College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (April 30, 2012)
BAYLOR NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Baylor (38-8) has been
ranked No. 1 for the second straight week in the latest NCAA Division I baseball
poll conducted by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
The Bears, which have won 27 of their last 28
games and are 18-0 in the Big 12 Conference, saw their 24-game winning streak
snapped early last week during a 4-1 loss at Texas-San Antonio. Baylor then beat
Texas-Arlington one game and New Mexico St. twice.
Poll Notes:
South Carolina (33-11) has won five consecutive
Southeastern Conference weekend series as well as 11 straight conference games.
In key top 30 action during the past week, Arkansas beat Florida two of three,
Stanford beat UCLA two of three, Texas A&M knocked off Texas two of three,
Mississippi St. beat Mississippi two of three and Virginia knocked off Miami,
Fla. twice. Five teams fell out of the top 30 this week in Mississippi (lost 4
of last 5), Miami, Fla. (1-2 last week), New Mexico St. (0-2), Oregon St. (2-2),
and Clemson (2-2). New to the poll is Virginia (30-14-1), Coastal Carolina
(30-13, won six in a row), Oklahoma St. (26-17, won eight straight), Mississippi
St. (27-17), and St. John’s (28-16, first in Big East Conference at 14-4).
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 April 30,
2012) |
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www.baseballnews.com |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Baylor (38-8) |
499 |
T-1 |
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2. Florida St. (36-7) |
498 |
5 |
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3. Kentucky (36-9) |
497 |
T-1 |
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4. South Carolina
(33-11) |
496 |
7 |
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5. Louisiana St. (35-10) |
495 |
3 |
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6. Arizona (29-13) |
484 |
6 |
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7. Oregon (30-13) |
481 |
9 |
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8. Florida (33-12) |
480 |
4 |
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9. Rice (30-12) |
476 |
8 |
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10. Stanford (28-11) |
474 |
13 |
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11. UCLA (28-12) |
470 |
10 |
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12. Texas A&M (31-13) |
468 |
14 |
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13. Arkansas (31-13) |
464 |
20 |
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14. Cal. St. Fullerton
(26-14) |
463 |
12 |
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15. Central Florida
(35-10) |
461 |
11 |
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16. North Carolina
(30-13) |
459 |
15 |
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17. N.C. State (30-12) |
458 |
21 |
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18. Purdue (34-7) |
456 |
17 |
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19. San Diego (33-11) |
453 |
16 |
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20. Texas (25-16) |
450 |
18 |
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21. Sam Houston St.
(31-12) |
448 |
22 |
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22. Louisville (31-13) |
444 |
26 |
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23. Virginia (30-14-1) |
442 |
— |
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24. Coastal Carolina
(30-13) |
441 |
— |
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25. Oklahoma St. (26-17) |
439 |
— |
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26. Oklahoma (28-16) |
438 |
23 |
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27. Texas Christian
(26-15) |
436 |
27 |
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28. Arizona St. (26-17) |
435 |
29 |
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29. Mississippi St.
(27-17) |
433 |
— |
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30. St. John's (28-16) |
430 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Pat Light,
Monmouth: Light struck out a
career-high 15 batters and walked none over eight innings against LIU
Brooklyn. He set the Monmouth single-game record for strikeouts in the
process. |
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LHP Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga:
Gonzales struck out 15 batters over 11 innings without walking a batter but
did not factor in the decision as Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount, 1-0 in 12
innings. Gonzales, who threw 139 pitches in the outing, struck out six
straight from the end of the eighth through two out in the 10th. |
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LHP Brandon Bixler, Florida
Gulf Coast: Bixler fanned a
career-high 14 batters against Kennesaw St. in seven innings of work. His
strikeout total was one away from the single-game program record. He allowed
only one hit, one walk and no runs as he tossed 105 pitches. |
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1B Saxon Butler, Samford:
Butler was 9-for-21 with 3 homers,
2 doubles, a triple and 11 RBI. In a game against Davidson, he was only a
single away from hitting for the cycle as he went 3-for-5 with a double,
triple, home run and 3 RBI. |
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DH Bobby Brown, Arizona:
Brown was 9-for-12 over three
games against East Tennessee St. with 1 homer, 2 triples, 1 double and 9
RBI. In addition, he swiped 3 bases and scored 6 runs. |
