Bethune-Cookman‘s 5-2 win at #23 Auburn led the way among six upsets on Wednesday involving CollegeBaseball360 top-50 teams.
All three of Wednesday’s head-to-head games between top-50 squads – #18 Rice at #17 Arizona (11-7), #35 Coastal Carolina at #27 College of Charleston (12-3), and #41 Southern Mississippi at #39 Alabama (10-6) – saw the lower-ranked teams emerge with key road wins. front-page photo courtesy Georgia State
One week after losing to Georgia Southern, the state’s top-rated team Georgia Tech – #25 in the CB360 Composite National Rankings – lost at home against another rival, 6-3 vs. Georgia State. Wednesday’s sixth upset of a CB360 top-50 team saw UNLV win 4-3 at #37 Texas Tech.
There were 15 games on Wednesday involving CB360 top-50 teams, and 40% of those games (six) ended in upsets.
WEDNESDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (3/2/11)
(based on CollegeBaseball360 Composite National Rankings … italics=upsets)
#18 Rice 11-15-5 won at #17 Arizona 7-11-0
Final Stats | Rice Recap | AZ Recap
#35 Coastal Carolina 12-10-0 won at #27 College of Charleston 3-5-2
Final Stats | CC Recap | CofC Recap
#41 Southern Mississippi 10-11-4 won at #39 Alabama 6-9-3
Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | AL Recap
WEDNESDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (3/2/11)
(based on CollegeBaseball360 Composite National Rankings … italics=upsets)
at #8 Clemson 5-6-1 def. Wofford 1-8-3
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | WOF Recap
at #13 Virginia 7-12-0 def. Niagara 0-3-1
Final Stats | VA Recap | NIA Recap | Video Highlights
at #14 LSU 10-11-1 def. Mississippi Valley St. 8-10-1
Final Stats | LSU Recap | MVSU Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
at #15 Texas A&M 7-13-0 def. Texas Pan American 0-9-0
Final Stats | A&M Recap | UTPA Recap
at #21 North Carolina 14-18-0 def. Davidson 6-6-5
Final Stats | UNC Recap | DAV Recap
Bethune-Cookman 5-11-1 won at #23 Auburn 2-9-2
Final Stats | B-Cook Recap | AUB Recap
Georgia State 6-12-0 won at #25 Georgia Tech 3-10-1
Final Stats | GaSt Recap | GT Recap
at #26 Arkansas 8-12-1 def. McNeese State 3-8-1
Final Stats | ARK Recap | McN Recap
at #32 Mississippi 11-12-0 def. Austin Peay 3-6-2
Final Stats | OleMiss Recap | AP Recap
UNLV 4-10-0 won at #37 Texas Tech 3-5-0
Final Stats | UNLV Recap | TT Recap | Notes | Quotes
at #40 Central Florida 6-6-3 def. Maine 3-8-4
Final Stats | UCF Recap | Maine Recap
at #43 Virginia Tech 9-9-1 def. Liberty 1-4-3
Final Stats | VT Recap | LIB Recap