College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (May 24, 2010)
TEXAS NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Texas has been ranked No. 1
for the fifth straight week in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper
NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Longhorns (46-8) have won 28 of their last
29 games. The 24 wins in Big 12 Conference play (24-3) set a new league record.
Over the past weekend, Texas swept a 3-game series against Missouri. The
Longhorns lead the nation with a 2.39 ERA and have compiled 478 strikeouts and
150 walks over 54 games. On offense, Texas has hit 71 homers and stolen 81 bases
while limiting opponents to only 33 stolen bases in 53 chances.
Poll Notes:
Several other teams played well lately. UCLA has
won nine consecutive Pac-10 games. Oklahoma has won seven straight. And
Washington St. has won eight of its last nine Pac-10 games. In key series over
the past weekend, Virginia won two of three at Miami, Fla., Florida won two of
three at South Carolina, Auburn swept a 3-game series at Mississippi, and
Arkansas won two of three at Vanderbilt. Four teams fell out of the top 30 this
week in Virginia Tech. (swept in a 3-game series by North Carolina), California
(0-4 last week), Arizona (1-3 last week) and Kansas St. (1-2 last week). New to
the poll is Stanford (won two of three at Arizona), Texas A&M (won two of three
against Kansas St.), Florida Gulf Coast (won regular season title in Atlantic
Sun Conference with 25-5 league mark), and Oregon (won two of three against
Washington).
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 24,
2010) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Texas (46-8) |
496 |
1 |
|
2. Virginia (45-10) |
492 |
2 |
|
3. Arizona St. (45-7) |
491 |
3 |
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4. Florida (40-13) |
488 |
5 |
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5. Coastal Carolina
(47-7) |
486 |
4 |
|
6. Cal. St. Fullerton
(37-15) |
483 |
7 |
|
7. South Carolina
(43-13) |
482 |
6 |
|
8. UCLA (41-11) |
480 |
10 |
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9. Georgia Tech.
(44-11) |
478 |
8 |
|
10. Miami, Fla. (39-15) |
476 |
9 |
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11. Texas Christian
(43-11) |
474 |
12 |
|
12. Louisville (46-10) |
472 |
13 |
|
13. Oklahoma (42-14) |
468 |
14 |
|
14. Auburn (39-17) |
464 |
16 |
|
15. San Diego (33-18) |
460 |
15 |
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16. Clemson (37-19) |
459 |
28 |
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17. Florida St. (39-16) |
458 |
11 |
|
18. Arkansas (40-16) |
451 |
18 |
|
19. Vanderbilt (40-15) |
447 |
20 |
|
20. Washington St.
(31-18) |
446 |
24 |
|
21. Mississippi (36-20) |
444 |
17 |
|
22. Connecticut (43-12) |
443 |
19 |
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23. Rice (35-20) |
441 |
22 |
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24. U.C. Irvine (34-18) |
439 |
23 |
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25. Stanford (30-21) |
436 |
— |
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26. Texas A&M (36-19-1) |
434 |
— |
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27. Fresno St. (35-23) |
430 |
27 |
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28. Florida Gulf Coast
(37-18) |
428 |
— |
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29. Oregon (37-19) |
425 |
— |
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30. Southern Miss.
(32-21) |
422 |
29 |
"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Tim Boyce, Rhode
Island: Boyce tossed his third
consecutive complete-game shutout as Rhode Island downed George Washington,
7-0. It extended his scoreless innings streak to 34, the longest in NCAA
Division I baseball this season. He had a no-hitter broken up with two outs
in the eighth as he scattered three hits while fanning seven. |
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SS Darnell Sweeney,
Central Florida: Sweeney was 11-for-13 at the plate during a 3-game
series at Tulane. He racked up 4 doubles, one homer and 10 RBI. |
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OF Kole Calhoun,
Arizona St.: Calhoun went 6-for-12 at the plate with 3 homers, 7 RBIs
and 6 runs scored as he posted a 1.333 slugging percentage. He was on base
another six times via walks giving him an on-base percentage of .667 over
four games for the week. |
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3B Jesse Sawyer, South
Dakota St.: Sawyer belted 4 home runs with 14 RBIs over six games last
week. He also walked 7 times as he went 7-for-18 at the plate. |
