TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Virginia has been ranked No. 1 for the third straight week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Cavaliers, winners of 12 of their last 13, won two of three at ninth ranked Georgia Tech. and has now won all five Atlantic Coast Conference series this season in rolling to a 13-2 ACC record, first in the league.
No. 2 ranked Vanderbilt has also been superb with a 30-3 overall record (tied for first in the Southeastern Conference at 10-2) and 10 wins in a row. Over the past weekend, the Commodores swept a 3-game series against Alabama.
Defending national champion South Carolina (26-5) is ranked third. The Gamecocks are also tied for the lead in the SEC with a 10-2 conference record after sweeping a 3-game series against Tennessee. South Carolina has won nine straight games.
Poll Notes: Several other teams have been red-hot. Oregon St. swept a 3-game series at home against Arizona St. to move into first place in the Pac-10 Conference with a 5-1 mark. The Beavers have won six in a row. With the trio of losses, ASU fell to fourth in the Pac-10 with a 5-4 record. Other teams with notable win streaks in the top 30 include Charlotte (7 wins in a row), Arkansas (5), and Stetson (5). Four teams that fell out of the top 30 in Alabama (5 straight losses), Louisiana St. (1-3 last week), U.C. Irvine (2-2), and New Mexico St. (2-2). New to the poll is Oklahoma St. (24-8), Miami, Fla. (21-11), Stetson (25-7) and Charlotte (26-6).
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| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s | ||
| NCAA Div. I Poll (As of April 11, 2011) | ||
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| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Virginia (31-3) | 495 | 1 |
| 2. Vanderbilt (30-3) | 494 | 2 |
| 3. South Carolina (26-5) | 493 | 3 |
| 4. Texas (24-8) | 491 | 6 |
| 5. Florida (26-7) | 489 | 4 |
| 6. North Carolina (29-5) | 486 | 9 |
| 7. Cal. St. Fullerton (23-9) | 484 | 10 |
| 8. Texas A&M (24-8) | 482 | 7 |
| 9. Georgia Tech. (24-9) | 479 | 8 |
| 10. Oregon St. (24-7) | 475 | 20 |
| 11. Texas Christian (22-10) | 472 | 15 |
| 12. UCLA (16-11) | 469 | 16 |
| 13. Arizona St. (22-9) | 467 | 5 |
| 14. Fresno St. (22-5) | 466 | 11 |
| 15. Florida St. (23-9) | 464 | 12 |
| 16. Oklahoma (24-8) | 462 | 13 |
| 17. Arkansas (23-8) | 459 | 25 |
| 18. Oklahoma St. (24-8) | 457 | — |
| 19. Miami, Fla. (21-11) | 454 | — |
| 20. California (20-9) | 452 | 17 |
| 21. Stanford (15-9) | 450 | 18 |
| 22. Arizona (22-11) | 448 | 21 |
| 23. Troy (25-6) | 445 | 22 |
| 24. Gonzaga (19-9-1) | 444 | 24 |
| 25. Southern Miss. (23-8) | 442 | 14 |
| 26. Rice (23-13) | 441 | 23 |
| 27. Connecticut (17-11-1) | 439 | 29 |
| 28. Georgia (18-15) | 437 | 30 |
| 29. Stetson (25-7) | 436 | — |
| 30. Charlotte (26-6) | 434 | — |