TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Florida has been ranked No. 1 for the third straight week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Gators (10-1) lost to Florida St. last week, 5-3 but then rebounded with a 3-game sweep at home of Miami, Fla. It marked Florida’s first-ever sweep of Miami in Gainesville. The Gators have now extended their home winning streak to 24 games at McKethan Stadium. Florida’s pitching staff has a 1.27 ERA and a 57:8 strikeout to walk ratio in 56 2/3 innings.
No. 2 Oklahoma (14-0) is off to its best start in school history, topping a 12-0 start in 1998. The 14 consecutive wins is the longest streak since 1985 when the Sooners won 19 straight.
Poll Notes: Outside of Oklahoma’s 14-game winning streak, Cal. St. Bakersfield has won 10 in a row, James Madison 7 straight, Cal. St. Fullerton 6 consecutive, North Carolina 5 in a row and Louisville five straight. Five teams fell out of the top 30 this week, including Oregon (1-3 last week), Miami, Fla. (0-4), Mississippi (3-2), California (1-3), and San Jose St. (2-2). New to the top 30 is Stetson (9-1), James Madison (11-1), Tulane (9-3), Nebraska (8-4) and Cal. St. Bakersfield (11-2). In key series last week, Clemson and South Carolina split two games, Nebraska knocked off UCLA two of three, Texas beat Stanford two of three, Tulane beat Mississippi two of three and Cal. St. Bakersfield won the Coca Cola Classic in Surprise, Ariz. with four straight wins, including a 2-1 victory over Arizona St.
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| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s | ||
| NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 7, 2011) | ||
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| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Florida (10-1) | 496 | 1 |
| 2. Oklahoma (14-0) | 495 | 2 |
| 3. Vanderbilt (11-1) | 493 | 3 |
| 4. Clemson (7-2) | 488 | 4 |
| 5. Florida St. (10-1) | 486 | 5 |
| 6. South Carolina (8-1) | 483 | 6 |
| 7. Louisiana St. (11-1) | 481 | 7 |
| 8. Cal. St. Fullerton (8-3) | 479 | 13 |
| 9. Texas Christian (7-4) | 477 | 10 |
| 10. Virginia (12-1) | 475 | 15 |
| 11. Texas (7-4) | 474 | 12 |
| 12. UCLA (7-4) | 472 | 8 |
| 13. Arizona St. (9-2) | 470 | 11 |
| 14. Texas A&M (9-3) | 467 | 9 |
| 15. Arizona (9-2) | 465 | 16 |
| 16. North Carolina (11-1) | 464 | 17 |
| 17. Stanford (6-5) | 463 | 14 |
| 18. Arkansas (10-1) | 460 | 20 |
| 19. Wichita St. (9-2) | 455 | 19 |
| 20. Fresno St. (8-1) | 453 | 21 |
| 21. U.C. Irvine (8-1) | 451 | 22 |
| 22. Louisville (8-2) | 449 | 25 |
| 23. Rice (8-5) | 447 | 23 |
| 24. Georgia Tech. (8-4) | 443 | 26 |
| 25. Auburn (9-3) | 439 | 27 |
| 26. Stetson (9-1) | 436 | — |
| 27. James Madison (11-1) | 434 | — |
| 28. Tulane (9-3) | 430 | — |
| 29. Nebraska (8-4) | 427 | — |
| 30. Cal. St. Bakersfield (11-2) | 425 | — |