and four
walks. Lincecum fanned three batters in three different innings and two in
three others. |
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RHP Jason Godin, Old
Dominion: Godin tied a school
record with 17 strikeouts in a complete game effort as the Monarchs beat
Navy, 11-4. |
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LHP Dave Huff, UCLA:
Huff fanned 15 batters in eight
innings of work against Pacific. He opened the game in impressive fashion by
striking out the first nine batters he faced.
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