Five New Teams Enter This Week’s Rankings
TUCSON, Ariz. — Defending national champion Louisiana St. is ranked No. 1 for the second straight time in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Tigers (7-0) swept a 3-game series over the weekend against William & Mary.
On the season, LSU is averaging 8.8 runs per game with 8 total home runs, 16 doubles and 20 stolen bases. Catcher Micah Gibbs has only allowed five stolen bases in seven games. The pitching staff has struck out 59 batters and walked only 21.
Poll Notes: Several teams had quality wins last week. Coastal Carolina knocked off highly regarded U.C. Irvine twice as well as N.C. State. Texas Christian beat Cal. St. Fullerton two of three in Fullerton, Calif. Texas swept a 3-game series at home against Stanford. UCLA, off to its best start since the 1997 season at 6-0, beat Long Beach St., Vanderbilt and Southern California last week. Western Kentucky (5-1) knocked off Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas St. Southeastern Louisiana swept a 3-game series at Mississippi St. to run their record to 7-0. Louisville (7-0) is off to its best start since the 1957 ball club started 15-0. Teams that fell out of the poll this week include Cal. St. Fullerton (2-4), San Diego (4-4), Oregon (4-4), Southern Mississippi (4-3) and Texas A&M (5-2 overall, 2-2 last week). New to the poll are Western Kentucky, Kentucky (6-0), Washington St. (6-0), Southeastern Louisiana and Vanderbilt.
| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s | ||
| NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 1, 2010) | ||
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| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Louisiana St. (7-0) | 492 | 1 |
| 2. Arizona St. (7-0) | 490 | 2 |
| 3. Virginia (6-1) | 489 | 5 |
| 4. Texas (5-2) | 488 | 4 |
| 5. Georgia Tech. (7-1) | 486 | 3 |
| 6. Florida St. (6-0) | 485 | 7 |
| 7. Florida (5-0) | 482 | 9 |
| 8. Coastal Carolina (7-1) | 479 | 21 |
| 9. Texas Christian (5-1) | 476 | 14 |
| 10. Oregon St. (5-2) | 473 | 10 |
| 11. Miami, Fla. (5-1) | 471 | 11 |
| 12. Clemson (6-0) | 468 | 15 |
| 13. Louisville (7-0) | 466 | 16 |
| 14. UCLA (6-0) | 465 | 17 |
| 15. North Carolina (6-1) | 464 | 12 |
| 16. Ohio St. (5-1) | 462 | 13 |
| 17. Oklahoma (6-1) | 459 | 20 |
| 18. Mississippi (6-1) | 457 | 28 |
| 19. Arkansas (5-1) | 453 | 30 |
| 20. New Mexico (5-2) | 451 | 19 |
| 21. East Carolina (4-3) | 449 | 22 |
| 22. South Carolina (4-2) | 447 | 23 |
| 23. Western Kentucky (5-1) | 442 | — |
| 24. Wichita St. (3-0) | 439 | 27 |
| 25. Kentucky (6-0) | 437 | — |
| 26. U.C. Irvine (4-3) | 434 | 8 |
| 27. Stanford (4-3) | 430 | 18 |
| 28. Washington St. (6-0) | 428 | — |
| 29. S.E. Louisiana (7-0) | 425 | — |
| 30. Vanderbilt (6-1) | 422 | — |