Arkansas edged New Mexico in an 11-inning thriller, but there were eight other games on Thursday that saw top-50 teams in the most recent CB360 Composite National Rankings suffer upset lossses. (Note that the CNR referenced below is from April 7; next update, featuring more factors in the forumla, coming later today/note that several teams listed below may be dropping out of the CNR). (front-page photo courtesy of Arkansas)
Despite there being only 24 games on Tuesday (April 13) involving CB360 top-50 teams, there still were six head-to-head showdowns between top-50 squads (along with the equally noteworthy eight upsets). In addition to #6 Arkansas holding off #37 New Mexico (4-3 in 11; both teams scored 2R in the 10th), Tuesday’s other marquee matchups included: at #8 Texas 6, #42 Texas State 5 (‘Horns scored 3UER in 8th) … at #10 Florida State 3, #9 Florida 2 (FSU won 3-of-4 in the season series) … at #13 Coastal Carolina 7, #33 The Citadel 3 … at #17 TCU 6, #26 Texas A&M 1 … and #21 UC Irvine 4, at #49 San Diego 3 (12 inn.).
FSU’s win over Florida technically was an update (based on the most recent CNR), but there were seven other results that produce more noteworthy upsets: at Memphis 6, #16 Mississippi 5 … at Oklahoma State 7, #20 Oklahoma 6 … Samford 7, at #22 Alabama 5 … at South Carolina-Upstate 11, #28 College of Charleston 10 (first college baseball game ever between those schools) … at BYU 15, #29 Kansas State 9 … and at Nebraska 14, #46 Wichita State 0. Prior to the Tuesday-night games, CB360 cited three games as potential upsets (OK St.-OU; NEB-WICH; and BYU-KU) and all three of the underdogs ended up winning.
Note: there was only one game on Monday (April 12) involving a CB360 top-50 team, as #25 Arizona won 5-4 at Gonzaga (Final Stats … AZ Recap … GON Recap).
Complete results and an assortment of postgame links follow below:
Tuesday’s Top-50 Results (4/13/10; CB360 Composite Nat’l Rankings; upsets in italics)
• #2 UCLA 10, at UC Riverside 0 | Final Stats
UCLA Recap | UCR Recap
• at #6 Arkansas 4, #37 New Mexico 3 (11 innings) | Final Stats
ARK Recap | NM Recap
• at #8 Texas 6, #42 Texas State 5 | Final Stats
TX Recap | TxSt Recap
• at #10 Florida State 3, #9 Florida 2 | Final Stats
FSU Recap | FL Recap
• at #13 Coastal Carolina 7, #33 The Citadel 3 | Final Stats
CC Recap (w/ video hi-lites) | CIT Recap | Photos
• at Memphis 6, #16 Mississippi 5 | Final Stats
MEM Recap | OlMiss Recap
• at #17 TCU 6, #26 Texas A&M 1 | Final Stats
TCU Recap | A&M Recap | Photos
• at #18 Vanderbilt 1, Middle Tennessee State 0 | Final Stats
VAN Recap (w/ postgame coach audio) | MidTN Recap
• #19 Western Kentucky 14, at Austin Peay 7 | Final Stats
WKU Recap | AP Recap
• at Oklahoma State 7, #20 Oklahoma 6 | Final Stats
OK-St Recap | OU Recap | Photos
• #21 UC Irvine 4, at #49 San Diego 3 (12 inn.) | Final Stats
UCI Recap | USD Recap
• Samford 7, at #22 Alabama 5 | Final Stats
SAM Recap | ALA Recap
• #24 Stanford 14, at Santa Clara 0 | Final Stats
STAN Recap | SCU Recap
• at #27 Southeastern Louisiana 17, Alcorn State 3 | Final Stats
SELA Recap | ALC Recap
• at South Carolina-Upstate 11, #28 College of Charleston 10 | Final Stats
SC-U Recap | CofC Recap
• at BYU 15, #29 Kansas State 9 | Final Stats
BYU Recap | K-St Recap
• #30 Rice 8, at Sam Houston State 7 | Final Stats
Rice Recap | SHS Recap
• at #39 Connecticut 19, Hartford 2 | Final Stats
UConn Recap | HART Recap
• at #40 North Carolina State 11, North Carolina Central 0 | Final Stats
NCS Recap | NCC Recap
• #41 Kansas 6, at Missouri State 4 | Final Stats
KU Recap | MoSt Recap
• at #43 Virginia Tech 5, North Carolina A&T 1 | Final Stats
VT Recap | NCA&T
• at Nebraska 14, #46 Wichita State 0 | Final Stats
NEB Recap | WICH Recap | Photos
• #47 Northwestern (La.) State 17, at Jackson State 5 (7 innings) | Final Stats
NWLA Recap | JACK Recap
• Loyola Marymount 6, at #50 Long Beach State 5 | Final Stats
LMU Recap | LBSU Recap