College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
(Monday, June 11, 2007)
RICE NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Rice (54-12) has been ranked
No. 1 in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I
baseball poll after winning 27 of its last 28 games.
The Owls, ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate
Baseball pre-season poll last January, are the top ranked team in the nation
for the second straight week and fourth time overall.
Over the past weekend, Rice won its Super
Regional by defeating Texas A&M two straight games. Rice advances to the College
World Series for the second consecutive year and sixth time since 1997. The Owls
won the 2003 national championship under the guidance of Head Coach Wayne
Graham.
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 11,
2007) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Rice (54-12) |
496 |
1 |
|
2. North Carolina
(53-13) |
493 |
2 |
|
3. Arizona St. (48-13) |
491 |
3 |
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4. U.C. Irvine
(45-15-1) |
489 |
6 |
|
5. Oregon St. (44-18) |
486 |
11 |
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6. Mississippi St.
(38-20) |
482 |
17 |
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7. Cal. St. Fullerton
(38-23) |
481 |
18 |
|
8. Louisville (46-22) |
475 |
21 |
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9. Vanderbilt (54-13) |
469 |
9 |
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10. Florida St. (49-13) |
467 |
10 |
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11. South Carolina
(46-20) |
465 |
4 |
|
12. Clemson (41-23) |
462 |
5 |
|
13. Wichita St. (53-22) |
460 |
7 |
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14. Texas A&M (48-19) |
457 |
8 |
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15. Virginia (45-16) |
454 |
12 |
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16. San Diego (43-18) |
452 |
13 |
|
17. Texas (46-17) |
450 |
14 |
|
18. Arkansas (43-21) |
449 |
15 |
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19. Mississippi (40-25) |
446 |
16 |
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20. Michigan (42-19) |
444 |
19 |
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21. Oklahoma St. (42-21) |
441 |
20 |
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22. Arizona (42-17) |
438 |
22 |
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23. UCLA (33-28) |
437 |
23 |
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24. Coastal Carolina
(50-13) |
435 |
24 |
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25. U.C. Riverside
(38-21) |
432 |
25 |
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26. Long Beach St.
(39-20) |
430 |
26 |
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27. Missouri (42-18) |
427 |
27 |
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28. Texas Christian
(48-14) |
426 |
28 |
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29. N.C. Charlotte
(49-12) |
423 |
29 |
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30. Rutgers (42-21) |
421 |
30 |
