ASU Stays #1, With Others Climbing
TUCSON, AZ. — Arizona St. is ranked No. 1 for the sixth straight time in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA
Division I baseball poll.
The Sun Devils (31-3, 9-3 Pac-10 Conference, first place) were 3-0 last week as ASU beat Southern California three straight.
Poll Notes: Several teams have been red hot lately, including Connecticut (15 in a row), Coastal Carolina (13), Texas (12), Arkansas (11) and Texas Christian (7). Six teams fell out of the top 30 this week, including Western Kentucky (1-4 last week), Virginia Tech. (2-2), Virginia Military Institute (1-3), Fresno St. (2-3), Washington St. (2-3) and S.E. Louisiana (3-2). New to the poll is Arizona (5 straight victories), Connecticut (15 consecutive wins), Rutgers (6 wins in a row), Stanford (5 in a row, including a 3-game sweep at Oregon St.), Oregon (won 2 of 3 at UCLA last weekend), Northwestern St. (won six in a row).
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
(Top 30 Agate Follows)
| Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s | ||
| NCAA Div. I Poll (As of April 19, 2010) | ||
| www.baseballnews.com | ||
| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. Arizona St. (31-3) | 494 | 1 |
| 2. Texas (30-7) | 492 | 3 |
| 3. Georgia Tech. (31-5) | 490 | 6 |
| 4. Arkansas (31-6) | 487 | 8 |
| 5. South Carolina (28-8) | 486 | 5 |
| 6. Louisiana St. (30-6) | 485 | 7 |
| 7. Coastal Carolina (32-5) | 483 | 9 |
| 8. UCLA (27-5) | 482 | 2 |
| 9. Miami, Fla. (27-9) | 479 | 13 |
| 10. Virginia (29-9) | 478 | 4 |
| 11. Florida St. (28-9) | 476 | 10 |
| 12. Florida (25-10) | 473 | 12 |
| 13. Louisville (29-6) | 470 | 15 |
| 14. Texas Christian (27-7) | 466 | 17 |
| 15. California (22-11) | 463 | 19 |
| 16. Cal. St. Fullerton (20-13) | 460 | 22 |
| 17. Kansas St. (26-8) | 458 | 20 |
| 18. Arizona (26-9) | 456 | — |
| 19. Connecticut (27-7) | 452 | — |
| 20. Oklahoma (26-10) | 446 | 11 |
| 21. Rutgers (21-13) | 442 | — |
| 22. Stanford (18-13) | 441 | — |
| 23. Oregon (23-12) | 440 | — |
| 24. Pittsburgh (26-9) | 437 | 24 |
| 25. Oregon St. (20-11) | 434 | 14 |
| 26. Clemson (23-14) | 432 | 16 |
| 27. Mississippi (24-13) | 430 | 18 |
| 28. Vanderbilt (29-9) | 429 | 30 |
| 29. Auburn (24-13) | 426 | 23 |
| 30. Northwestern St. (25-10) | 423 | — |