Midweek games often can be a danger for the nation’s top college baseball teams, and that proved to the case on Tuesday – as nearly 40% (10 of 27; .370) of the day’s games featuring top-50 teams from the newly-updated CB360 Composite National Rankings resulted in upsets. Mother Nature also once again played a lead role, as six of Tuesday’s top-50 games were called off due to weather, in four different states (Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina).
There also were three CB360 top-50 games on Monday (results included at bottom of this page).
Three SEC teams were among the top-50 upset victims, most notably Memphis winning 4-3 at (15) Mississippi to hand the Rebels their first loss of the season . North Florida won a 10-inning thriller at (33) Florida, 7-6, and Kennesaw State tacked on a 9-2 win at (42) Auburn.
Other than Ole Miss, the highest-ranked team to suffer a loss on Tuesday was CB360 #17 Arizona, a 3-1 loset to visiting Utah Valley. The Wolverines fashioned a 32-game win streak during the 2012 season, with that run including wins over both Arizona and Arizona State.
Tuesday’s other top-50 upsets included the following:
• Florida Atlantic 9-8 vs. (22) Florida Gulf Coast
• Sam Houston State 5-3 at (25) Texas
• Louisiana-Monroe 6-5 at (30) Southern Mississippi
• Baylor 5-4 vs. visiting (32) Pepperdine
• homestanding Santa Clara 12-3 vs. (45) San Diego State
• and Texas Tech 8-6 at (46) FIU to earn a split over the past two days
There also were three head-t0-head games between CB360 top-50 teams (two of them in-state rivalries): (3) Vanderbilt 7-3 vs. (46) Arkansas State … (4) LSU 11-2 at (32) Louisiana-Lafayette … and (20) Georgia Tech 11-4 at (46) Georgia Southern.
This scoreboard page includes all of Tuesday’s top-50 results, complete with linescores & won-loss records, plus an assortment of postgame links (recaps, stats, photos, video/audio).
TUESDAY’S TOP-50 RESULTS (Feb. 26, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• at (3) Vanderbilt (8-1) 7-1-1 … def. (46) Arkansas State (6-2) 3-8-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | Ark.-St. Recap | Video: Highlight & Postgame
• (4) LSU (7-1) 11-4-0 … won at (43) Louisiana-Lafayette (7-2) 2-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | ULL Recap
• at (6) South Carolina (6-1) 5-10-1 … def. Furman (5-2) 2-9-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap (w/ video links) | FUR Recap | Quotes | Photos
• at (7) Oregon (7-1) 3-3-0 … def. Portland (2-7) 1-6-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | PORT Recap
• (8) UCLA (5-2) 12-11-2 … won at UC Santa Barbara (4-4) 3-4-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | UCSB Recap
• at (9) Mississippi State (10-0) 13-12-2 … def. Rhode Island (0-7) 2-7-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Recap | Postgame Notes | URI Recap | Video: Highlights & Postgame
• at (10) Kentucky (6-1) 11-10-2 … def. Murray State (4-4) 5-8-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | KY Recap | Murray Recap | Photos
• (11) Stanford (6-2) 7-15-1 … won at St. Mary’s (4-4) 2-6-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | SMC Recap | Photos
• New Mexico State at (12) North Carolina State – postponed to Wed., 2/28 (3 ET)
• Memphis (5-3-0) 4-9-0 … won at (15) Mississippi (7-1) 3-7-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MEM Recap | Ole Miss Recap | Postgame Video
• Utah Valley (4-4) 3-7-2 … won at (17) Arizona (7-2) 1-5-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UV Recap | AZ Recap | Photos | Live Stats
• at (19) Louisville (7-1) 13-11-0 … def. Morehead State (4-5) 4-11-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | MORE Recap | Postgame Notes | Video: Highlights & Postgame
• (20) Georgia Tech (7-1) 11-14-1 … won at (46) Georgia Southern (4-3) 4-7-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GT Recap | GS Recap | Postgame Video (GS)
• (21) UC Irvine (7-1) 10-14-0 … won at Loyola Marymount (3-5) 3-6-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCI Recap | LMU Recap | Video Recap (LMU)
• at Florida Atlantic (5-3) 9-12-1 … def. (22) Florida Gulf Coast (5-2) 8-10-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FAU Recap | FGCU Recap
• at (23) Miami (8-0) 5-11-1 … def. St. Thomas (FL) (12-4) 4-8-2 (non-DI game)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ‘Canes Recap | St.-T. Recap | Live Stats
• Sam Houston State (4-4) 5-7-0 … won at (25) Texas (6-2) 3-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SHSU Recap | TX Recap | Photos
• Winthrop at (27) Clemson – postponed to Wed., 2/28 (3 ET)
• at Louisiana-Monroe (5-3) 6-9-2 … def. (30) Southern Mississippi (5-3) 5-15-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ULM Recap | So.-Miss. Recap
• at Baylor (3-5) 5-12-2 … def. (32) Pepperdine (6-3) 4-3-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BAY Recap | PEP Recap | Quotes | Video: Highlights & Postgame
• North Florida (6-2) 7-12-3 … won at (33) Florida (3-6) 6-13-1 (10 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNF Recap | FL Recap | Live Stats | Photos
• (34) South Alabama (8-0) 3-2-0 … won at Jacksonville (AL) State (3-6) 1-4-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-AL Recap | JV-St. Recap
• (35) Missouri State at Kansas – postponed (makeup game TBA)
• at (36) Mercer (7-1) 18-14-1 … def. Florida A&M (0-7) 8-2-4 | Final Stats
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | FAMU Recap
• at (37) Texas A&M (6-3) 9-12-1 … def. Northwestern (La.) State (5-3) 5-9-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX A&M Recap | NWLA Recap | Photos | Postgame Video
• Arkansas-Little Rock at (38) Oklahoma State – postponed (makeup game TBA)
• at (39) Alabama (7-1) 5-9-0 … def. Samford (5-5) 4-9-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AL Recap | SAM Recap | Notes & Quotes
• (41) TCU (1-6) 6-11-1 … won at Dallas Baptist (4-4) 1-2-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TCU Recap | DB Recap | Postgame Notes (TCU)
• Kennesaw State (5-3) 9-12-1 … won at (42) Auburn (6-2) 2-7-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Kenn.-St. Recap | AUB Recap | Photos
• at Santa Clara (4-4) 12-12-1 … def. (45) San Diego State (3-5) 3-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SCU Recap | SDSU Recap | Live Stats
• (46) VCU at East Carolina – postponed (makeup game TBA)
• (46) South Carolina-Upstate at Davidson – postponed (makeup game TBA)
• Texas Tech (5-4) 8-12-2 … won at (46) Florida International (7-2) 6-14-3 (split 2-game series)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TT Recap | FIU Recap | Game Notes
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MONDAY’S TOP-50 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (Feb. 25, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
• (14) Rice (6-2) 5-10-0 … won at Hawaii (0-8) 0-7-1 (Owls swept 4-game series)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | UH Recap | Video Recap | Postgame Video (Rice)
• at (31) Virginia Tech (7-1) 5-8-3 … def. Delaware (3-3) 3-6-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VT Recap | DEL Recap
• at (46) Florida International (7-1) 9-16-0 … def. Texas Tech (4-4) 7-14-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FIU Recap | TT Recap | Postgame Notes (TT)