Three New Teams In Top 10…
Oregon is among three teams new to the Collegiate Baseball top 10 this week.
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Florida (10-1) 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 four consecutive polls, have won eight in a row. Over the past weekend, Florida swept a 3-game series over previously unbeaten Miami, Fla.
The Gators have now beaten the Hurricanes 11 consecutive games dating back to the 2010 season and swept Miami in a 3-game series in Coral Gables for the first time since 2006 and just the second time in school history.
Poll Notes: Other teams have been red-hot. Kentucky (11-0) and Gonzaga (10-0) enter the rankings after being unbeaten so far. Oregon has won 10 straight while Maryland has captured eight in a row with a microscopic team ERA of 0.95. Purdue (8-1) is off to its best start since the 1959 season. Cal. St. Fullerton has won seven straight while UCLA has captured six in a row along with Texas A&M. Four teams fell out of the top 30 in Southern California (1-3 last week), Cal. Poly (2-2), Baylor (3-2) and College of Charleston (2-2). New teams in the poll this week are Kentucky, Gonzaga, Purdue (8-1) and Central Florida (10-2).
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 March 5, 2012) |
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| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Florida (10-1) | 497 | 1 |
| 2. South Carolina (9-1) | 494 | 2 |
| 3. Stanford (10-1) | 492 | 3 |
| 4. Rice (11-1) | 491 | 4 |
| 5. Texas A&M (11-1) | 490 | 5 |
| 6. North Carolina (8-2) | 486 | 6 |
| 7. Arkansas (11-2) | 482 | 7 |
| 8. Florida St. (9-1) | 478 | 10 |
| 9. Oregon (10-1) | 474 | 15 |
| 10. Georgia Tech. (10-2) | 471 | 12 |
| 11. Louisiana St. (10-2) | 469 | 13 |
| 12. Cal. St. Fullerton (8-3) | 468 | 17 |
| 13. Arizona St. (8-2) | 466 | 11 |
| 14. Miami, Fla. (8-3) | 464 | 8 |
| 15. Georgia (10-2) | 461 | 9 |
| 16. Louisville (8-3) | 459 | 14 |
| 17. Oklahoma (7-3) | 457 | 16 |
| 18. Arizona (8-2) | 455 | 18 |
| 19. Stetson (9-2) | 453 | 19 |
| 20. Clemson (5-4) | 448 | 20 |
| 21. Maryland (9-1) | 445 | 27 |
| 22. Mississippi (9-2) | 441 | 23 |
| 23. Kentucky (11-0) | 438 | — |
| 24. Gonzaga (10-0) | 436 | — |
| 25. California (8-2) | 435 | 25 |
| 26. Texas Tech. (9-3) | 434 | 24 |
| 27. UCLA (8-3) | 433 | 28 |
| 28. Oregon St. (8-4) | 431 | 26 |
| 29. Purdue (8-1) | 428 | — |
| 30. Central Florida (10-2) | 426 | — |