College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (June 12, 2006)
RICE NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Rice University (55-11) has
been ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight week in Collegiate Baseball
newspaper’s poll of NCAA Division I baseball.
The Owls, winners of 37 of their last 40
games, captured the Houston Super Regional against Oklahoma. Rice secured its
fifth trip to the College World Series.
Poll Notes:
Several other teams have been red-hot. Clemson
has won 24 of its last 25 while Cal. St. Fullerton has captured 12 straight. All
eight teams that qualified for the College World Series are ranked in the top
eight this week with four being from the Atlantic Coast Conference (Clemson,
North Carolina, Georgia Tech. and Miami, Fla.).
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
Baseball Newspaper's |
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of June 12,
2006) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Rice (55-11) |
496 |
1 |
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2. Cal. St. Fullerton
(48-13) |
495 |
2 |
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3. Clemson (52-14) |
494 |
3 |
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4. Oregon St. (44-14) |
492 |
4 |
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5. North Carolina
(50-13) |
490 |
5 |
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6. Georgia (47-21) |
487 |
7 |
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7. Georgia Tech.
(50-16) |
486 |
8 |
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8. Miami, Fla. (41-22) |
483 |
11 |
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9. Alabama (44-21) |
482 |
6 |
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10. Oklahoma (45-22) |
479 |
10 |
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11. Mississippi (44-22) |
476 |
9 |
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12. South Carolina
(41-25) |
474 |
12 |
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13. Coll. of Charleston
(46-17) |
469 |
13 |
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14. Oral Roberts (41-16) |
468 |
14 |
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15. Stanford (33-27) |
465 |
15 |
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16. Missouri (35-28) |
462 |
16 |
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17. Texas (41-21) |
452 |
17 |
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18. Kentucky (44-17) |
450 |
18 |
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19. Evansville (43-22) |
447 |
19 |
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20. Virginia (47-15) |
445 |
20 |
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21. Houston (39-22) |
443 |
21 |
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22. Nebraska (42-17) |
441 |
22 |
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23. Oklahoma St. (41-20) |
440 |
23 |
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24. Florida St. (44-21) |
436 |
24 |
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25. Arkansas (39-21) |
434 |
25 |
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26. Baylor (37-26) |
432 |
26 |
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27. Tulane (43-21) |
430 |
27 |
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28. Fresno St. (45-18) |
428 |
28 |
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29. North Carolina St.
(40-23) |
426 |
29 |
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30. Pepperdine (42-21) |
423 |
30 |
