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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (March 10, 2008) ARIZONA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona St. (12-0) has been ranked No. 1 for the third straight week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Sun Devils have outscored opponents 138-35 through 12 games and average 11.5 runs per game. The pitching staff that has a 2.00 team ERA with 113 strikeouts and only 30 walks. ASU has only allowed two stolen bases to opponents. No. 2 Arizona (10-1) has been just as impressive with 10 consecutive wins. In the Wildcats' three straight wins at the Whataburger College Classic over the past weekend in Corpus Christi, Tex., the pitching staff recorded three straight shutouts and pushed across 37 runs on 38 hits in wins over South Alabama (18-0), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3-0) and Notre Dame (15-0). Poll Notes: A number of teams are on a roll. Arizona St. and Florida St. have each won 12 in a row to start the 2008 season. Others with impressive win streaks are Kentucky (11-0), Arizona (10 in a row), Oklahoma (9 straight), and Coastal Carolina (8 consecutive). New teams in the top 30 this week include Cal. St. Fullerton which won five straight last week (2 over UCLA and 3 over Southern Mississippi), Oklahoma (12-2), and Coastal Carolina (12-1). A trio of teams fell out of the poll this week in Oregon St. (2-2 last week), Oral Roberts (1-2) and Michigan (1-2). In a key top 30 series during the past week, Stanford knocked off Texas two of three in Austin. 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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