Following a tumultuous opening weekend that produced upsets and exciting matchups throughout college baseball, the second weekend of the 2013 season is upon us with most of the CB360 top-50 set to play on Friday (all but #31 Virginia Tech, #47 Appalachian State and #49 Creighton). There’s a total of 38 games on Friday’s slate involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings – highlighted by nine different head-to-head matchups.
Friday’s nine scheduled games between CB360 top-50 teams (listed first below) include (21) Cal State Fullerton at (22) TCU, along with an intriguing pairing of 2012 CWS team Stony Brook (cb360 #45) starting a series at top-ranked North Carolina (game-1 has been pushed back to Saturday).
CB360 Top-50 Gameday Pages: Feb. 15 | Feb. 16 | Feb. 17 | Feb. 18 | Feb. 19 | Feb. 20
The updated CB360 top-50 is included below (full release coming later). Note that the formula has some tweaks going from the preseason to this update, as the rankings from Baseball America and Perfect Game are only a top-25 (preseason also included projected field of 64) while the coaches poll does not update after the first week of the season (thus the preseason poll still is used in the CNR) … thus there are some oddities towards the bottom of this top-50 but they will be fixed next week with a new coaches poll added to the mix.
Here’s the current CB360 top-50:
1-North Carolina … 2-Arkansas … 3-Vanderbilt … 4-LSU … 5-UCLA … 6-South Carolina … 7-Oregon
… 8-Oregon State … 9-Stanford … 10-Kentucky … 11-NC State … 12-Mississippi State … 13-Rice
14-Florida State … 15-Florida … 16-Arizona … 17-Mississippi … 18-Oklahoma … 19-Georgia Tech
20-Louisville … 21-Cal State Fullerton … 22-TCU … 23-Southern Mississippi … 24-Texas
25-UC Irvine … 26-Arizona State … 27-Miami … 28-Texas A&M … 29-Virginia … 30-Clemson
31-Virginia Tech … 32-San Diego State … 33-San Diego … 34-Baylor … 35-California
36-Sam Houston State … 37-Kent State … 38-Cal Poly … 39-Notre Dame … 40-Florida Atlantic
41-St. John’s … 42-Pepperdine … 43-Central Florida … 44-Purdue … 45-Stony Brook
46-Texas Tech … 47-Appalachian State … 48-Coastal Carolina … 49-Creighton … 50-Georgia Southern
CB360 Preseason Top-50 (Composite National Rankings; includes formula description and elements)
Friday’s top-50 games listed below, with links for live-coverage, team game notes (weekly releases) and postgame links being added:
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Friday’s Top-50 Matchups (Feb. 22, 2013)
(based on the CBS360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• (45) Stony Brook at (1) North Carolina | Live Stats | Live Audio – postponed to Sat. at 3 ET
(Sun. DH at 11) | UNC Game Notes: HTML & PDF | SB Game Notes: HTML & PDF
• (5) UCLA (3-1) 4-8-0 … won at (34) Baylor (1-4) 3-7-0 | Live Stats | Live Video
UCLA Game Notes: HTML & PDF | BAY Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | BAY Recap (w/ video) | Quotes | Photos
• (8) Oregon St. (6-0) 2-6-1 … won at (32) San Diego St. (3-2) 0-5-2 (Beavers lead 4-gm series 2-0)
OR-St. Game Notes: HTML & PDF | SDSU Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Live Stats
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OR-St. Recap | SDSU Recap | Video Highlights
• at (12) Mississippi State (6-0) 3-5-0 … def. (42) Purdue (3-3) 2-5-1 | Live Stats
PUR Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Recap | PUR Recap | Postgame Notes | Video Highlights | Postgame Video
• (41) St. John’s at (19) Georgia Tech – postponed (Sat. DH at noon)
StJ Game Notes: HTML & PDF | GT Game Notes: HTML & PDF
• (21) Cal State Fullerton (6-0) 7-9-0 … won at (22) TCU (0-4) 2-6-1 | Live Stats
TCU Game Notes: HTML & PDF | CSF Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | TCU Recap | Postgame Notes | Photos
• at (25) UC Irvine (4-1) 5-13-1 … def. (35) California (3-2) 3-6-3 | Live Stats | Live Audio
Cal Game Notes: HTML & PDF | UCI Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCI Recap | Cal Recap
• (44) Pepperdine (5-1) 5-10-0 … won at (28) Texas A&M (4-2) 3-10-0 | Live Stats
A&M Game Notes: HTML & PDF | PEP Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PEP Recap | A&M Recap | Video Highlights
• at (33) San Diego (1-3) 2-4-2 … def. (37) Kent State (0-5) 1-6-2 | Live Stats | Live Video
Kent-St. Game Notes: HTML & PDF | USD Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USD Recap | Kent-St. Recap | Postgame Video
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Friday’s Other Top-50 Games (Feb. 22, 2013)
(based on the CBS360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• at (2) Arkansas (5-1) 10-11-1 … def. Evansville (1-3) 4-10-2 | Live Stats | Live Video
Arkansas Game Notes: HTML (w/ video) & PDF | Evansville Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | Aces Recap | Photos
• at (3) Vanderbilt (5-1) 5-6-0 … def. Monmouth (1-1) 1-5-2 | Live Stats | Live Video
Vanderbilt Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Monmouth Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap (w/ video links) | MON Recap
• Southeastern Louisiana at (4) LSU – suspended 0-0 b-1st (resume Sun. at 1 CT) | Live Stats
LSU Game Notes: HTML & PDF | SE-La. Game Notes: HTML & PDF
• Albany at (6) South Carolina – postponed (gm-1 on Sat. at 4 ET; Sun. DH at 12)
South Carolina Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Albany Game Notes: HTML & PDF
• Loyola Marymount (3-2) 7-12-2 … won at (7) Oregon (4-1) 2-5-1 | Live Stats | Live Video
Oregon Game Notes: HTML & PDF | LMU Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LMU Recap | ORE Recap (w/ video links)
• at (9) Stanford (3-2) 3-8-1 … def. Fresno State (1-3) 1-3-2 | Live Stats | Live Video
Stanford Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Fresno Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | FS Recap
• (10) Kentucky (4-1) 6-7-0 … def. Elon (2-3-) 1-3-1 (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Kentucky Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Elon Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | KY Recap | Elon Recap | Live Stats | Live Audio: Kentucky & Elon
• La Salle at (11) North Carolina State – cancelled (NC State set to play Sat. at 12 ET vs. TBA)
NC State Game Notes: HTML & PDF | La Salle Game Notes: HTML & PDF
• (13) Rice (3-2) 2-8-1 … won at Hawaii (0-5) 0-11-0 (17 INNINGS … yes, 17) | Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio
Rice Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Hawaii Game Notes: HTML (w/ video) & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | UH Recap
• South Florida at (14) Florida State – postponed (DH Sat. at noon)
Florida State Game Notes: HTML & PDF | South Florida Game Notes: HTML & PDF
• Florida Gulf Coast (3-1) 8-9-1 … won at (15) Florida (3-3) 2-6-0 | Live Stats
Florida Game Notes: HTML & PDF | FGCU Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FCGU Recap | FL Recap | Postgame Video
• at (16) Arizona (5-1) 8-10-2 … def. San Jose State (2-3) 7-10-1 | Live Stats
Arizona Game Notes: HTML & PDF | San Jose Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | SJSU Recap | Video Highlight
• at (17) Mississippi (5-0) 8-12-1 … def. Rhode Island (0-4) 1-4-0 | Live Stats
Ole Miss Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Rhode Island Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OleMiss Recap | URI Recap | Photos
• (18) Oklahoma (7-1) 3-9-0 … def. Iowa (1-3) 1-9-1 (Corpus Christi, TX) | Live Stats | Live Audio
Oklahoma Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Iowa Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | Iowa Recap
• at (20) Louisville (4-1) 7-12-3 … def. Akron (0-4) 0-3-2 | Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio
Louisville Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Akron Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | Akron Recap | Photos
• at (23) Southern Mississippi (4-1) 6-6-0 … def. Eastern Illinois (1-4) 3-6-2 | Live Stats
Southern Miss. Game Notes: HTML & PDF | EIU Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-Miss. Recap | EIU Recap
• at (24) Texas (4-1) 8-9-0 … def. Nebraska (0-5) 2-9-0 | Live Stats | Live Audio
Texas Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Nebraska Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX Recap | NEB Recap
• (26) Arizona State (3-1) 4-6-0 … won at Tennessee (1-4) 0-3-1 | Live Stats | Live Video
Arizona State Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Tennessee Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ASU Recap | TN Recap
• at (27) Miami (5-0) 6-9-1 … def. Milwaukee (2-3) 1-9-4 | Live Stats | Live Audio
Miami Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Milwaukee Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miami Recap | MIL Recap
• at (29) Virginia (5-0) 15-15-0 def. Toledo (1-2) 0-7-4 | Live Stats | Live Audio
Virginia Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Toledo Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | TOL Recap
• Wright State at (30) Clemson | Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio – ppd (Sat. DH at 1 ET)
Clemson Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Wright State Game Notes: HTML & PDF
• Louisiana-Monroe (2-1) 2-6-0 … won at (36) Sam Houston State (1-4) 1-9-0 | Live Stats
Sam Houston Game Notes: HTML & PDF | ULM Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ULM Recap | SHSU Recap
• at (38) Cal Poly (5-0) 2-3-1 … def. Seattle (1-4) 1-5-1 | Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio
Cal Poly Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Seattle Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CP Recap | SEA Recap
• (39) Notre Dame (3-1) 2-4-0 … won at Tulane (3-2) 1-7-0 | Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio
Notre Dame Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Tulane Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ND Recap | Tulane Recap
• Alabama (5-0) 5-7-1 … won at (40) Florida Atlantic (3-2) 2-5-3 | Live Stats | Live Audio
FAU Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Alabama Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AL Recap | FAU Recap
• at (43) Central Florida (3-2) 7-10-0 … def. Connecticut (1-3) 3-5-1 | Live Stats
UCF Game Notes: HTML & PDF | UConn Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCF Recap | UConn Recap
• at Troy (5-0) 10-14-2 … def. (46) Texas Tech (4-1) 3-6-2 | Live Stats | Live Audio: Troy & TT
Texas Tech Game Notes: HTML (w/ video) & PDF | Troy Game Notes: HTML & PDF
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Troy Recap | TT Recap
• Elon at (48) Coastal Carolina – cancelled (rainout; no makeup)
Coastal Carolina Game Notes: HTML & PDF | Elon Game Notes: HTML & PDF
• (49) Creighton at Lamar – cancelled (Jays unable to make trip for YMBL Cardinal Classic)
• Indiana at (50) Georgia Southern – susp. (resume Sat. 1:30 ET, GS up 5-0 t3) | Live Stats
Georgia Southern Notes: HTML (w/ video) & PDF | Indiana Game Notes: HTML & PDFqqqq