College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (May 26, 2008)
MIAMI, FLA. NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Miami, Fla. (47-8) has been
ranked No. 1 for the fifth time in the last six weeks in Collegiate Baseball
newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Hurricanes captured the Atlantic Coast
Conference tournament over the past weekend with wins over Clemson, Georgia
Tech., N.C. State and Virginia in going unbeaten. North Carolina, ranked No. 1
last week, slipped to fourth after posting a 1-2 record during the past polling
period.
Poll Notes:
Several other teams have been red hot. Louisiana
St. won its 20 straight game, the longest winning streak in school history, in
capturing the Southeastern Conference tournament with four consecutive victories
over South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Alabama and Mississippi. Texas Christian has
won 14 of its last 15 games. Coastal Carolina and Texas have won 8 of their last
9 as both teams won conference tournament titles over the past weekend. Wichita
St. has won six straight. Arizona won two key Pac-10 series the last two
weekends with series victories over Stanford and Arizona St. Three teams fell
out of the top 30 this week in Georgia Tech. (1-2 last week), Alabama (2-2) and
N.C. Wilmington (1-2). New to the poll is Arizona, Vanderbilt and Virginia.
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 26,
2008) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Miami, Fla. (47-8) |
494 |
2 |
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2. Louisiana St.
(43-16-1) |
493 |
8 |
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3. Florida St. (48-10) |
492 |
4 |
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4. North Carolina
(46-12) |
491 |
1 |
|
5. Arizona St. (45-11) |
488 |
3 |
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6. San Diego (41-15) |
485 |
7 |
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7. Rice (42-13) |
484 |
5 |
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8. Georgia (35-21-1) |
479 |
6 |
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9. Texas A&M (43-16) |
473 |
9 |
|
10. Oklahoma St. (42-16) |
471 |
10 |
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11. Long Beach St.
(37-19) |
470 |
18 |
|
12. Cal. St. Fullerton
(37-19) |
469 |
11 |
|
13. Michigan (45-12) |
468 |
14 |
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14. Missouri (38-19) |
466 |
12 |
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15. Nebraska (40-14-1) |
465 |
13 |
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16. Stanford (33-21-2) |
463 |
16 |
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17. California (33-19-2) |
462 |
15 |
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18. Wichita St. (44-15) |
459 |
20 |
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19. Texas (37-20) |
455 |
24 |
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20. Texas Christian
(43-17) |
453 |
26 |
|
21. Coastal Carolina
(47-12) |
452 |
27 |
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22. U.C. Irvine (38-16) |
450 |
25 |
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23. Arizona (38-17) |
449 |
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24. Vanderbilt (40-20) |
446 |
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25. N.C. State (38-20) |
443 |
22 |
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26. South Carolina
(38-21) |
440 |
19 |
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27. Florida (34-22) |
438 |
17 |
|
28. St. John’s (41-14) |
436 |
21 |
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29. Kentucky (42-17) |
433 |
23 |
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30. Virginia (38-21) |
432 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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3B Conor Gillaspie,
Wichita St.: Gillaspie led the
Shockers to the Missouri Valley Conference tournament title as he was named
Most Valuable Player. In three games, he went 9-for-13 at the plate with 3
homers, 12 RBI, 7 runs scored and 1 double. In the championship game, he
went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs, 3 runs scored and tied a career-high with 5
RBI. |
| DH/OF Blake Dean, Louisiana St.:
Dean, the Most Valuable Player in the Southeastern Conference tournament,
led the Tigers to the SEC tournament title as he belted 3 homers, 9 RBI and
scored 5 runs as he went 7-for-16 at the plate. He hit a walk-off solo homer
in the 10th inning to lift LSU to a 5-4 first round win over South Carolina.
He then hit a grand slam in a semi-final victory over Alabama and followed
that up with a 2-run blast in LSU's championship-game win over Mississippi. |
