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College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (March 5, 2012)
FLORIDA NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of
Florida (10-1) has been ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA Division I baseball poll
by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
The Gators, who have been ranked No. 1 four
consecutive polls, have won eight in a row. Over the past weekend, Florida swept
a 3-game series over previously unbeaten Miami, Fla.
The Gators have now beaten the Hurricanes 11
consecutive games dating back to the 2010 season and swept Miami in a 3-game
series in Coral Gables for the first time since 2006 and just the second time in
school history.
Poll Notes:
Other teams have been red-hot. Kentucky (11-0)
and Gonzaga (10-0) enter the rankings after being unbeaten so far. Oregon has
won 10 straight while Maryland has captured eight in a row with a microscopic
team ERA of 0.95. Purdue (8-1) is off to its best start since the 1959 season.
Cal. St. Fullerton has won seven straight while UCLA has captured six in a row
along with Texas A&M. Four teams fell out of the top 30 in Southern California
(1-3 last week), Cal. Poly (2-2), Baylor (3-2) and College of Charleston (2-2).
New teams in the poll this week are Kentucky, Gonzaga, Purdue (8-1) and Central
Florida (10-2).
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)
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Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper's |
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 5,
2012) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Florida (10-1) |
497 |
1 |
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2. South Carolina
(9-1) |
494 |
2 |
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3. Stanford (10-1) |
492 |
3 |
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4. Rice (11-1) |
491 |
4 |
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5. Texas A&M (11-1) |
490 |
5 |
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6. North Carolina
(8-2) |
486 |
6 |
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7. Arkansas (11-2) |
482 |
7 |
|
8. Florida St. (9-1) |
478 |
10 |
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9. Oregon (10-1) |
474 |
15 |
|
10. Georgia Tech. (10-2) |
471 |
12 |
|
11. Louisiana St. (10-2) |
469 |
13 |
|
12. Cal. St. Fullerton
(8-3) |
468 |
17 |
|
13. Arizona St. (8-2) |
466 |
11 |
|
14. Miami, Fla. (8-3) |
464 |
8 |
|
15. Georgia (10-2) |
461 |
9 |
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16. Louisville (8-3) |
459 |
14 |
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17. Oklahoma (7-3) |
457 |
16 |
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18. Arizona (8-2) |
455 |
18 |
|
19. Stetson (9-2) |
453 |
19 |
|
20. Clemson (5-4) |
448 |
20 |
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21. Maryland (9-1) |
445 |
27 |
|
22. Mississippi (9-2) |
441 |
23 |
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23. Kentucky (11-0) |
438 |
— |
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24. Gonzaga (10-0) |
436 |
— |
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25. California (8-2) |
435 |
25 |
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26. Texas Tech. (9-3) |
434 |
24 |
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27. UCLA (8-3) |
433 |
28 |
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28. Oregon St. (8-4) |
431 |
26 |
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29. Purdue (8-1) |
428 |
— |
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30. Central Florida
(10-2) |
426 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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LHP Brian Holmes,
Wake Forest:
Holmes fired a 9-inning no-hitter during a 5-1 win
over Marshall. He struck out 10 and walked one. At one point, he retired 15
of 16 batters. The only trouble he had was in the sixth. He hit one batter,
walked another and then hit a batter to load the bases with one out. Nathan
Gomez followed with a sacrifice fly that allowed Marshall's only run to
score. The next batter flew out to end the inning. Holmes then retired the
final nine batters of the game. |
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RHP Marcus
Stroman, Duke:
Stroman struck out a career-high 17 batters in
seven shutout innings as the Blue Devils beat George Washington, 13-2.
Stroman's 17 strikeouts were two shy of the Atlantic Coast Conference
single-game record of 19. |
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1B Mason Katz,
Louisiana St.:
Katz was 13-for-19 in five games last week with
5 doubles, 3 homers, 8 RBI and 12 runs scored. He reached base safely in
17 consecutive plate appearances at one point and fell just one shy of
the NCAA record of 18 set by Shaun Larkin of Cal. St. Northridge in
2002. |
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2B Tyler
Vaughn, Troy:
With only eight career games and four career
at-bats prior to this week, Vaughn went 8-for-10 at the plate with 3
doubles, 5 runs scored and 5 RBIs. At one point, he reached base in 10
consecutive plate appearances. Defensively, he was perfect on 15
defensive opportunities and turned a pair of double plays. |
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1B/RHP Jacob
Mayers, Richmond:
Mayers went 6-for-12 with 4 homers, 6 runs
scored, 13 RBIs, and 5 walks. He also pitched seven innings and struck
out eight batters. |
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SS Richie
Rodriguez, Eastern Kentucky: Rodriguez belted 4 home runs with
9 RBI and scored 7 runs with a 1.462 slugging percentage. In a game
against Indiana St., he hit 3 home runs with 7 RBI. |
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