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Florida needed nearly five hours before outlasting Georgia, 3-2 in 16 innings.
A big weekend kicked off in a big way on Friday – highlighted by 13 head-to-head series between top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings. In noteworthy showdown series, #4 LSU won yet another 1-run SEC game (5-4 at #3 Kentucky) while #7 Baylor extended its school-record winning streak to 22 while remaining unbeaten (16-0) in the Big 12 with a 5-3 comeback in a statement-making game at #8 Texas A&M. Another top-50 matchup produced a 16-inning marathon spanning nearly five hours, as #2 Florida survived against #31 Georgia in a 3-2 game that ended on a strikeout/wild pitch with a runner on third. All told, the favorites went 24-11 (69%) in Friday’s CB360 top-50 games, with one game rained out and another suspended mid-game. front-page photo courtesy of Florida
Recent (top-50 scoreboards) – April 18 … April 16-17 … April 15 … April 14 … April 12-13 … April 11 … April 10… April 9
Previous Week – April 8 … April 7 … April 6… April 5 … April 4 … April 2-3
Earlier Week – April 1 … March 31 … March 30 … March 28 … March 26-27
Click Here for links to CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages from Feb. 26-March 25
Josh Ludy (Baylor)
Elsewhere in top-50 matchups, #46 Georgia Tech picked up a key win at #6 North Carolina (11-4) while #1 Florida State opened its series vs. #19 Miami with an 11-2 victory. #12 Stanford surprisingly ran away from #25 Arizona State, 17-5.
Ted LeMasters (San Francisco)
In addition to games referenced above, Friday’s other top-50 upsets included:
• Boston College 11-10 at #17 North Carolina State
• St. Mary’s 7-1 at #20 San Diego
• Kansas 7-2 at #23 Texas
• San Francisco 4-3 vs. #27 Gonzaga
• Duke 6-3 vs. #28 Virginia
• Santa Clara 6-2 vs. #36 Pepperdine
• Woffored 11-5 vs. #45 Elon
• UNC Ascheville 7-6 vs. #47 Liberty (13 inn.)
• High Point 8-5 at #50 Coastal Carolina (12 inn.)
Two top-50 teams clinched their series by winning game-2 on Friday: #22 New Mexico State 4-3 vs. Louisiana Tech and #49 Mississippi State 7-1 vs. Tennessee (both will go for series sweeps on Saturday).
Tyler Moore (LSU)
Friday’s 37 top-50 results are listed below, an assortment of postgame links (Thursday’s pair of top-50 games are included at the bottom of the page). A special dedicated Twitter feed (see below) also is included below, featuring team tweets from top-50 teams playing head-to-head and from the “Bakers dozen” top-13 …
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FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (April 20, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
Sherman Johnson (Florida State)
upsets in italics
• at #1 Florida State 11-13-2 … def. #19 Miami 2-5-2
(FSU now 31-7, 17-2 ACC … Miami 26-12, 12-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FSU Recap | Miami Recap | Photos
• at #2 Florida 3-13-0 … def. #31 Georgia 2-14-1 (16 inn.)
(FL now 30-8, 10-6 SEC … UGa 23-16, 7-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap (w/ video) | UGa Recap
Adam Plutko (UCLA)
• #4 LSU 5-10-1 … won at #3 Kentucky 4-10-2
(LSU now 32-7, 12-4 SEC … KY 33-6, 11-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | KY Recap | Photos
• #5 UCLA 4-7-0 … won at #26 Oregon State 0-2-0
(UCLA now 26-8, 11-5 Pac12 … OR-St. 24-12, 6-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | OR-St. Recap
Buck Farmer (Georgia Tech)
• #46 Georgia Tech 11-13-2 … won at #6 North Carolina 4-11-3
(GT now 22-16, 7-11 ACC … UNC 28-10, 12-6)
… Final Stats | GT Recap (w/ video) | UNC Recap
• #7 Baylor 5-14-4 … won at #8 Texas A&M 3-8-3
(BAY now 33-7, 16-0 Big12 … A&M 28-10, 9-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BAY Recap | A&M Recap
Mark Appel (Stanford)
• at #11 Rice 2-6-0 … def. #29 East Carolina 0-1-0
(Rice now 29-11, 10-3 CUSA … ECU 26-12, 8-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | ECU Recap
• at #12 Stanford 17-17-2 … def. #25 Arizona State 5-9-2
(STAN now 23-10, 6-7 Pac12 … ASU 24-14, 9-7)
… Final Stats | STAN Recap | ASU Recap | Photos
Dylan Floro (Cal State Fullerton)
• at #13 Cal State Fullerton 6-9-2 … def. #42 Cal Poly 1-10-2
(CSF now 25-12, 8-2 BW … CP 21-15, 5-5)
… Final Stats | CSF Recap | CP Recap
• #14 Arkansas at #21 Mississippi – suspended, OleMiss up 6-1 b4 (resume Sat. at 2 CT; DH)
Cy Sneed (Dallas Baptist)
• #33 Dallas Baptist 15-18-1 … won at #47 Indiana State 2-8-1
(DB now 27-10 … ISU 29-10)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | DB Recap | ISU Recap | Postgame Video
• #37 Clemson 5-10-1 … won at #39 Maryland 4-10-1
(CLEM now 22-17, 10-9 ACC … MD 25-15, 7-12)
… Final Stats | CLEM Recap | MD Recap
Tim Cooney (Wake Forest)
• at #40 Wake Forest 5-8-0 … def. #43 Virginia Tech 1-5-0
(WFU now 24-15, 8-11 ACC … VT 26-14, 7-12)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WFU Recap | VT Recap | Postgame Video
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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (April 20, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
upsets in italics
• #9 South Carolina 12-13-0 … won at Auburn 5-11-1
(SC now 28-11, 9-7 SEC … AUB 21-17, 7-9)
… Final Stats | SC Recap | AUB Recap | Photos
• at #10 Oregon 6-9-0 … def. Washington State 2-8-2
(ORE now 27-10, 11-5 Pac12 … WSU 19-16, 5-8)
… Final Stats | ORE Recap (w/ video links) | WSU Recap
Spenser Payne (Boston College)
• #15 Arizona 10-11-1 … won at Washington 2-7-2
(AZ now 25-12, 11-5 Pac12 … WA 19-16, 5-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | WA Recap
• #16 Purdue 8-11-1 … won at Nebraska 5-7-1
(PUR now 30-5, 11-2 BigTen … NEB 25-14, 7-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PUR Recap | NEB Recap
• Boston College 11-9-2 … won at #17 North Carolina State 10-15-0
(BC now 15-23, 6-13 ACC … NC-St. 24-12, 11-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BC Recap | NC-St. Recap
Shawn O'Brien (St. Mary's)
• #18 Central Florida 1-8-0 … won at Tulane 0-10-0
(UCF now 32-8, 10-3 CUSA … Tulane 26-12, 5-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCF Recap (w/ video) | Tulane Recap (w/ video links)
• St. Mary’s 7-10-1 … won at #20 San Diego 1-8-2
(SMC now 18-17, 3-7 WCC … USD 29-9, 7-3)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SMC Recap | USC Recap
Frank Duncan (Kansas)
• at #22 New Mexico State 4-8-0 … def. Louisiana Tech 3-8-0
(NMSU has clinched series, 2-0 … NMSU now 29-11, 6-2 WAC … LT 17-21, 1-7)
… Final Stats | NMSU Recap | LT Recap |
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(LT postgame audio)
• Kansas 7-10-1 … won at #23 Texas 2-3-1
(KU now 16-23, 4-9 Big12 … TX 21-14, 9-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | KU Recap | TX Recap | Photos
• #24 Sam Houston State at McNeese State – rainout (Sat. DH, 1 CT)
• at San Francisco 4-8-1 … def. #27 Gonzaga 3-11-1
(SanFran now 17-24, 4-6 WCC … GON 26-10, 6-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SanFran Recap | GON Recap | Postgame Video
Marcus Stroman (Duke)
• at Duke 6-9-1 … def. #28 Virginia 3-8-2
(Duke now 15-24, 7-12 ACC … UVa 24-14-1, 9-10)
… Final Stats | Duke Recap (w/ video) | UVa Recap | Video Highlights
• #30 Missouri State 6-13-1 … won at Wichita State 0-5-1
(MO-St. now 28-11, 7-2 MVC … WICH 23-18, 5-5)
… Final Stats | MO-St. Recap | WICH Recap
• #32 Louisville 6-7-1 … won at South Florida 5-9-1
(LOU now 27-11, 9-4 BE … SF 26-13, 10-3)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | SF Recap (w/ video)
• at #34 Appalachian State 14-18-0 … def. Furman 2-9-0
(APP npw 26-9, 11-5 SoCon … FUR 18-21, 7-12)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | APP Recap | FUR Recap
• #35 TCU 6-9-2 … won at San Diego State 1-5-1
(TCU now 22-13, 10-3 MtWest … SDSU 18-22, 7-6)
… Final Stats | TCU Recap | SDSU Recap | Notes
Quinton Perry (Santa Clara)
• at Santa Clara 6-9-0 … def. #36 Pepperdine 2-8-1
(SCU now 19-16, 2-8 WCC … PEP 22-16, 5-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SCU Recap | PEP Recap | Postgame Video
• at #38 Oklahoma 5-9-1 … def. Alabama State 0-4-1
(OU now 24-14 … AS 16-24)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap (w/ video) | AS Recap
• #41 UC Irvine 4-8-0 … won at Long Beach State 0-0-1
(UCI now 20-14, 5-5 BW … LB 16-19, 7-3)
… Final Stats | UCI Recap | LB Recap
• #44 Southeastern Louisiana 5-9-1 … won at Texas-San Antonio 2-4-2
(SL now 27-12, 12-7 SLC … UTSA 16-22, 6-13)
… Final Stats | SL Recap | UTSA Recap
Matthew Pelt (Wofford)
• at Wofford 11-12-2 … def. #45 Elon 5-9-4
(WOF now 15-22, 4-12 SoCon … Elon 22-18, 12-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WOF Recap | Elon Recap
• at UNC Asheville 7-15-2 … def. #47 Liberty 6-12-1 (13 inn.)
(UNC-A now 18-21, 7-9 BigSo … LIB 31-11, 9-4)
… Final Stats | UNC-A Recap | LIB Recap
• at #49 Mississippi State 7-7-0 … def. Tennessee 1-3-1
(MS has clinched series, 2-0 … MS now 23-16, 7-10 SEC … TN 22-17, 7-10)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MS Recap (w/ video links) | TN Recap | Notes | More Video (TN)
Cody Manzella (High Point)
• High Point 8-13-1 … won at #50 Coastal Carolina 5-9-6 (12 inn.)
(HP now 23-18, 8-5 BigSo … CC 24-13, 7-3)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HP Recap | CC Recap
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THURSDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES (April 19, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
• at #22 New Mexico State 3-7-0 … def. Louisiana Tech 2-8-1
( NMSU now 28-11, 5-2 WAC … LT 17-20, 1-6)
… Final Stats | NMSU Recap (w/ video) | LT Recap | Notes (LT) |
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(LT postgame audio)
• at #49 Mississippi State 2-5-0 … def. Tennessee 1-6-1
(MS now 22-16, 6-10 SEC … TN 22-16, 7-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MS Recap (w/ video links) | TN Recap | Notes | More Video (TN/ESPNU)