ASU Tops Post-Regional Poll
TUCSON, AZ — Arizona State University is No. 1 in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Sun Devils, ranked first for the eighth time this season by Collegiate Baseball, won three straight at the Tempe Regional last weekend with one victory over Milwaukee and two wins over Hawaii.
ASU is hitting .341 as a team and averaging 8.6 runs per game. The Sun Devils have belted 63 homers, 142 doubles and 37 triples. In addition, ASU has stolen 130 of 171 bases while limiting opponents to only 43 stolen bases over 58 games. The pitching staff has a 3.10 ERA and has fanned 511 batters and only walked 154.
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
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| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s | ||
| NCAA Div. I Poll (As of June 8, 2010) | ||
| www.baseballnews.com | ||
| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Arizona St. (50-8) | 494 | 1 |
| 2. Texas (49-11) | 490 | 5 |
| 3. Virginia (50-12) | 489 | 2 |
| 4. Coastal Carolina (55-8) | 487 | 3 |
| 5. Cal. St. Fullerton (45-16) | 485 | 4 |
| 6. UCLA (46-13) | 484 | 9 |
| 7. Florida (45-15) | 483 | 6 |
| 8. Texas Christian (49-11) | 481 | 7 |
| 9. South Carolina (46-15) | 479 | 8 |
| 10. Miami, Fla. (43-18) | 476 | 11 |
| 11. Oklahoma (47-15) | 473 | 13 |
| 12. Florida St. (45-17) | 470 | 15 |
| 13. Clemson (41-22) | 468 | 16 |
| 14. Vanderbilt (45-18) | 465 | 17 |
| 15. Arkansas (43-19) | 462 | 18 |
| 16. Alabama (41-23) | 459 | — |
| 17. Georgia Tech. (47-15) | 457 | 10 |
| 18. Texas A&M (43-21-1) | 454 | 20 |
| 19. Louisville (50-14) | 452 | 12 |
| 20. Auburn (43-21) | 449 | 14 |
| 21. Washington St. (37-22) | 447 | 23 |
| 22. U.C. Irvine (39-21) | 445 | 26 |
| 23. St. John’s (43-20) | 442 | 30 |
| 24. Mississippi (39-24) | 439 | 24 |
| 25. Louisiana St. (41-22) | 437 | 21 |
| 26. Rice (40-23) | 434 | 25 |
| 27. Oregon (40-24) | 433 | — |
| 28. Connecticut (48-16) | 431 | 22 |
| 29. Coll. of Charleston (44-19) | 429 | — |
| 30. Hawaii (35-28) | 426 | — |