Pitt Among Four New Teams In This Week’s Poll
TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona St. is ranked No. 1 for the third straight time in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Sun Devils (23-0, 3-0 Pac-10 Conference) swept a 3-game series at home against California during the past week. The 23 consecutive wins to start the season is a new school record, surpassing the 21-0 start by the 1961 squad. ASU is hitting .358 as a team and averaging 9.39 runs per game with 64 doubles, 22 triples, 18 home runs and 54 stolen bases. The pitching staff has a 2.88 ERA and has struck out 221 batters and walked only 62. Only 10 stolen bases have been allowed by Sun Devil pitchers and catchers over the 23-game span.
Poll Notes: Several other schools have been red hot. UCLA is also unbeaten at 20-0 which is the best start in school history. The Bruins have outscored their opposition, 181-53. Other notable winning streaks include Pittsburgh (11 in a row), Georgia Tech. (7), Louisiana St. (6), and Vanderbilt (6). Arizona has won 15 of its last 16, Western Kentucky 11 of its last 12 and The Citadel 7 of its last 8. Teams that fell out of the poll this week include Alabama (0-4 last week), Ohio St. (1-3), North Carolina (1-3) and Auburn (3-2). New to the poll this week is Kansas St. (19-3), Western Kentucky (20-5), Pittsburgh (18-4) and The Citadel (18-6).
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 29, 2010) | ||
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Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
1. Arizona St. (23-0) | 497 | 1 |
2. UCLA (20-0) | 495 | 3 |
3. Virginia (20-4) | 493 | 2 |
4. Louisiana St. (20-3) | 491 | 4 |
5. Georgia Tech. (21-2) | 490 | 5 |
6. Florida St. (19-4) | 486 | 7 |
7. Texas (18-6) | 484 | 10 |
8. Louisville (20-3) | 481 | 12 |
9. Oklahoma (20-3) | 479 | 13 |
10. Oregon St. (16-5) | 476 | 9 |
11. Mississippi (19-6) | 474 | 17 |
12. Florida (18-5) | 472 | 8 |
13. Clemson (18-6) | 469 | 6 |
14. South Carolina (19-5) | 467 | 18 |
15. Coastal Carolina (19-5) | 465 | 11 |
16. Texas Christian (17-5) | 463 | 14 |
17. Miami, Fla. (16-7) | 460 | 15 |
18. Arizona (20-5) | 458 | 19 |
19. Arkansas (18-5) | 457 | 20 |
20. Kansas St. (19-3) | 454 | — |
21. Western Kentucky (20-5) | 452 | — |
22. S.E. Louisiana (22-3) | 451 | 21 |
23. Vanderbilt (21-4) | 449 | 23 |
24. Pittsburgh (18-4) | 445 | — |
25. The Citadel (18-6) | 443 | — |
26. U.C. Irvine (14-8) | 441 | 24 |
27. Texas A&M (17-6) | 439 | 25 |
28. Stanford (12-6) | 437 | 26 |
29. Va. Military Inst. (20-4) | 432 | 28 |
30. Wichita St. (14-7) | 427 | 30 |