College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (Feb. 27, 2006)
CLEMSON NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Clemson University (5-1) has
been ranked No. 1 for the first time this season in Collegiate Baseball
newspaper’s poll of NCAA Division I baseball.
Florida (8-3), ranked No. 1 the previous three
polls, slipped to seventh after dropping two games last week. The Gators lost
14-5 to Missouri and 4-0 to Wake Forest.
Clemson’s pitching staff has been superb
through six games with a team ERA of 0.83. The staff has struck out 51 batters
and walked only 17 batters for a 3:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Poll Notes:
Other red-hot teams this week include Georgia
Tech. (10 straight wins), Arkansas (9 consecutive victories), Louisiana St. (8
wins in a row), North Carolina (7 straight wins), and Hawaii (7 wins in last 8
games). Four teams fell out of the poll this week. San Diego (7-6), a team which
had swept a 3-game series against Texas several weeks ago, now has lost five
straight games, including a trio against Georgia over the past weekend. Notre
Dame started the season 2-2 with losses to Memphis and Oklahoma and barely fell
out of the top 30. Missouri (5-4) started the weekend in high style by beating
Florida 14-5. But the Tigers then lost a pair to Wake Forest and Ohio St. The
final team to fall out of the top 30 was Southern Cal. (8-7) which dropped two
of three at Hawaii.
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 Newspaper's |
|
NCAA Div. I Poll (As of Feb. 27,
2006) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Clemson (5-1) |
492 |
2 |
|
2. Rice (10-2) |
490 |
4 |
|
3. North Carolina
(7-0) |
487 |
5 |
|
4. Nebraska (5-2) |
486 |
3 |
|
5. Georgia Tech.
(10-0) |
485 |
7 |
|
6. Florida St. (10-1) |
482 |
6 |
|
7. Florida (8-3) |
480 |
1 |
|
8. Louisiana St.
(10-1) |
477 |
15 |
|
9. Tennessee (7-2) |
473 |
13 |
|
10. Stanford (9-4) |
470 |
12 |
|
11. Texas (9-6) |
468 |
11 |
|
12. Pepperdine (8-6) |
466 |
9 |
|
13. Cal. St. Fullerton
(8-4) |
464 |
14 |
|
14. Oregon St. (6-4) |
463 |
10 |
|
15. South Carolina (8-1) |
461 |
16 |
|
16. Long Beach St. (9-4) |
460 |
17 |
|
17. North Carolina St.
(12-1) |
459 |
18 |
|
18. Mississippi (6-1) |
457 |
19 |
|
19. Arkansas (9-0) |
455 |
24 |
|
20. Georgia (6-0) |
453 |
— |
|
21. Tulane (8-3) |
452 |
21 |
|
22. Arizona St. (10-5) |
450 |
30 |
|
23. Baylor (6-2) |
449 |
20 |
|
24. Hawaii (11-3) |
447 |
— |
|
25. Oklahoma (9-3) |
446 |
— |
|
26. Winthrop (10-2) |
445 |
26 |
|
27. Miami, Fla. (9-6) |
443 |
27 |
|
28. Wichita St. (9-2) |
441 |
29 |
|
29. Texas A&M (10-1) |
439 |
— |
|
30. Cal. Poly SLO (10-5) |
436 |
25 |
"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 |
LHP Cody Jones, Southern
Arkansas: Jones threw a no-hitter
in a 1-0 win over Central Arkansas in a nine inning contest. He struck out
nine and walked only two. Jones had a perfect game through six innings. The
last no-hitter at Southern Arkansas was in 1997 when Brian Smith hurled a
perfect game. |
|
RHP Rodney Brantley,
Dallas Baptist: Brantley had a
monster week as he hurled a no-hitter in a 9-1 win over Texas-Arlington. He
only threw 98 pitches in the nine inning game, struck out seven and walked
one. He induced 19 ground ball outs and one fly ball out. Earlier in the
week, he pitched six innings against Stephen F. Austin, allowing one hit
with four strikeouts, two walks and no runs. Over 15 innings last week, he
only allowed one hit with 11 strikeouts. On the season, he is 3-0 with a
0.43 ERA. |
| RHP Tim Lincecum, Washington:
Linceum struck out 13 batters over six innings to lead the Huskies to a 14-4
win over Gonzaga. At one stage of the game, he retired 15 Bulldog hitters in
a row. Lincecum, who struck out 15 batters over six innings in his last
start as he was named Louisville Slugger Player of The Week, now has fanned
28 batters over his last 12 innings. |
