FLORIDA NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Florida (7-1) has been ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA Division I baseball poll by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
The Gators, who have been ranked No. 1 for three consecutive polls, have won five in a row. Over the past week, Florida beat Bethune-Cookman, Central Florida and picked up three wins over William & Mary.
No. 2 South Carolina is perfect with a 6-0 record. The Gamecock pitching staff struck out 32 batters in 27 innings of work during a 3-game sweep of Elon over the past weekend and allowed just three runs.
No. 3 Stanford (7-0) has six wins over top 25 opponents this season. The Cardinal swept Vanderbilt and then swept a series against Texas. Stanford outscored the Longhorns in the 3-game set, 28-4.
No. 4 Rice (8-0) swept a 3-game series against Dallas Baptist. It is the best start for the Owls since 2001 when Rice began the season 8-0.
Poll Notes: Other teams have been red-hot to start the season. Four teams have a perfect 7-0 record to start 2012 in Miami, Fla., Georgia, Oregon and Southern California. The surprise team of the year so far is Maryland which is off to a 5-1 record, the best start in 25 years. The Terps have now beaten UCLA two of three and recently went undefeated in the Keith LeClair Classic. Maryland’s pitching staff has a 1.24 ERA, a mark that leads the Atlantic Coast Conference. Six teams fell out of the poll this week in Texas (lost five in a row), Texas Christian (1-3 last week), St. John’s (1-2 last week, 2-4 overall), U.C. Irvine (1-3 last week), Southern Mississippi (2-2 last week) and Georgia Southern (2-2 last week). New to the poll this week is Southern California (7-0), Cal Poly (7-1), Mississippi (5-1), Texas Tech. (7-1), Maryland (5-1) and UCLA (4-3).
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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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of Feb. 27, 2012) |
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| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Florida (7-1) | 497 | 1 |
| 2. South Carolina (6-0) | 495 | 2 |
| 3. Stanford (7-0) | 494 | 3 |
| 4. Rice (8-0) | 492 | 5 |
| 5. Texas A&M (6-1) | 489 | 4 |
| 6. North Carolina (5-1) | 486 | 6 |
| 7. Arkansas (7-1) | 482 | 8 |
| 8. Miami, Fla. (7-0) | 479 | 12 |
| 9. Georgia (7-0) | 477 | 14 |
| 10. Florida St. (6-1) | 473 | 11 |
| 11. Arizona St. (5-1) | 471 | 13 |
| 12. Georgia Tech. (6-2) | 469 | 10 |
| 13. Louisiana St. (5-2) | 467 | 9 |
| 14. Louisville (6-1) | 465 | 16 |
| 15. Oregon (7-1) | 462 | 24 |
| 16. Oklahoma (4-2) | 461 | 17 |
| 17. Cal. St. Fullerton (3-3) | 459 | 19 |
| 18. Arizona (5-2) | 455 | 22 |
| 19. Stetson (6-1) | 453 | 23 |
| 20. Clemson (4-2) | 449 | 25 |
| 21. Southern California (7-0) | 446 | — |
| 22. Cal. Poly (7-1) | 443 | — |
| 23. Mississippi (5-1) | 439 | — |
| 24. Texas Tech. (7-1) | 435 | — |
| 25. California (4-2) | 434 | 20 |
| 26. Oregon St. (5-3) | 433 | 21 |
| 27. Maryland (5-1) | 429 | — |
| 28. UCLA (4-3) | 427 | — |
| 29. Baylor (6-2) | 426 | 26 |
| 30. Coll. of Charleston (5-1) | 424 | 29 |