After a tumultuous previous two weekends among the top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings, things returned to relative normalcy – with “only” 12 series won by underdogs (among 38 total series in the CB360 top-50). The more noteworthy results coming out of the April 19-21 span of games included series sweeps by: (7) Virginia vs. (6) Florida State … (12) NC State at (14) Georgia Tech … (15) South Carolina vs. (20) Kentucky … and Old Dominion vs. (40) William & Mary. Elsewhere, Washington took 2-of-3 in a home series vs. (4) Washington State while St. John’s revived its season by taking 2-of-3 from visiting (10) Louisville. front-page photo courtesy of NC State
CLICK HERE for top-50 midweek results & wrapup (April 15-18)
In addition to Virginia, Old Dominion, Washington and St. John’s, the eight other underdogs that won weekend series vs. CB360 top-50 teams included (each 2-games-to-1):
• (13) UCLA at (8) Oregon
• at (28) Miami vs. (16) Clemson
• at (38) Stanford vs. (27) Arizona
• Radford at (31) Coastal Carolina
• at Hofstra vs. (42) Delaware
• at Oklahoma State vs. (44) Kansas State
• at (48) Louisiana-Lafayette vs. (45) Florida Atlantic
• and Ohio State at (50) Illinois
Four of the 12 series won by the lower-ranked/unranked teams came from the visiting teams: UCLA, Radford, Rice and Ohio State.
The weekend’s dozen top-50 series that ended in sweeps included only four from road teams: NC State at Georgia Tech, plus (18) Ole Miss at Tennessee … (26) UNC Wilmington at George Mason … and (35) San Diego at Santa Clara.
In addition to series already mentioned above, here are the five other top-50 series that resulted in sweeps:
• at (1) North Carolina vs. Duke
• (17) Indiana vs. Butler (gms 1 & 2 at IU)
• at (19) Oklahoma vs. New Orleans
• at (34) Notre Dame vs. Quinnipiac
• and at (37) Campbell vs. VMI
On top of the sweeps from NC State, Ole Miss, UNC Wilmington and San Diego (plus other aforementioned series wins by UCLA, Radford, Rice and Ohio State), eight other teams won top-50 series on the road (each 2-games-to-1): (2) LSU at (46) Alabama … (3) Vanderbilt at Georgia … (5) Cal State Fullerton at (24) Cal Poly … (23) Florida at Missouri … (29) Virginia Tech at Maryland … (30) UC Irvine at UOP … (33) Central Arkansas at Texas A&M Corpus Christi … (36) Gonzaga at Pepperdine … and (43) Florida Gulf Coast at South Carolina Upstate. All told, nearly half of the weekend’s top-50 series (16 of 38) were won by the visiting team.
The 38 top-50 series included a high number (11) of head-to-head matchups, five of them won by the lower-ranked teams (UVa>FSU…UCLA>Oregon…Miami>Clemson…Stanford>Arizona…ULL>FAU). Other winners of head-to-head showdowns included the sweeps by NC State (vs. GT) and South Carolina (vs. Kentucky), plus LSU over Alabama, Fullerton past Cal Poly, (25) Arkansas at (47) Texas A&M, and Rice getting by crosstown rival Houston.
(32) Michigan State had its entire series at Minnesota wiped out due to weather and field conditions.
CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages are updated (time permitting) to include links for various live-coverage options, team game notes/weekly releases, and an assortment of postgame offerings (recaps from both teams, final stats in HTML & PDF format, photo galleries, video highlights, and postgame video/audio). Results for each game will include linescores (R-H-E), updated team won-loss records and status of each respective series (i.e. 1-1, sweep, etc.).
Additional game info., photos from key games and postgame links are being added to this page.
Also note that daily highlights from noteworthy CB360 top-50 results (plus other college baseball newsworthy items) are posted on the CB360Updates Twitter feed (now followed more than 10,000 college baseball fans).
CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-10 – April 15-18
week-9 – April 8-11 | April 12-14
week-8 – April 1-4 | April 5-7
week-7 – March 25-27 | March 28 | March 29 | March 30 | March 31
week-6 – March 19 | March 20-21 | March 22-24
week-5 – March 12 | March 13 | March 14-15 | March 16 | March 17
week 4 – March 4-5 | March 6 | March 7-8 | March 9 | March 10
week 3 – Feb. 25-26 | Feb. 27 | Feb. 28-March 1 | March 2 | March 3
week-2 – Feb. 18-19 | Feb. 20 | Feb. 21 | Feb. 22 | Feb. 23 | Feb. 24
week 1 – Feb. 15 | Feb. 16 | Feb. 17
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WEEKEND TOP-50 MATCHUPS (April 19-21, 2013)
(both teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
• (2) LSU (37-4; 15-3 SEC) won series at (46) Alabama (24-18; 9-9) … 5-0, 11-8 in 16, 3-4
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | AL Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | AL Recap | Video Highlights
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AL Recap | LSU Recap
• (5) Cal State Fullerton (34-6; 10-2 BigWest) won series at (24) Cal Poly (26-11; 7-5) … 1-2, 10-5, 6-4
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CP Recap | CSF Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | CP Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | CP Recap
• at (7) Virginia (35-7; 16-5 ACC) swept (6) Florida State (31-9; 13-8) … 9-2, 2-0, 5-2
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | FSU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | FSU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | FSU Recap | Video Recap (FSU)
• (13) UCLA (25-11; 9-6 Pac12) won series at (8) Oregon (29-10; 13-5) … 1-0, 1-0, 3-5
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | ORE Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | ORE Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | UCLA Recap
• (12) North Carolina State (32-10; 14-7 ACC) swept at (14) Georgia Tech (27-13; 11-10) … 13-4, 6-2, 8-7
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | GT Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | GT Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | GT Recap
• at (15) South Carolina (31-10; 11-7 SEC swept (20) Kentucky (24-15; 7-11) … 5-2, 7-6, 3-1
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap | KY Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap | KY Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap | KY Recap | Quotes | Postgame Notes (KY) | Photos
• at (28) Miami (27-16; 10-11 ACC) won series vs. (16) Clemson (27-13; 13-8) … 0-1, 2-1, 7-0
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CLEM Recap | Miami Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miami Recap | CLEM Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miami Recap | CLEM Recap
• at (25) Arkansas (27-15; 11-7 SEC) won series vs. (47) Texas A&M (22-19; 7-11) … 3-5, 12-2, 2-1
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M Recap | ARK Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | A&M Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap (w/ video links) | A&M Recap | Video Highlights
• at (38) Stanford (22-12; 9-6 Pac12) won series vs. (27) Arizona (25-14; 9-9) … 4-3, 9-10, 12-8
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | AZ Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | STAN Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | AZ Recap
• (39) Rice (28-14; 9-6 CUSA) won series at (41) Houston (27-13; 7-5) … 7-8, 4-0, 11-1
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOU Recap | Rice Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | HOU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | HOU Recap
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• at (48) Louisiana-Lafayette (27-13; 10-8 SunBelt) won series vs. (45) Florida Atlantic (26-14; 11-7) … 5-3, 4-5, 12-2
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ULL Recap | FAU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FAU Recap | ULL Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ULL Recap | FAU Recap
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OTHER WEEKEND TOP-50 RESULTS (April 19-21, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
• at (1) North Carolina (39-2; 18-2 ACC) swept series vs. Duke (22-20; 8-13) … 7-1, 4-1, 10-1
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNC Recap | Duke Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNC Recap | Duke Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNC Recap | Duke Recap
• (3) Vanderbilt (35-6; 16-2 SEC) won series at Georgia (15-26; 4-14) 1-3, 15-4, 5-1
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UGa Recap | VAN Recap | Video Recap (UGa)
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | UGa Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | UGa Recap
• at Washington (11-26; 5-10 Pac12) won series vs. (4) Oregon State (30-8; 11-4) … 5-1, 10-3, 0-8
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WA Recap | OR-St. Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WA Recap | OR-St. Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OR-St. Recap | WA Recap
• at (9) Mississippi State (32-10; 10-8 SEC) won series vs. Auburn (24-16; 6-12) … 1-3, 6-3, 6-0
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AUB Recap | Miss.-St. Recap | Video Highlights
gm-2 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Recap | AUB Recap
gm-3 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Recap | AUB Recap
• at St. John’s (18-32; 7-8 BigEast) won series vs. (10) Louisville (30-9; 8-4) … 4-7, 4-3, 6-5
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | StJ Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | StJ Recap | LOU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | StJ Recap | LOU Recap
• at (11) Arizona State (24-12) won series vs. Valparaiso (15-23) … 16-3, 15-3, 6-8
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ASU Recap | Valpo Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ASU Recap | Valpo Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Valpo Recap | ASU Recap
• (17) Indiana (29-8) swept Butler (17-18) … 12-2, 5-2, 10-3 (gms 1-2 at IU, gm-3 at Butler)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | BUT Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | BUT Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | BUT Recap
• (18) Mississippi (29-12; 10-8 SEC) swept at Tennessee (17-21; 5-13) … 5-0, 6-4, 4-3
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OleMiss Recap | TN Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OleMiss Recap | TN Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OleMiss Recap | TN Recap
• at (19) Oklahoma (31-10) swept New Orleans (6-36) .. 10-0, 14-5, 14-3
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | UNO Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | UNO Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | UNO Recap
• at (21) Mercer (32-11; 12-6 A-Sun) won series vs. Lipscomb (14-27; 4-11 ) … 7-4, 5-2, 4-8
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | LIP Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | LIP Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LIP Recap | MER Recap
• at (22) South Alabama (29-12; 12-6 SunBelt) won series vs. Western Kentucky (21-19; 11-7 ) … 8-10, 6-3, 7-5
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WKU Recap | So.-AL Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-AL Recap | WKU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-AL Recap | WKU Recap
• (23) Florida (22-19; 10-8 SEC) won series at Missouri (13-22; 5-13) … 8-6, 4-3, 2-8
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | Mizzou Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | Mizzou Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Mizzou Recap | FL Recap | Photos
• (26) UNC Wilmington (30-11; 12-2 CAA) swept at George Mason (13-28; 5-16) … 4-2, 8-3, 10-2
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCW Recap | GMU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCW Recap | GMU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCW Recap | GMU Recap
• (29) Virginia Tech (24-17; 9-12 ACC) won series at Maryland (21-10; 6-15) … 9-10, 11-0, 3-2
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MD Recap | VT Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VT Recap | MD Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VT Recap | MD Recap
• (30) UC Irvine (25-11; 7-5 BigWest) won series at Univ. of the Pacific (10-24; 3-9) … 8-4, 13-14, 1-0
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCI Recap | UOP Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UOP Recap | UCI Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCI Recap | UOP Recap
• Radford (22-16; 9-6 BigSouth) won series at (31) Coastal Carolina (25-15; 11-4) … 0-1, 4-3, 5-2
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CC Recap | RAD Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | RAD Recap | CC Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | RAD Recap | CC Recap
• (32) Michigan State series at Minnesota cancelled (all three games; no makeup)
• (33) Central Arkansas (28-10; 8-7 Southland) won series at Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (22-17; 9-6) … 7-2, 0-3, 8-7
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCA Recap | A&M-CC Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M-CC Recap | UCA Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCA Recap | A&M-CC Recap
• at (34) Notre Dame (22-15) swept Quinnipiac (10-24; 5-11) … 9-6, 6-0, 6-1
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ND Recap | QUIN Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ND Recap | QUIN Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ND Recap | QUIN Recap
• (35) San Diego (24-15; 9-6 WCC) swept at Santa Clara (9-28, 0-15) … 7-3, 7-4, 6-3
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USD Recap | SCU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USD Recap | SCU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USD Recap | SCU Recap
• (36) Gonzaga (26-11; 13-5 WCC) won series at Pepperdine (21-17; 9-6) … 6-3, 2-0, 4-10
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GON Recap | PEP Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GON Recap | PEP Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PEP Recap | GON Recap | Video Highlights
• at (37) Campbell (35-8; 14-4 BigSouth) swept VMI (18-25; 5-10) … 2-1, 4-2, 8-1
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CAMP Recap | VMI Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CAMP Recap | VMI Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CAMP Recap | VMI Recap
• at Old Dominion (21-18; 11-10 CAA) swept (40) William & Mary (26-16; 9-6) … 6-5, 10-1, 1-0
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ODU Recap | W&M Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ODU Recap | W&M Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ODU Recap | W&M Recap | Photos
• at Hofstra (20-12; 8-10) won series vs. (42) Delaware (26-12; 11-7 CAA) … 7-13, 4-3, 7-3
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | DEL Recap | HOF Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOF Recap | DEL Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOF Recap | DEL Recap | Photos | Postgame Video
• (43) Florida Gulf Coast (22-14; 8-7 A-Sun) won series vs. SC-Upstate (23-18; 8-10) … 3-2, 3-2, 9-17
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FGCU Recap | Upstate Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FGCU Recap | Upstate Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Upstate Recap | FGCU Recap
• at Oklahoma State (27-11; 7-7 Big12) won series vs. (44) Kansas State (28-13; 7-5) … 9-2, 7-6, 2-3
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OK-St. Recap | K-St. Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OK-St. Recap | K-St. Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | K-St. Recap | OK-St. Recap
• at (49) Austin Peay (28-12; 11-6 OVC) won series vs. Belmont (27-11; 14-4) … 2-5, 5-3, 10-6
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BEL Recap | AP Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AP Recap | BEL Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AP Recap | BEL Recap
• Ohio State (25-13; 9-6 BigTen) won series at (50) Illinois (24-12; 6-6) … 2-9, 7-6, 7-3
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ILL Recap | OSU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OSU Recap | ILL Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OSU Recap | ILL Recap