College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (May 12, 2008)
MIAMI, FLA. NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Miami, Fla. (41-6) has been
ranked No. 1 for the fourth straight time in Collegiate Baseball
newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Hurricanes won two of three against
Virginia Tech. over the past weekend and have now won eight of their last nine
games and 12 consecutive series. Miami is hitting .334 with 76 home runs and 82
stolen bases in 47 games. The pitching staff has a 3.80 ERA with 411 strikeouts
and 139 walks.
Poll Notes:
Several other teams have been red hot. New
Orleans has won 13 straight while LSU has captured 12 in a row and Rice 7
consecutive. Georgia, which won two of three against Vanderbilt over the past
weekend, captured the regular season Southeastern Conference title. It was the
Bulldogs' sixth overall SEC title in school history. Two teams fell out of the
top 30 in East Carolina (0-3 last week) and Florida (2-2). New teams in the poll
this week include Kentucky (swept 3-game series at Tennessee) and Southern
Mississippi (won 5 in row).
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)
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Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper's |
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 12,
2008) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Miami, Fla. (41-6) |
495 |
1 |
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2. North Carolina
(42-9) |
492 |
2 |
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3. Arizona St. (40-9) |
490 |
3 |
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4. Florida St. (43-8) |
489 |
4 |
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5. Rice (39-11) |
488 |
5 |
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6. Nebraska (38-9-1) |
485 |
7 |
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7. Texas A&M (42-10) |
484 |
6 |
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8. Georgia (33-17-1) |
480 |
8 |
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9. San Diego (39-15) |
479 |
9 |
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10. Oklahoma St. (37-14) |
476 |
10 |
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11. Cal. St. Fullerton
(32-17) |
473 |
12 |
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12. Missouri (34-17) |
470 |
14 |
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13. California (32-16-2) |
468 |
18 |
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14. Stanford (29-18-2) |
466 |
11 |
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15. Michigan (38-11) |
463 |
19 |
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16. Louisiana St.
(35-16-1) |
460 |
23 |
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17. Vanderbilt (37-15) |
453 |
16 |
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18. South Carolina
(34-18) |
451 |
13 |
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19. Wichita St. (38-14) |
449 |
15 |
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20. St. John's (39-11) |
447 |
20 |
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21. N.C. State (35-16) |
446 |
17 |
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22. New Orleans (38-13) |
444 |
29 |
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23. Kentucky (38-14) |
443 |
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24. Tulane (36-15-1) |
440 |
28 |
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25. Georgia Tech.
(36-15) |
438 |
25 |
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26. Coastal Carolina
(41-11) |
436 |
26 |
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27. U.C. Irvine (33-13) |
434 |
27 |
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28. Virginia (34-17) |
430 |
24 |
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29. Southern Miss.
(37-15) |
429 |
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30. Washington (31-17) |
427 |
30 |
"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Eric Beaulac, Le Moyne:
Beaulac pitched the fifth
individual no-hitter in school history during a 9-inning, 1-0 win over
Rider. He struck out nine |
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RHP Stephen Strasburg, San
Diego St.: Strasburg struck out 15
batters in an 8-1 win over Brigham Young. It marked the sixth straight
contest he has finished with double digit strikeouts. Strasburg has 125
strikeouts and 11 walks in 84 1/3 innings this season. |
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1B Michael Harrington,
College of Charleston: Harrington
belted 5 homers and 11 RBIs over 5 games last week as he hit .467
(7-for-15). He also scored 8 runs and had 22 total bases. |
| DH/1B David Anderson, Coastal
Carolina: Anderson had a monster 3-game series against High Point as he
cracked 5 home runs and recorded 9 RBIs in going 8-for-15 at the plate. He
also had 23 total bases in the series. |
