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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (May 31, 2010) ARIZONA STATE NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona State University is No. 1 in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Sun Devils, ranked first for the seventh time this season by Collegiate Baseball, won two of three at Stanford and replaced Texas at the top of the poll after the Longhorns lost three straight games at the Big 12 Conference tournament to Missouri, Texas Tech. and Texas A&M. Arizona State is hitting .340 as a team and averaging 8.6 runs per game. Almost half of their hits have been for extra bases and includes 56 homers, 131 doubles and 36 triples. In addition, ASU has stolen 123 of 160 bases while holding opponents to only 40. The pitching staff has a 3.16 ERA and has fanned 484 batters with 147 walks. Poll Notes: Several other teams have been superb. Louisiana State, which finished eighth during the Southeastern Conference regular season, rolled through the SEC Tournament with four consecutive wins to win the title. Texas A&M was equally impressive at the Big 12 Conference Tournament with four straight victories to win the title. The Aggies have now won six in a row overall and 12 of their last 13 games. Coastal Carolina has won 15 of its last 16 while Cal. St. Fullerton has won 14 of its last 15 and Texas Christian 7 straight. Three teams fell out of the poll this week in Fresno St. (3-2 last week), Florida Gulf Coast (1-2 last week) and Oregon (1-3 last week). New to the poll is LSU, California (won two of three at Oregon and St. John’s (won Big East Conference tournament). 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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