CB360 Top-50 Midweek Scoreboard (April 7-10, 2014)
Over the course of 50 midweek games from April 7-10 involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings, nearly 40 percent of those games (19) were won by the unranked/lower-ranked teams. The top two teams in the CNR both were upset on Tuesday, April 8, as (1) Florida State suffered an 8-0 shutout loss vs. visiting (20) Florida while New Orleans won 8-7 at (2) Louisiana (Lafayette). The win in Tallahassee gave the Gators a sweep of their three midweek games vs. the Seminoles during the 2014 season (one game in Gainesville and one in Jacksonville).
Other CB360 top-50 upsets during the week included (18) Rice’s 7-2 win at (5) Texas … UAB’s 2-1 rivalry win at (14) Alabama … (39) North Carolina State winning the Monday series finale at (17) Clemson, giving the ‘Pack the series win … and (31) Arkansas beating (24) UNLV, 9-2, to earn a split of their two midweek games vs. the visiting Rebels.
Here were the other midweek upsets involving CB360 top-50 teams:
• BYU 1, at (28) Pepperdine 0
• Arizona 10, won at (30) Arizona State 9
• at Georgia State 8, (38) Mercer 7
• at East Carolina 7, (39) North Carolina State
• Mount St. Mary’s 3, at (41) Maryland 2
• at Iowa 12, (45) Kansas 7
• at Iowa 5, (45) Kansas 3
• at Louisiana-Monroe 12, (47) Florida International 6
• (49) TCU 7, at (36) Dallas Baptist 1
• Oral Roberts 2, at (37) Oklahoma 0
• at Penn State 8, (44) West Virginia 4
• at Northern Illinois 7, (48) Illinois State 6
• UNC Greensboro 4, at (50) Wake Forest 2
There were 10 midweek games involving head-to-head matchups between fellow CB360 top-50 teams. The lower-ranked teams won five of those games, with the others including:
• at (8) Vanderbilt 6, (35) Indiana State 2
• at (25) Indina 8, (35) Indiana State 4
• at (21) Cal State Fullerton 4, (33) UCLA 3
• (24) UNLV 10, at (31) Arkansas 7
• (27) San Diego 6, at (42) UC Irvine 3
A full rundown of the 50 midweek results in the CB360 top-50 are included below, with as assortment of photos and a full collection of postgame links …
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THURSDAY’s TOP-50 GAMES (April 10, 2014)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings) upsets in italics
• (26) Tennessee (23-9; 6-7 SEC) 5–11–1 … won at Georgia (19-14-1; 5-7-1) 3–5–0 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Vols Recap | UGa Recap | Video Recap (TN) | Photos (UGa)
• BYU (14-21; 5-8 WCC) 1–8–0 … won at (28) Pepperdine (25-8; 10-3) 0–4–0 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BYU Recap | PEP Recap | Video Highlights (PEP)
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WEDNESDAY’s TOP-50 GAMES (April 9, 2014)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings) upsets in italics
• (2) Louisiana-Lafayette (31-4) 14–13–0 … won at McNeese State (19-12) 8–9–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ULL Recap | McN-St. Recap
• at (12) LSU (25-8-1) 5–4–0 … def. Lamar (18-15) 0–4–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | Lamar Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
• at (13) Mississippi (27-8) 8–15–0 … def. Murray State (14-16) 5–6–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OleMiss Recap | MUR Recap | Video Highlights (OleMiss)
• UAB (23-10) 2–6–1 … won at (14) Alabama (22-10) 1–5–0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UAB Recap | AL Recap | Postgame Video (UAB) | Postgame Video (AL)
• at (15) Oregon (24-10) 3–7–0 … def. Portland (7-27) 0–5–1 (2-gm series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | PORT Recap
• (23) Miami (22-12) 6–6–1 … won at Central Florida (20-14) 5–12–3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miami Recap | UCF Recap | Postgame Video (UCF)
• at (31) Arkansas (21-13) 9–12–1 … def. (24) UNLV (23-10) 2–4–2 (split 2-gm series)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | UNLV Recap | Photos | Postgame Video (ARK): Coach & Player
• at (25) Indiana (19-10) 8–12–1 … def. (35) Indiana State (21-9) 4–9–3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | Ind.-St. Recap | Photos (IU)
• Arizona (15-19) 10–14–0 … won at (30) Arizona State (17-13) 9–10–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | ASU Recap
• at Georgia State (16-18) 8–15–5 … def. (38) Mercer (27-8) 7–14–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GA-St. Recap | MER Recap | Video Recap (GS)
• at • at East Carolina (20-13) 7–9–0 … def. (39) North Carolina State (19-13) 0–8–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ECU Recap | NC-St. Recap | Photos (ECU) | Video Recap (ECU)
• Mount St. Mary’s (9-11) 3–8–1 … won at (41) Maryland (20-11) 2–5–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Mt.St.M Recap | MD Recap | Games Notes
• (43) New Mexico (24-11-1) 6–8–1 … won at Stephen F. Austin (15-17) 3–7–4 (2-gm series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNM Recap | SFA Recap
• at Iowa (18-12) 12–18–2 … def. (45) Kansas (21-13) 7–13–1 (2-gm series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Iowa Recap (w/ postgame video) | KU Recap | Photos | Video: Highlights
• at Louisiana-Monroe (14-21) 12–13–1 … def. (47) Florida International (24-9) 6–9–4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ULM Recap | FIU Recap
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TUESDAY’s TOP-50 GAMES (April 8, 2014)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings) upsets in italics
• (20) Florida (21-12) 8–10–1 … won at (1) Florida State (26-6) 0–4–3 (Gators swept 3-gm season series)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | FSU Recap | Video Recap (FL) | Photos (FSU) | Video Wrapup (FSU)
• New Orleans (10-20) 8–12–1 … won at (2) Louisiana-Lafayette (30-4) 7–13–0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNO Recap | ULL Recap
• (3) South Carolina (27-5) 9–14–0 … won at Furman (11-22) 2–5–4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap | FUR Recap | Photos (FUR)
• (4) Virginia (28-5) 9–14–0 … won at James Madison (11-18) 3–4–0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | JMU Recap | Video Highlights (UVa) | Photos (JMU)
• (18) Rice (23-12) 7–13–0 … won at (5) Texas (26-8) 2–1–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Owls Recap | TX Recap | Quotes (TX)
• at (6) Cal Poly (27-5) 6–11–0 … def. St. Mary’s (13-18) 2–7–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CP Recap | SMC Recap
• at (7) Houston (26-6) 7–6–0 … def. Texas State (18-14) 1–3–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOU Recap | TX-St. Recap
• at (8) Vanderbilt (26-8) 6–8–0 … def. (35) Indiana State (21-8) 2–5–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | Ind.-St. Recap | Video (VAN): Highlights & Postgame
• (10) Washington at Seattle – postponed to May 13
• (13) Mississippi (26-8) 9–14–2 … won at Memphis (18-15) 1–9–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OleMiss Recap | OleMiss MEM Recap | Video Recap (MEM)
• UAB at (14) Alabama – postponed to April 9
• at (15) Oregon (23-10) 15–16–1 … def. Portland (7-26) 10–13–3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | PORT Recap
• (16) Louisville (24-8) 3–10–2 … won at Purdue (6-22) 1–5–1 (10 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | PUR Recap | Photos (LOU) | Photos (PUR): group-1 & group-2
• at (21) Cal State Fullerton (17-11) 4–6–0 … def. (33) UCLA (18-13) 3–10–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | UCLA Recap
• (22) Mississippi State (21-13) 4–10–0 … def. Southern Mississippi (19-15) 3–7–3 (11 inn.; Pearl, MS)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Recap | SoMiss Recap | Games Notes (MS) | Video Recap (MS)
• (24) UNLV (23-9) 10–10–1 … won at (31) Arkansas (20-13) 7–7–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNLV Recap | ARK Recap | Photos | Postgame Video (ARK)
• (26) Tennessee (22-9) 10–12–1 … won at Tennessee Tech (25-9) 1–4–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Vols Recap | TN-Tech Recap | Postgame Video (TN)
• (27) San Diego (23-9) 6–10–4 … won at (42) UC Irvine (21-11) 3–7–3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USD Recap | UCI Recap
• at (28) Pepperdine (25-7) 4–11–1 … def. USC (15-16) 3–8–0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PEP Recap | USC Recap | Video Highlights
• at (29) Texas Tech (25-11) 19–21–0 … def. Abilene Christian (12-17) 2–6–3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TxTech Recap | AC Recap | Video Recap | Notes | Quotes | Photos
• at (32) Oklahoma State (23-10) 7–6–2 … def. Arkansas-Little Rock (13-17) 6–9–4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OK-St. Recap | UALR Recap
• at (34) Liberty (26-8) 10–10–1 … def. Richmond (14-15-1) 7–10–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LIB Recap (w/ photo gallery link) | RICH Recap
• (49) TCU (20-12) 7–10–0 … won at (36) Dallas Baptist (23-9) 1–4–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TCU Recap | DB Recap | Game Notes
• Oral Roberts (15-16) 2–4–0 … won at (37) Oklahoma (23-11) 0–8–0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORU Recap | OU Recap | Postgame Notes | Photos (OU) | Video Highlights (OU)
• at (38) Mercer (27-7) 13–20–1 … def. Alabama State (26-11) 8–12–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | AL-St. Recap
• at (40) San Diego State (25-8) 4–9–1 … def. UC Riverside (14-14) 3–10–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SDSU Recap | UCR Recap
• (41) Maryland (20-10) 11–16–0 … won at George Mason (17-11) 0–7–0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Terps Recap | GMU Recap
• (43) New Mexico (23-11-1) 9–13–1 … won at Stephen F. Austin (15-16) 6–8–4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNM Recap | SFA Recap
• at Penn State (16-14) 8–13–1 … def. (44) West Virginia (16-12) 4–10–0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PSU Recap | WVU Recap | Postgame Video (PSU)
• at Iowa (17-12) 5–10–2 … def. (45) Kansas (21-12) 3–8–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Iowa Recap | KU Recap | Photos | Postgame Video
• at (46) VCU (23-7) 11–17–0 … def. Virginia Tech (14-16-1) 6–10–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VCU Recap | VT Recap
• at Northern Illinois (7-21-1) 7–12–0 … def. (48) Illinois State (19-11) 6–9–2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NIU Recap | ILL-St. Recap | Postgame Video (ILL-St.)
• UNC Greensboro (15-16) 4–9–1 … won at (50) Wake Forest (22-13) 2–6–1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCG Recap | WFU Recap
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MONDAY’s TOP-50 GAMES (April 7, 2014)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings) upsets in italics
• (39) North Carolina State (19-12; 5-10 ACC) 7–10–1 … won at (17) Clemson (20-11; 9-5) 1–7–4 (‘Pack won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | CLEM Recap
• (25) Indiana (18-0; 8-1 B1G) 5–9–3 … won at Iowa (16-12; 3-5) 3–7–2 (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | Iowa Recap (w/ postgame video)