Texas Tech upset #23 Texas A&M (13-7) and #28 Kentucky took the series finale from #18 Mississippi (12-3), in noteworthy Sunday results involving top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings. Florida State (#7 in the CNR) won a tight game (5-3) to win its ACC series at #19 North Carolina, while #8 LSU beat #13 Arkansas for the second straight day (5-1). In other SEC action, #17 won at #21 Alabama (5-4) to avoid a sweep by the Tide.
Nine top-50 teams were upset on Sunday, but four of those teams are ranked in the 40s while Mississippi was the only CB360 top-20 team that suffered an upset loss. In addition to Ol’ Miss and A&M, the other top-50 teams that were upset included: at McNeese State 4, #24 Southeastern Louisiana 3 (10 inn.) … Utah 9, at #29 New Mexico … at Stephen F. Austin 10, #34 Northwestern (La.) State (10 inn.) … at High Point 15, #42 VMI 14 … at Sam Houston State 10, #47 Texas State 10-8 … at Wake Forest 4, #48 North Carolina State 3 … at South Alabama 12, #49 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 (13 inn.).
There were five games on Sunday involving matchups between top-50 teams: the aforementioned LSU-Arkansas, Ol’ Miss.-Kentucky, Vandy-Alabama and FSU-UNC series, along with #11 Florida’s 3-1 win over #43 Mississippi State.
Nine different top-50 teams – #5 Clemson, #8 Louisville, #14 Coastal Carolina, #15 Oklahoma, #33 Kansas St., #30 Washington St., #32 Wichita St., #39 Southern Mississippi and #41 Ohio State – had their originally-scheduled Sunday games either shifted or canceled due to various rainsorms and snowstorms.
Plenty of game-coverage and team links are included below, as are convenient postgame links (box scores/play-by-play, recaps from both teams, photos, video, etc.).
SUNDAY’S FINALS & LINKS
(upsets listed in italics; sorted by CB360 Composite National Rankings)
….. • Baylor at #15 Oklahoma (doubleheader) – canceled
McN Recap | SELA Recap
SFA Recap | NWLA Recap
SUNDAY’S BIG-GAME MATCHUPS
(all in top-50 of CB360 Composite National Rankings)
• 2:00 ET (1CT) – #13 Arkansas at #6 LSU
coverage – Live Stats | LSU Audio | ARK Audio | Live Video | TV: Cox Sports
LSU info. – Series Preview | Preview Audio | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
ARK info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts (right sidebar)
LSU starter – so. LHP Chris Matulis (1.38, 2-0, 13 IP, 9 K/6 BB, 10 H/.217)
ARK starter – jr. RHP Brett Eibner (1.23, 2-1, 14.2 IP, 15 K/3 BB, 11 H)
• 1:00 ET – #7 Florida State at #19 North Carolina
coverage – Live Stats | FSU Audio | UNC Webcast
FSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
UNC info. – Pregame Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
FSU starter – jr. RHP Geoff Parker (7.11, 1-0, 19 IP, 19 K/9 BB, 22 H/.286)
UNC starter – jr. RHP Patrick Johnson (3.57, 2-2, 22.2 IP, 17 K/9 BB, 26 H/.310)
• 1:00 ET – #43 Mississippi State at #11 Florida
coverage – Live Stats | FL Audio | MS Audio | Live Video | TV: Fox Sports FL
FLA info. – Series Preview | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
MS info. – Series Preview | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts (top-menu link)
FLA starter – TBA
MS starter – so. LHP Nick Routt (7.27, 1-1, 17.1 IP, 19 K/6 BB, 25 H/.338)
• 3:00 ET (2CT) – #17 Vanderbilt at #21 Alabama
coverage – Live Stats | VAN Audio | ALA Audio | Live Video | TV: Comcast SE
VAN info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
‘Bama info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
ALA starter – fr. LHP Taylor Wolfe (2.45, 2-0, 11 IP, 14 K/3 BB, 9 H/.225)
VAN starter – so. RHP Jack Armstrong (3.72, 2-0, 19.1 IP, 14 K/8 BB, 22 H/.293)
• 1:00 ET – #18 Mississippi at #28 Kentucky
coverage – Live Stats | MS Audio | KY Audio | MS Video | KY Video
Ol’Miss info. – Series Preview | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
KY info. – Series Preview | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
Ol’Miss starter – jr. LHP Matt Tracy (3.38, 1-1)
KY starter – so. RHP Alex Meyer (7.29, 3-2, 21 IP, 26 K/14 BB, 25 H/.287)
• 1:00 ET (12CT) – #30 Washington State at #32 Wichita State
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
WSU info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
WICH info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
SUNDAY’S OTHER CB360 TOP-50 GAMES
• 12:00 ET – Sacred Heart at #38 Connecticut
coverage – Live Stats
UConn info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 12:00 ET (11CT) – #24 Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese St. (gm-1)
coverage – Live Stats | SELA Audio | McN Audio | Live Video
SELA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Quick Facts (sidebar link)
• 12:00 ET – #37 Western Kentucky at Virginia Commonwealth
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
WKU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts (top-menu link)
• 12:15 ET – Youngstown State at #46 Villanova
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
VILL info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Season Preview
• 1:00 ET – #40 Michigan State at Notre Dame
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
MSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
• 1:00 ET – Boston College at #1 Virginia
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
UVa info. – Preview | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
BC info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
UVa starter – jr. RHP Cody Winiarski (7.13, 1-0, 17.2 IP, 14 K/8 BB, 24 H/.338)
BC starter – TBA
• 1:00 ET – #14 Coastal Carolina at Charleston Southern
live coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
CC info. – Games Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 1:00 ET – Manhattan at #44 Liberty
coverage – Live Stats
LIB info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 1:00 ET – #20 Miami at Duke
coverage – Live Stats | Duke Audio
MIA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Fact
• 1:00 ET – Monmouth at #26 East Carolina
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
ECU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 1:00 ET (12CT) – Nebraska at #4 Texas
coverage – Live Stats | TX Audio | NEB Audio | Video | TV: Fox College Sports
TX info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
NEB info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
TX starter – jr. RHP Brandon Workman (2.81, 2-1, 25.2 IP, 28 K/7 BB, 26 H/.257)
NEB starter – fr. RHP Tom Lemke (2.95, 3-0, 18.1 IP, 11 K/7 BB, 14 H/.219)
• 1:00 ET – #42 VMI at High Point
coverage – Live Stats | VMI Audio | Live Video
VMI info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts (left-sidebar link)
• 1:00 ET – #48 North Carolina State at Wake Forest
coverage – Live Stats | NCS Audio
NCS info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
WF info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats| Media Guide
• 1:00 ET (12CT) – #47 Texas State at Sam Houston State (gm-1)
coverage – Live Stats
TX-St info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 1:30 p.m. ET – #41 Ohio State vs. Cornell (Winter Haven, FL)
coverage – Live Stats
OSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 1:30 ET – Tennessee at #27 South Carolina
live coverage – Live Stats | TN Audio | Live Video
SC info. – Game Notes | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 2:00 ET – #12 Georgia Tech at Maryland
coverage – Live Stats | GT Audio
GT info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
MD info.– Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats| Media Guide
• 2:00 ET (1CT) – #34 Northwestern (La.) State at Stephen F. Austin
coverage – Live Stats
NWLA info. – Series Preview | Games Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 2:00 ET (1CT) – #49 Louisiana-Lafayette at South Alabama
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
LL info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
• 2:00 ET (11PT) – Nevada at #45 Oregon
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
ORE info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 2:00 ET – #39 Southern Mississippi at Louisiana Tech
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
SM info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 2:00 ET (12MT) – Utah at #29 New Mexico
coverage – Live Stats | Live Video
NM info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 2:00 ET (1CT) – Texas Tech at #23 Texas A&M
coverage: Live Stats | A&M Audio | TT Audio | Video
A&M info. – Games Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 2:00 ET (1CT) Baylor at #15 Oklahoma (gm-1)
coverage – Live Stats | OU Audio | BAY Audio | Live Video
OU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 2:30 ET – #35 The Citadel at Elon
coverage – Live Stats | CIT Audio | Live Video
CIT info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts (left-sidebar link)
• 3:00 ET (12PT) – #22 Rice at San Diego
coverage – Live Stats | Rice Audio | Video
Rice info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 3:30 ET (12:30 MST/PDT) – Houston at #3 Arizona State
live coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
ASU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
HOU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Quick Facts
• 3:30 ET (230CT) – #24 Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese St. (gm-2)
coverage – Live Stats | SELA Audio | McN Audio | Live Video
SELA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Quick Facts (sidebar link)
• 4:00 ET (1PT) Maine at #10 Oregon State
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
OSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
Maine info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 4:00 ET (1PT) – Gonzaga at #31 UC-Irvine
• coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
• UCI info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Quick Facts
• 4:00 ET (3PT) – #36 Cal State Fullerton at Washington
coverage – Live Stats | Live Video
CSF info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 4:00 ET (1:00 PT) – Oral Roberts at #2 UCLA
coverage – Live Stats
UCLA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
ORU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
UCLA starter – jr. LHP Rob Rasmussen (2.79, 1-0, 19.1 IP, 30 K/14 BB, 17 H/.233)
ORU starter – TBA
• 4:00 ET (1PT) – Pepperdine at #16 Stanford
coverage – Live Stats | Live Video
STAN info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 4:30 ET (330CT) Baylor at #15 Oklahoma (gm-2)
coverage – Live Stats | OU Audio | BAY Audio | Live Video
OU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 4:30 ET (330 CT) – #47 Texas State at Sam Houston State (gm-2)
coverage – Live Stats
TX-St info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 7:00 p.m. ET (2HT) – Air Force at #50 Hawaii
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
Hawaii info. – Games Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
Idle Top-50 Teams: #5 Clemson, #8 Louisville, #9 TCU, #25 Kansas and #33 Kansas State