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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (Feb. 19, 2007) VANDERBILT NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Vanderbilt University (6-0) has been ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA Division I baseball poll conducted by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. The Commodores are ranked No. 1 for the first time in the school history in the sport of baseball. Not only has Vanderbilt raced to a perfect 6-0 start, but the Commodores have beaten highly regarded Rice, Arizona St. and Baylor. During the past weekend, Vanderbilt swept a 3-game series against Ohio and only surrendered one earned run in 26 innings. On the season, the Commodores are hitting .340 as a team with 6 homers and 17 doubles while the pitching staff has a microscopic 1.83 ERA. The strikeout to walk ratio is nearly 5:1 with 54 strikeouts in six games and only 14 walks. Poll Notes: Last week’s No. 1 ranked team, Clemson (2-1) won two of three to kick off the season against George Mason at home. While the Tigers were impressive with an opening, 14-0 win over the Patriots, the Tigers lost, 5-1 in game two and had to rally to win game three, 5-4. Clemson saw its 17-game home game winning streak which dated back to the 2006 season snapped with the loss against George Mason. Clemson slipped from first to fifth this week. Several teams have been red-hot. Florida St. moved up to second in the nation with a 9-0 record. Florida Atlantic (9-0) has won nine straight. Coastal Carolina (7-0) has captured seven in a row. Texas A&M (7-1) continues to roll with six straight wins. And Alabama and Auburn each have started with identical 6-1 records. North Carolina St. (5-0) has won five consecutive games. Four teams fell out of the poll this week in Southern California (7-5 overall, 2-2 last week), Evansville (3-3 overall, 1-2 last week), Oral Roberts (2-3 overall, 0-3 last week) and U.C. Riverside (7-3, 2-2 last week). 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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