CB360 Top-50 Weekend Scoreboard (Feb. 25–28)

February 26, 2021
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The second weekend of the 2021 college baseball season (Feb. 26–28) features plenty of head-to-head action between Top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings – including the annual Round Rock Classic (with [18] Auburn, [34] Oklahoma and [42] Texas A&M, plus Baylor). There also are 10 head-to-head series within the CB360 Top-50 (see below), along with the Coastal Carolina tournament that features [38] West Virginia, the host Chants (cb360 #44), Bryant (Northeastern Conference favorite) and Kennesaw State.

As always, check back to this page all weekend for expanded and updated content. Also be sure to follow along via Twitter, along with CB360’s nearly 25K followers, at CB360updates.

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Round Rock Classic (Dell Diamond; Round Rock, TX)
>> teams include [18] Auburn (now 6–2) … [34] Oklahoma (4–3) … [42] Texas A&M (4–4) … and Baylor (2–4).

gm–1 (Fri.): OU won, 4–12–0 … vs. Auburn 3–11–1  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Fri.): A&M won, 12–13–1 … vs. Baylor 4–11–4  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): Baylor won, 12–15–1 … vs. Auburn 6–9–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sat.): A&M won, 8–8–2 … vs. OU 1–5–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–5 (Sun.): Auburn won, 6–12–0 … vs. A&M 1–4–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–6 (Sun.): OU won, 9–14–2 … vs. Baylor 3–10-2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

> RRC Tournament Records: A&M 2–1 … OU 2–1 … Auburn 1–2 … Baylor 1–2
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> More TOP MATCHUPS (CB360 Composite Top-50)
(Thur.–Sun.; Feb. 25-28, 2021):

• [22] Georgia Tech (now 6–1) … at [12] North Carolina State (2–4) – GT upset series sweep
* ACC season-opening series *
gm–1 (Fri.): GT leads 8–2, t-9 (susp. to 2/27)
gm–1 (Sat.): GT won, 9–11–1 … to 2–5–1  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): GT won, 8–9–0 … to 3–8–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): GT won, 8–12–0 … to 4–8–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [17] South Carolina (now 6–0) … vs. [28] Clemson (3–2) – Gamecocks swept 2-gm series
gm–1 (Fri.; at Clemson): postponed to May 11
gm–2 (Sat.; Greenville, SC): SC won, 3–15–1 … to 2–7–2  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.; at SC): SC won, 3–15–1 … to 2–7–2  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [36] UCF (1–3) … at [1] Ole Miss (4–0) – Knights posted series upset, 2–1
gm–1 (Fri.): Knights won, 3–6–0 … to 2–7–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): Rebs won, 6–10–1 … to 5–10–1    |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): Knights won, 7–12–1 … to 2–7–0  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [10] Virginia (now 4–3) … at [37] North Carolina (6–1) – Heels posted 2–1 series upset
* ACC season-opening series *
gm–1 (Thur.): UNC won, 3–7–0 … to 2–3–1  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Fri.): postponed
gm–2 (Sat.): UNC won, 2–4–0 … to 1–5–1  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): UVa won, 3–9–1 … to 2–6–0  |  Live Stats

• [15] UC Santa Barbara (now 6–1) … vs. [41] Pepperdine (1–6) – Gauchos swept 4-game series
gm–1 (Fri.; at Pep.): UCSB won, 7–8–0 … to 6–11–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.; at UCSB): UCSB won, 9–9–3 … to 7–10–0  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.; at UCSB): UCSB won, 5–9–1 … to 0–1–0  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.; at Pep.): UCSB won, 12–12–1 … to 2–6–5  Live Stats

• [45] UC Irvine (now 4–2) … vs. [8] UCLA (4–3) – Bruins won series, 2–1
gm–1 (Fri.; at UCLA): Bruins won, 4–6–2 … to 3–5–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.; at UCI): UCI won, 7–11–0 … to 3–5–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.; at UCLA): Bruins won, 4–4–0 … to 0–3–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [47] Boston College (now 5–1) … at [21] Duke (3–4) – BC posted 2–1 series upset
* ACC season-opening series *
gm–1 (Fri.):  tied 5–6, t-6 (susp. to 2/27)
gm–1 (Sat.): BC won, 10–15–0 … to 6–14–0  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): Duke won, 10–16–2 … to 3–7–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.):BC won, 5–9–0 … to 2–10–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [48] Notre Dame (now 2–1) … at [31] Wake Forest (3–4) – ND posted 2–1 series upset
* ACC season-opening series *
gm–1 (Fri.): postponed
gm–1 (Sat.): Wake won, 10–13–2 … to 8–7–0  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): ND won, 5–8–0 … to 4–8–2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): ND won, 5–8–0 … to 4–8–2  |  Live Stats  ^

• [50] Connecticut (now 2–4) … at [39] Southern Miss (4–3) – Eagles won series, 2–1
gm–1 (Fri.): USM won, 6–6–0 … to 5–10–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): USM won, 7–8–0 … to 6–14–1  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): UConn won, 10–12–3 … to 7–5–3  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

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Coastal Carolina Tournament
>> teams include: [38] West Virginia (now 4–3)   [44] Coastal Carolina (5–2) … Bryant (Northeastern Conf. favorite; 2–4) … and Kennesaw State (4–3).

gm–1 (Fri.): WVU won, 13–13–0 … vs. KS 3–7–4  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Fri): CC won, 8–11–0 … vs. Bryant, 1–12–4  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): Bryant … vs. Kennesaw  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sat.): CC won, 10–10–2 … vs. WVU, 5–8–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–5 (Sun.): WVU won 9–16–0 … vs. Bryant 7–9–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–6 (Sun.): CC won, 13–14–2 … vs. KS11–13–0    |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

>> Tournament Records: CC 3–0 … WVU 2–1 … KSU 1–2 … Bryant 0–3

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… there also are  three matchups involving CB360 Top-50 teams vs. a conference favorite outside the Top-50:

• at [6] Florida (now 6–2) … vs. Samford (SoCon favorite; 3–4) – Gators swept series
gm–1 (Fri.): Gators won, 8–10–2 … to 4–6–4  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): Gators won, 18–12–1 … to 2–4–4  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): Gators won, 10–14–1 … to 9–9–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [13] TCU (now 5–2) … vs. Liberty (Atlantic Sun favorite; 2–5) – Frogs swept series
gm–1 (Fri.): Frogs won, 4–7–0 … to 1–6–0  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): Frogs won, 9–11–0 … to 2–8–2  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): Frogs won, 12–10–0 … to 2–9–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [29] Alabama (now 7–1) … vs. Wright State (Horizon favorite; 0–5) – Tide swept series
gm–1 (Fri.): Tide won, 8–12–2 … to 4–6–0  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): Tide won, 8–9–3 … to 7–10–1 (11 inn.)  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): Tide won, 1–5–1 … to 0–2–1 (7 inn.)  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

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Other Key Opening-Week Games (CB360 Composite Top-50)
(Thur.–Sun.; Feb. 25-28, 2021):

• at [2] Vanderbilt (now 6–1) … vs. Georgia State (3–6) – Vandy won 4-gm series, 3–1
gm–1 (Fri.): GS won, 4–8–1 … to 2–8–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): Vandy won, 5–7–2 … to 4–7–0  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): Vandy won, 12–12–1 … to 2–4–2  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.; 3:30 CT): Vandy won, 17–12–0 … to 6–9–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [3] Arkansas (now 7–0) … vs. Southeast Missouri State (2–5)
Hogs swept 4-game series
gm–1 (Thur.): Hogs won, 6–9–0 … to 5–9–0  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Fri.): Hogs won, 7–8–0 … to 3–5–0  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): Hogs won, 9–15–1 … to 3–6–1  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.): Hogs won, 11–12–0 … to 4–4–2 (5 inn./rain)  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [4] Louisville (now 6–1) … vs. Western Illinois (1–2) – Cards won series, 2–1
gm–1 (Fri.): WIU won, 8–15–2 … to 3–5–3  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): UofL won, 4–8–2 … to 1–5–2  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): UofL won, 9–10–0 … to 4–9–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [5] Miami (now 3–3) … vs. Virginia Tech (now 5–1) – Hokies posted 2–1 series upset
* ACC season-opening series *
gm–1 (Fri.): VT won, 5–6–0 … to 3–6–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): ‘Canes won, 3–7–0 … to 0–5–0  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): VT won, 9–11–1 … to 6–11–2  Live Stats

• at [7] Mississippi State (3–1) … vs. Tulane (2–2) – ‘Dogs won series, 2–1
gm–1 (Fri.): Wave won, 7–8–1 … to 3–6–4  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): MSU won, 9–10–0 … to 5–10–2  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): MSU won, 5–7–3 … to 4–12–0  Live Stats

• at [9] LSU (3–1) … vs. Youngstown State (1–3) – Tigers swept 2-game series (also def. Nicholls State)
gm–1 (Fri.): Tigers won, 6–11–1 … to 2–6–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): Tigers won, 5–10–2 … to 3–8–2  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
… LSU also posted Sat. win over Nicholls State, 14–13–1 to 0–2–2  |  Boxscore (teams will play again on Tues.)

• at [11] Texas Tech (now 3–3) … vs. Houston Baptist (1–5) –Raiders swept series
gm–1 (Fri.): TT won 18–21–1 … to 3–6–2  (7 inn.)  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): TT won 8–11–0 … to 1–5–3  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): TT won 11–11–0 … to 2–5–1  Live Stats

• [14] East Carolina (now 6–1) … at Georgia Southern (2–5) – ECU won series, 2–1
gm–1 (Fri.): ECU won, 6–12–1 … to 4–7–2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): GS won, 10–14–1 … to 7–12–2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): ECU won, 9–11–1 … to 2–7–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [16] Tennessee (now 7–2) … vs. Indiana State (3–4) – split 4-gm series
gm–1 (Fri.): Vols won, 4–10–1 … to 3–9–2  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): ISU won, 3–8–1 … to 1–5–1  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): ISU won, 7–8–0 … to 5–9–0  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.): Vols won, 6–8–3 … to 5–6–3 (11 inn.)  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [19] Oklahoma State (now 6–0) … vs. Illinois State (2–3) – Cowboys swept series
gm–1 (Fri.): OK St. won, 3–5–0 … to 2–9–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): OK St. won, 8–7–0 … to 2–7–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): OK St. won, 6–7–0 … to 0–7–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [20] Florida State (now 2–4) … vs. Pittsburgh (6–1) – Panthers upset series sweep
* ACC season-opening series *
gm–1 (Fri.): Pitt won, 1–5–0 … to 0–4–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): Pitt won, 7–7–0 … to 2–10–2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): Pitt won, 9–11–3 … to 7–6–9 (13 inn.)  |  Live Stats

• at [23] Georgia (now 7–1) … vs. Gardner-Webb (1–5) – ‘Dogs swept series
gm–1 (Fri.): postponed
gm–1 (Sat.): UGa won, 3–6–0 … to 2–7–0  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): UGa won, 5–8–1 … to 1–9–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): UGa won, 17–19–1 … to 3–9–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [24] Arizona State (now 4–2) … vs. Hawaii (1–2) – Devils won series, 2–1
gm–1 (Fri.): UH won, 3–6–0 … to 2–9–2  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): ASU won, 6–9–1 … to 5–7–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): ASU won, 9–14–1 … to 6–7–2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [25] Dallas Baptist (now 5–2) … vs. Gonzaga (4–4) – 4-game series split
gm–1 (Thur.): Zags won, 10–8–1 … to 7–10–3  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Fri.): DBU won, 13–14–0 … to 2–6–0  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): Zags won, 10–8–1 … to 7–10–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.): DBU won, 8–14–0 … to 7–10–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [26] Arizona (now 6–2) … vs. Southeastern Louisiana (3–4) – ‘Cats series sweep
gm–1 (Thur.): ‘Cats won, 7–12–0 … to 4–7–3  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Fri.): ‘Cats won, 13–15–4 … to 11–13–3  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): ‘Cats won, 4–11–3 … to 3–7–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.): ‘Cats won, 14–15–0 … to 2–6–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [27] Michigan – idle (first game is March 6)

• at [30] Texas (now 3–4) … vs. BYU (3–5) – ‘Horns won 4-gm series, 3–1
gm–1 (Wed.): ‘Horns won, 3–4–3 … to 1–3–0  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Thur.): ‘Horns won, 12–15–0 … to 6–8–5  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Fri.): ‘Horns won, 11–7–1 … to 1–2–0  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sat.): Cougs won, 5–7–0 … to 4–8–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [32] Oregon St. (now 7–1) … at Grand Canyon (3–5) – 4-game series sweep
gm–1 (Thur.): Beavs won 4–9–1 … to 0–3–1  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Fri.): Beavs won 3–6–0 … to 1–3–0    |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.): Beavs won 9–11–1 … to 2–8–0  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.): Beavs won 4–12–1 … to 2–6–2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [33] Indiana  – idle (first game is March 5)

• at [35] San Diego State (now 5–2) … vs. UC San Diego (1–3) – Aztecs won 4-game series, 3–1
gm–1 (Fri.; at SDSU): SDSU won, 10–12–1 … to 4–4–6  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.; at SDSU): UCSD won, 9–8–1 … to 3–9–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.; at UCSD): SDSU won, 7–15–2 … to 5–10–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.; at UCSD): SDSU won, 13–15–1 … to 6–12–2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [40] San Francisco (now 3–4) … vs. California (5–3) – Bears posted 3–1 series upset
gm–1 (Thur.; at Cal): Cal won, 4–2–2 … to 2–9–1  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Fri.; at Cal): Cal won, 4–12–2 … to 3–6–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sat.; at USF): Dons won, 10–9–0 … to 6–7–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–4 (Sun.; at USF): Cal won, 5–9–0 … to 1–4–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• at [43] USC (now 3–3) … vs. Cal Poly (3–4) – Mustangs posted 2–1 series upset
gm–1 (Fri.): CP won, 2–9–2 … to 1–3–1  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): CP won, 9–15–1 … to 4–9–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): USC won, 7–12–4 … to 6–8–2  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

• [46] Long Beach State – idle (start mid-March)

• at [49] UNC Wilmington (now 5–1) … vs. Western Carolina (5–3) – UNCW won series, 2–1
gm–1 (Fri.): WCU won 8–12–1 … to 2–5–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–2 (Sat.): UNCW won 8–12–2 … to 6–8–3  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore
gm–3 (Sun.): UNCW won 10–14–0 … to 6–9–1  |  Live Stats  |  Boxscore

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• Other CONFERENCE FAVORITES (for leagues without teams in the CNR Top-50, or conference favorites not facing a CNR Top-50 team on Opening Week … additional info., results, etc., to be added below later in the weekend, also on Twitter):

Virginia Commonwealth (0–3; Atlantic 10/A-10) – series at Elon

• Sam Houston State (0–1; Southland) – home series vs. Texas-San Antonio

• Belmont (1–0; Ohio Valley/OVC) – two-game home series (Fri.-Sat.) vs. Northern Kentucky

• Navy (Patriot League) – home series vs. George Mason (Sat.-Sun.)

Texas Rio Grande Valley (2–1; Western Athletic/WAC) – four-game series (Fri.-Mon.) at Washington

Omaha (1–1; Summit League) – four-game series (Fri.-Sun.) at Missouri

• Campbell (2–1; Big South) – home series vs. Dayton

• Kent State (0–2; Mid-American/MAC) – home series vs. Tennessee Tech (Sat.-Sun.)

• Stony Brook (0–0; America East/A-East) – home series vs. Sacred Heart (Fri. DH & Sun. game)

• Alabama State (1–3; Southwestern/SWAC) – home series vs. Eastern Michigan

• North Carolina A&T (1–3; Mid-Eastern/MEAC) – four-game series vs. Appalachian State (home & away; Fri.-Sun. & Tues.)

… the Metro Atlantic (MAAC) has yet to announce its preseason coaches poll (their teams don’t start playing  until mid-March

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