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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (April 24, 2006) NORTH CAROLINA NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — North Carolina (34-8) has been ranked No. 1 for the second straight week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s poll of NCAA Division I baseball. The Tar Heels, winners of 11 of their last 13 games, swept a 3-game series against Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina St. over the past weekend. The sweep marked the first series win over its in-state rival since 2002. The Tar Heels have now won seven straight ACC games dating to the series finale at Miami (Fla.). Poll Notes: Several teams have been red-hot. Notre Dame has won 22 in a row and made a substantial jump from 16th to 8th this week. The Fighting Irish have now won more consecutive games than at any other time in the program's 114-year history. Oklahoma is another team on a roll. The Sooners have won 10 straight. The last time OU won 10 consecutive games was during the 1998 season when the Sooners opened the year with a 12-game winning streak. Oregon St. continues to roll with seven straight wins and victories in 16 of its last 18 games. Houston, second in Conference USA with a 12-3 record, has won 16 of its last 20 games. Noteworthy series over the past weekend saw Nebraska knock off Texas two of three in Austin, Tex. Georgia Tech. swept a 3-game series at Florida St. Alabama swept a 3-game series at home against Vanderbilt. Kentucky swept a 3-game series against South Carolina, and Mississippi swept three straight from LSU. Teams that dropped out of the poll this week were Southern California (1-3 last week), LSU (0-4), San Diego (1-3), and James Madison (1-4). 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)
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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