Opening-Day College Baseball Top 50 Final Scoreboard

February 18, 2012
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Division I college baseball’s 2012 opening day featured all of the CB360 top-50 teams slated to play, although six games were postponed or suspended due to weather issues. When the long day had wrapped up with Oregon’s loss at Hawaii, 43 games were in the books featuring CB360 top-50 teams and 13 of the results were upsets (favorites won 70%, or 30-13).

Two of the upsets came in head-to-head matchups between CB360 top-50 squads; here’s the rundown of the opening-day surprises (four suffered by home teams – UNC, TCU, UCLA & Clemson):

• Xavier 10, at #4 North Carolina 4
• Kent State 5, #9 Georgia Tech 0 (Rock Hill, SC
• #33 Mississippi 7, at #13 TCU 0
• Maryland 2, at #16 UCLA 1
• Maryland 2, at #18 Clemson 1
• Boston College 5, #23 Virginia 3 (Conway, SC)
• Michigan State 11, #24 St. John’s 4
• Nicholls State 5, at #34 Southern Mississippi 4
• at Hawaii 4, #40 Oregon 1
• Tennessee Tech 3, #42 Missouri State 2 (at Texas Tech)
• at Texas Tech 4, #42 Missouri State 1
• at Cal Poly 6, #45 Oklahoma State 0
• at #50 USC 8, Jacksonville 2

In addition to the Ole-Miss/TCU and USC/Jacksonville games, the other top matchups on opening day saw: #1 Florida beat #19 Cal State Fullerton … #3 Stanford slug its way past  #14 Vanderbilt, 8-3 … and #6 Rice win 6-2 over #38 FIU.

Scroll down for a listing of all 43 opening-day scores involving CB360 top-50 teams, along with an assortment of postgame links from both teams. For convenience, links to all photo galleries and highlight/postgame video also are grouped immediately below (full rundown of scores/links at bottom of page) …

Opening-Day Photo Galleries (links also listed below w/ game score & other links):
FloridaSouth CarolinaStanfordArkansasLSUFlorida StateTCUArizona
UABClemsonBaylorCentral FloridaEast CarolinaSouthern Miss

Opening-Day Postgame Video (highlights and/or interviews):
Arkansas-1Arkansas-2 LSUVanderbiltCal State FullertonVirginiaBaylor

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COLLEGE BASEBALL 2012 OPENING-DAY TOP GAMES
(Friday; Feb. 17, 2012 … based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings) 

upsets in italics

• at #1 Florida 7 … def. #19 Cal State Fullerton 3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  CSF Recap  |  FL Feature (Taylor Gushue)  |  Photos  |  Travel Video (CSF)

• at #3 Stanford 8 … def. #11 Vanderbilt 3
… Final Stats  |  STAN Recap  |  VAN Recap  |  Photos  |  Postgame Video (VAN)

• at #6 Rice 6 … def. #38 Florida International 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Rice Recap  |  FIU Recap

• #33 Mississippi 7 … won at #13 TCU 4
… Final Stats  |  Ole Miss Recap   |  TCU Recap  |  Notes  |  Quotes  |  Photos

• at #50 USC 8 … def. #39 Jacksonville 2
Final Stats  |  USC Recap  |  J’ville Recap

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OTHER OPENING-DAY TOP-50 GAMES
(Friday; Feb. 17, 2012 … based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings) 

upsets in italics

• at #2 South Carolina 2 … def. VMI 1
Final Stats  |  SC Recap  |  VMI Recap  |  Quotes  |  Photos

• at #4 North Carolina 10 … def. Xavier 2
Final Stats |  UNC Recap (DH)  |  XAV Recap

• Xavier 10 … won at #4 North Carolina 4
Final Stats  |  XAV Recap (gm-2)  |  UNC Recap (DH)

• Illinois-Chicago at #5 Texas A&M – susp. to Feb. 18 (A&M up 7-0, b-6)

• Duke at #7 Texas – rainout (makeup Feb. 18, 2 CT

• at #8 Arkansas 11 … def. Villanova 5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ARK Recap VILL Recap
Photos  |  Postgame Video-1  |  Postgame Video-2

• Kent State 5 … def. #9 Georgia Tech 0  (Rock Hill, SC)
 Final Stats  |  Kent Recap  |  GT Recap

• #9 Georgia Tech 5 … def. Winthrop 0  (Rock Hill, SC)
Final Stats  |  GT Recap  |  WIN Recap  |  Postgame Video (GT)

• at #10 LSU 10 … def. Air Force 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  AF Recap  |  Photos  |  Game Highlights

• at #12 Florida State 9 … def. Hofstra 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap (w. video highlights/postgame) |  HOF Recap  |  Photos

• at #14 Arizona 3 … def. North Dakota State 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  ND-St Recap  |  Photos (AZ)  |  Photos (NDS)

• at #15 Miami 6 … def. Rutgers 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MIA Recap  |  RUT Recap

• Maryland 2 … won at #16 UCLA 1
Final Stats  |  MD Recap  |  UCLA Recap

• #17 Oklahoma 4 … won at Pepperdine 3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OK Recap  |  PEP Recap  |  Photos

• UAB 2 … won at #18 Clemson 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UAB Recap CLEM Recap  |  Photos (UAB)  |  Photos (CLEM)

• at #20 Georgia 6 … def. Presbyterian 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GA Recap (w/ video)  |  PRES Recap

• at #21 Arizona State 10 … def. Western Michigan 0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ASU Recap  |  WMU Recap

• at #22 California 9 … def. University of the Pacific 1
Final Stats  |  Cal Recap  |  UOP Recap

• Boston College 5 … def. #23 Virginia 3  (Conway, SC)
Final Stats  |  BC Recap  |  UVa Recap  |  Video Highlights (UVa, w/ postgame)

• Michigan State 11 … def. #24 St. John’s 4  (Dunedin, FL)
Final Stats  |  MSU Recap  |  StJ Recap

• #25 UC Irvine 5 … def. Alabama State 3  (Houston, TX)
Final Stats  |  UCI Recap  |  AL-St Recap

• at #26 Stetson 19 … def.  George Washington 7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STET Recap  |  GW Recap

• #27 Oregon State 7 … won at UC Santa Barbara 3
Final Stats  |  OR-St Recap (w/ postgame video)  |  UCSB Recap

• Minnesota vs. #28 Louisville  (Clearwater, FL) – susp. to 2/18 (12:30 ET;  (MN 7-3 t9)

• at #29 Baylor 3 … def. Oral Roberts 2
Final Stats  |  BAY Recap  |  ORU Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• at #30 Central Florida 13 … def. Long Island Brooklyn 7
Final Stats  |  UCF Recap  |  LIU Recap  |  Photos

• at #31 East Carolina 4 … def. Milwaukee 0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ECU Recap  |  MIL Recap  |  Photos

• at #32 Mississippi State 6 … def. Washington State 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss-St Recap  |  WSU Recap  |  Notes & Quotes

• Nicholls State 5 … won at #34 Southern Mississippi 4
Final Stats  |  NICH Recap  |  SoMiss Recap  |  Photos (SoMiss)

• at #35 Georgia Southern 7 … def. Tennessee-Martin 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GS Recap (w/ video links)  |  UTM Recap

• #36 College of Charleston 5 … won at South Alabama 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CofC Recap  |  So.-AL Recap

• at #37 Dallas Baptist 7 … def. Southeast Missouri State 6
Final Stats  |  DB Recap  |  SE-Mo. Recap

• at #37 Dallas Baptist 3 … def. Southeast Missouri State 2
Final Stats  |  DB Recap  |  SE-Mo. Recap

• at Hawaii 4 … def. #40 Oregon 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDFHawaii Recap  |  Oregon Recap

• at #41 Coastal Carolina 7 … def. James Madison 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CC Recap  |  JMU Recap

• Tennessee Tech 3 … def. #42 Missouri State 2  (at Texas Tech)
Final Stats  |  TN-Tech Recap  |  MS Recap

• at Texas Tech 4 … def. #42 Missouri State 1
Final Stats  |  TxTech Recap  |  MS Recap  |  Notes  |  Quotes  |  Photos

• Louisiana-Lafayette vs. #43 Wichita State  (at Texas State) – rainout (makeup 2/18, 3:30 CT)

• at #44 Troy 7 … def. Central Michigan 3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Troy Recap  |  CMU Recap

• at Cal Poly 6 … def. #45 Oklahoma State 0
Final Stats CP Recap OK-St Recap  |  Video Highlights (CP)

• at #46 North Carolina State 10 … def. Marshall 3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St Recap  |  MAR Recap

• Santa Clara at #47 Texas State – rainout (makeup 2/18, 12 CT)

• Cincinnati vs. #48 Purdue  (Clearwater, FL) – postponed to 2/18 (7:30 ET)

• at #49 Fresno State 3 … def. Butler 0
Final Stats  |  FRES Recap  |  BUT Recap

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