Here’s a rundown of midweek results (March 27–30, 2017) involving teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings Top–50 (as of March 23). Note that the Top–50 was updated the night of March 30, with four teams entering/re-entering the Top–50 (midweek results involving those teams also are noted below).
Some of the more noteworthy midweek results included a pair of SEC series openers on Thursday, as slumping [46] Texas A&M picked up a huge 4–0 win at [10] LSU … while another team looking to surge, Mississippi State, opened its rivalry series at [15] Mississipi with a 4–3 win (the ‘Dogs returned to the Top–50 later on March 30).
LSU was upset earlier in the midweek as well, dropping a 7–6 home game vs. Tulane. All told, there were six top–10 teams upset during the midweek action, with the other results including: at UCLA 9–7 vs. [4] Cal State Fullerton …UTSA 15–9 at [9] Baylor … Southeast Missouri State 6–5 at [13] Missouri … and [28] Florida 4–1 at [17] Florida State in that classic midweek rivalry series.
The FSU-Florida matchup was one of a handful of midweek head-to-head games within the CB360 Top–50, including [31] Southeastern Louisiana sweeping a pair from visiting [49] Louisiana-Lafayette (5–4 resumed game, and 15–3) … while the day before, the #49 Cajuns had won a 3–1 game at [48] McNeese State.
The following six midweek games also produced upsets within the CB360 Top–50:
• Western Michigan 3, at [33] Michigan State 2
• Georgia Tech 11, at [34] Mercer 3
• Oral Roberts 3, at [37] Missouri State 1
• Rice 5, at [47] Sam Houston State 2
• at Purdue 3, [50] Kent State 2
Also of note: [7] North Carolina won a 7–6 home game vs. CWS defending champion Coastal Carolina (which has fallen out of the Top–50) … [30] Auburn won the annual midweek rivalry game in Montgomery vs. Alabama, 4–3 … [25] Stanford picked a quality 7–3 midweek win vs. Long Beach State (which entered the Top–50 later in the week) … [20] Southern Mississippi won a 4–3 game vs. a South Alabama team that has been on the fringe of the Top–50 and it expected to content for the Sun Belt Conf. title … and [32] Tennessee posted a 6–0 in-state win over a Tennessee Tech team that is a top-70 RPI squad and should contend within the OVC.
Here’s the full rundown of the Top–50 midweek results, which included a huge number of Tuesday games (38, with 40 total top-50 teams in action).
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THURSDAY’S KEY RESULTS (March 30, 2017)
(based on CB360 Top–50, March 23 update)
• [46] Texas A&M 4, at [10] LSU 0 (series opener)
• Mississippi State 4, at [15] Mississippi 3 (series opener)
• [41] Oregon at Utah – postponed
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WEDNESDAY’S KEY RESULTS (March 29, 2017)
(based on CB360 Top–50, March 23 update)
• at [31] Southeastern Louisiana 5, [49] Louisiana-Lafayette 4
(resumption of suspended game)
• at [31] Southeastern Louisiana 15, [49] Louisiana-Lafayette 3
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• at [2] Texas Tech 14, Texas Southern 7
• at [3] Arizona 3, Grand Canyon 2
• at [8] Clemson 6, Winthrop 5
• at [11] St. John’s 6, Wagner 2
• at [12] Florida Gulf Coast 3, Miami 0
• at [14] TCU 18, Texas-Rio Grande Valley 2
• [16] Virginia 4, at VCU 2
• at [20] Southern Mississippi 8, New Orleans 4
• at [24] Michigan 13, Central Michigan 4
• Grambling at [26] Arkansas – canceled
>> note: Old Dominion won 11–6 at William & Mary (ODU entered CB360 Top–50 later in the week, at #35)
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TUESDAY’S KEY RESULTS (March 28, 2017)
(based on CB360 Top–50, March 23 update)
• [28] Florida 4, at [17] Florida State 1
• [49] Louisiana-Lafayette 3, at [48] McNeese State 1
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• [1] Oregon State 4, at Saint Mary’s 3
• at [2] Texas Tech 8,Texas Southern 4
• at UCLA 9, [4] Cal State Fullerton 7
• at [5] Louisville 11, Western Kentucky 1
• [6] South Carolina 15, at The Citadel 1
• at [7] North Carolina 7, Coastal Carolina 6
• at [8] Clemson 8, Furman 0
• UTSA (Texas-San Antonio) 15, at [9] Baylor 9
• Tulane 7, at [10] LSU 6
• Southeast Missouri State 6, at [13] Missouri 5
• at [14] TCU 10, Texas-Rio Grande Valley 2
• at [15] Mississippi 5, Arkansas-Little Rock 4
• at [18] South Florida 9, Stetson 4
• at [19] Kentucky 13, Cincinnati 7
• at [20] Southern Mississippi 4, South Alabama 3
• at [22] Houston 8, Incarnate Word 1
• [23] Wake Forest 5, at Appalachian State 4
• at [24] Michigan 12, Toledo 0
• at [25] Stanford 7, Long Beach State 3
• Wichita State at [27] Oklahoma State – postponed
• at [29] Vanderbilt 10, Lipscomb 0
• [30] Auburn 4, Alabama 3 (Montgomery, AL)
• at [32] Tennessee 6, Tennessee Tech 0
• Western Michigan 3, at [33] Michigan State 2
• Georgia Tech 11, at [34] Mercer 3
• [35] New Mexico 5, at New Mexico State 3
• at [36] San Diego 10, UC Riverside 2
• Oral Roberts 3, at [37] Missouri State 1
• [38] West Virginia 8, at Pittsburgh 4
• [39] Binghamton at Penn State – postponed
• at [40] Louisiana Tech 12, Louisiana-Monroe 3
• [41] Oregon 1, at Portland 0
• at [42] Central Florida (UCF) 10, Jacksonville 1
• at [45] East Carolina 8, Liberty 6
• [46] Texas A&M 9, at Texas State 3
• Rice 5, at [47] Sam Houston State 2
• at Purdue 3, [50] Kent State 2
>> note: Texas won 12–2 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (the ‘Horns returned to the Top–50 later in the week, at #38) … and Mississippi State win 8–3 at Memphis (the’Dogs also re-entered the Top–50 later in the week, at #48)
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MONDAY’S KEY RESULT (March 27, 2017)
(based on CB360 Top–50, March 23 update)
>> note: Long Beach State won 3–1 at Cal on March 27 (LBSU cracked the CB360 Top–50 update later in the week, at #32)