There were plenty of competitive games across college baseball on Tuesday, with the lower-ranked/unranked teams winning 44% of the games (11-14) involving CB360 top-50 teams. There also were several soggy venues, with five different top-50 games rained out (one to be made up on Wed.). front-page photo courtesy of Sam Houston State
The 14 top-50 teams that were not scheduled to play on Tuesday included: #4 Florida, #9 Florida State, #11 North Carolina, #14 Fresno State, #16 Miami, #22 Rice, #24 California, #31 Mississippi State, #33 North Carolina State, #37 Central Florida, #40 Mississippi, #47 Florida International, #48 St. John’s and #50 Jacksonvile.
The four teams that have returned to the CB360 top-50 are #36 Washington State, #43 Kansas State, #47 Florida International and #48 St. John’s (teams that fell out of the top-50: Gonzaga, East Tennessee State, Texas Tech and Charlotte).
A quick look at the new CB360 Composite National Rankings top-50 will be posted soon on CollegeBaseball360.com (the CNR formula now includes 13 ingredients: six polls/rankings … four RPI/strength factors, with the most-recent addition being the Boyd Nation Iterative-Strength-Rankings or ISRs … and three NCAA Tournament fields, w/ Perfect Game’s recent projection now joining the CNR formula).
TUESDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (4/26/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
#5 Arizona State 4-9-0 won at #27 Arizona 3-7-0
Final Stats | ASU Recap | AZ Recap
#30 Georgia 6-10-0 def. #8 Georgia Tech 4-8-1 (at Turner Field)
Final Stats | GA Recap (w/ video) | GT Recap | Photos
at #12 Texas 2-8-0 def. #34 Texas State 0-4–0
Final Stats | TX Recap | TxST Recap | Photos
#45 Alabama 7-15-2 won at #13 Southern Mississippi 3-9-3
Final Stats | AL Recap | SoMiss Recap | Photos
#17 Oklahoma 7-10-2 won at #15 TCU 4-7-4
Final Stats | OU Recap | TCU Recap | Photos
at #26 UCLA 6-9-1 def. #32 UC Irvine 1-4-0
Final Stats | UCLA Recap | UCI Recap | Postgame Video
TUESDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (4/26/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
VCU at #1 Virginia – rainout (no makeup)
at #2 South Carolina 9-10-1 def. Liberty 6-10-2
Final Stats | SC Recap | LIB Recap | Quotes
#3 Vanderbilt at Western Kentucky – rainout, now will play Wed., 4/27, at 4 CT
#6 Oregon State 6-8-1 won at Portland 1-5-0
Final Stats | Ore.-St. Recap | PORT Recap
Sam Houston State 8-16-1 won at #7 Texas A&M 5-9-2 (12 inn.)
Final Stats | SHSU Recap | A&M Recap
at San Diego 12-17-1 def. #10 Cal State Fullerton 8-11-3
Final Stats | USD Recap (w/ video) | CSF Recap
at Wichita State 6-12-1 def. #18 Oklahoma State 5-10-0
Final Stats | WICH Recap | OK-St. Recap
at St. Mary’s 3-7-1 def. #19 Stanford 2-7-2
Final Stats | SMC Recap (w/ video) | STAN Recap
Bethune-Cookman 4-12-0 won at #20 Stetson 3-13-2 (11 inn.)
Final Stats | B-C Recap | STET Recap
St. Louis at #21 Arkansas – rainout (no makeup)
at #23 Clemson 5-7-0 def. Furman 0-6-3
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | FUR Recap
at Alabama Birmingham (UAB) 4-7-0 def. #25 Troy 3-8-0
Final Stats | UAB Recap | Troy Recap
Samford 8-13-1 won at #28 Auburn 0-6-0
Final Stats | SAM Recap | AUB Recap
#29 East Carolina at Old Dominion – rainout (no makeup)
#35 Connecticut 11-15-3 won at Bryant 6-12-2
Final Stats | UConn Recap | BRY Recap
Wake Forest 13-15-2 won at #37 Elon 4-6-3
Final Stats | WFU Recap | Elon Recap
Niagara at #38 Kent State – rainout (no makeup)
at#40 Creighton 5-7-0 def. Kansas 3-7-1
Final Stats | Creighton Recap | KU Recap
at #41 LSU 12-6-2 def. Nicholls State 3-11-1
Final Stats | LSU Recap | NICH Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
#42 Kansas State 9-14-1 won at Cal State Bakersfield 0-7-1
Final Stats | K-St. Recap | CSB Recap
#43 Coastal Carolina 11-14-0 won at North Carolina-Wilmington 4-6-2
Final Stats | CC Recap | UNC-W Recap | Photos
at #44 Washington State 3-6-0 def. BYU 0-4-0 (gm-1)
Final Stats | WSU Recap | BYU Recap
at #44 Washington State 4-8-4, BYU 3-6-1 (gm-2)
Final Stats | WSU Recap (w/ video) | BYU Recap
#49 Baylor 5-7-0 won at Texas San Antonio 1-6-3
Final Stats | BAY Recap | UTSA Recap | Quotes (BAY)