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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (March 3, 2008) ARIZONA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona St. (7-0) has been ranked No. 1 for the second straight week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Sun Devils have outscored opponents 67-16 after seven games and feature a pitching staff that has a 1.86 team ERA with 54 strikeouts and only 16 walks. ASU has only allowed one stolen base to opponents. The Sun Devils’ defense has been equally impressive with only seven errors over those seven games. Poll Notes: The top five teams remained the same as last week's poll. Arizona has won five straight, South Carolina won two key games over Clemson and Mississippi is unbeaten with an 8-0 record. Among the top 30 teams this week, nine teams are unbeaten led by Virginia (10-0), Kentucky (9-0), Mississippi (8-0) and six teams at 7-0 in Arizona St., Florida St., U.C. Irvine, Baylor, Oral Roberts, and Central Florida. In key series this past weekend, Long Beach St. swept a 3-game series from Wichita St. Highly regarded Michigan lost three of four games (two to No. 1 Arizona St. and once to Portland). Four teams fell out of the top 30 this week in Cal. St. Fullerton (1-3 last week with three losses at Stanford), San Diego (5-4 overall), San Diego St. (5-4 overall) and Louisville (4-2 overall). New teams in the poll this week include Oral Roberts (7-0), Central Florida (7-0), California (5-1-1), and Stanford (6-2). 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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