Collegiate Baseball Poll-May 25

May 24, 2010
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TUCSON, AZ. — Texas has been ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight week in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll.

The Longhorns (46-8) have won 28 of their last 29 games. The 24 wins in Big 12 Conference play (24-3) set a new league record. Over the past weekend, Texas swept a 3-game series against Missouri. The Longhorns lead the nation with a 2.39 ERA and have compiled 478 strikeouts and 150 walks over 54 games. On offense, Texas has hit 71 homers and stolen 81 bases while limiting opponents to only 33 stolen bases in 53 chances.

Poll Notes: Several other teams played well lately. UCLA has won nine consecutive Pac-10 games. Oklahoma has won seven straight. And Washington St. has won eight of its last nine Pac-10 games. In key series over the past weekend, Virginia won two of three at Miami, Fla., Florida won two of three at South Carolina, Auburn swept a 3-game series at Mississippi, and Arkansas won two of three at Vanderbilt. Four teams fell out of the top 30 this week in Virginia Tech. (swept in a 3-game series by North Carolina), California (0-4 last week), Arizona (1-3 last week) and Kansas St. (1-2 last week). New to the poll is Stanford (won two of three at Arizona), Texas A&M (won two of three against Kansas St.), Florida Gulf Coast (won regular season title in Atlantic Sun Conference with 25-5 league mark), and Oregon (won two of three against Washington).

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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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s
NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 24, 2010)
www.baseballnews.com
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Texas (46-8) 496 1
2. Virginia (45-10) 492 2
3. Arizona St. (45-7) 491 3
4. Florida (40-13) 488 5
5. Coastal Carolina (47-7) 486 4
6. Cal. St. Fullerton (37-15) 483 7
7. South Carolina (43-13) 482 6
8. UCLA (41-11) 480 10
9. Georgia Tech. (44-11) 478 8
10. Miami, Fla. (39-15) 476 9
11. Texas Christian (43-11) 474 12
12. Louisville (46-10) 472 13
13. Oklahoma (42-14) 468 14
14. Auburn (39-17) 464 16
15. San Diego (33-18) 460 15
16. Clemson (37-19) 459 28
17. Florida St. (39-16) 458 11
18. Arkansas (40-16) 451 18
19. Vanderbilt (40-15) 447 20
20. Washington St. (31-18) 446 24
21. Mississippi (36-20) 444 17
22. Connecticut (43-12) 443 19
23. Rice (35-20) 441 22
24. U.C. Irvine (34-18) 439 23
25. Stanford (30-21) 436
26. Texas A&M (36-19-1) 434
27. Fresno St. (35-23) 430 27
28. Florida Gulf Coast (37-18) 428
29. Oregon (37-19) 425
30. Southern Miss. (32-21) 422 29

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