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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (May 1, 2006) NORTH CAROLINA NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — North Carolina (39-8) has been ranked No. 1 for the third straight week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s poll of NCAA Division I baseball. The Tar Heels, winners of eight straight and 16 of their last 18 games, hit 10 home runs last week over five games and currently lead the Atlantic Coast Conference with 57 homers. The pitching staff has not surrendered a homer over the last 13 games. North Carolina’s pitching staff, which has a 3.16 ERA, have allowed more than three earned runs just once over its last 12 games. The Tar Heels’ 39-8 overall record is the best in school history through 47 games. North Carolina is No. 1 in the ACC with an 18-6 mark and has won 10 straight league games. Poll Notes: Several teams have been red-hot. Nebraska has won 18 of its last 19 while Mississippi has strung together 10 consecutive wins. Rice has also been on a tear with seven straight victories and 17 consecutive wins in Conference USA action. Three teams fell out of the poll this week in Mississippi St. (1-4 last week), College of Charleston (0-1) and Baylor (2-3). 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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