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Robbie Powell (Stetson)
The Stetson Hatters picked up a big boost to their RPI and NCAA at-large hopes on Wednesday, after holding on for a 6-5 win over visiting top-ranked Florida State. There were two other upsets on Wednesday in games involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings (two other games were rained out and another suspended in-game). front-page photo courtesy of Stetson
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Wednesday’s other top-50 upsets included Missouri beating #31 Missouri State 10-5 (to sweep their two midweek games this season), while Michigan earned a split of its 2-game series vs. visiting #27 Coastal Carolina (5-2). There was one head-to-head top-50 game on Wed., as #36 Georgia Tech reprised its recent rivalry-series win over Georgia (current #39) by holding off the Bulldogs in another close game, 8-6.
The six newcomers/returners to the CB360 top-50 are #44 Washington, #45 St. John’s, #46 Tulane, #48 Utah Valley, #49 Long Beach State and #50 Michigan State – with Maryland, Wake Forest, Oklahoma, Elon and Auburn slipping outside the top-50 in the current CNR update.
The 16 elements that now comprise the formula for the CB360 Composite National Rankings include six national polls, six RPI-type listings and four projections of the 64-team NCAA field.
Here’s a quick look at the updated CB360 top-50 (full release coming later in the week), with 34 of these teams idle on Wednesday (note that one of the CNR elements was released a bit later than normal but now has been added to the formula, resulting in some slight shifts to the original top-50 update) …
1-Florida State … 2-Baylor … 3-Florida … 4-LSU … 5-South Carolina … 6-UCLA … 7-North Carolina … 8-Kentucky … 9-Oregon … 10-Purdue
11-Rice … 12-Cal State Fullerton … 13-North Carolina State … 14-Texas A&M … 15-Stanford … 16-Virginia … 17-Arkansas … 18-Central Florida … 19-Arizona … 20-San Diego
21-Oregon State … 22-Mississippi … 23-Miami … 24-Louisville … 25-Dallas Baptist … 26-TCU … 27-Coastal Carolina … 28-East Carolina … 29-Appalachian State … 30-Clemson
31-Missouri State … 32-Mississippi State … 33-Arizona State … 34-College of Charleston … 35-New Mexico State… 36-Georgia Tech … 37-Texas … 38-Sam Houston State … 39-Georgia … 40-Pepperdine
41-Virginia Tech … 42-Indiana State … 43-Gonzaga … 44-Washington … 45-St. John’s … 46-Tulane … 47-Southeastern Louisiana … 48-Utah Valley … 49-Long Beach State … t50-UNC Wilmington … t50-Michigan State
Wednesday’s 14 top-50 results are listed below, with photos and an assortment of postgame links.
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WEDNESDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES (May 9, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
upsets in italics
• at Stetson 6-9-2 … def. #1 Florida State 5-10-6
(split 2-gm series … STET 31-18 … FSU 40-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STET Recap | FSU Recap
• #2 Baylor 3-5-1 … won at Texas State 0-5-1
(BAY now 39-8 … TX-St. 27-19)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BAY Recap | TX-St. Recap | Photos
• at #5 South Carolina 7-9-0 … def. Furman 0-4-3
(SC now 37-12 … FIR 22-26)
… Final Stats | SC Recap (w/ video) | FUR Recap | Photos
• #7 North Carolina at #28 East Carolina – rainout (no makeup)
• #8 Kentucky 6-11-2 … won at Indiana 5-17-2 (12 inn.)
(KY now 38-11 … IU 24-25)
… Final Stats | KY Recap | IU Recap | Photos
Matt Ogden (Michigan)
• at #10 Purdue 11-17-2 … def. Illinois-Chicago 4-10-0
(PUR now 37-9 … UIC 16-29)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PUR Recap | UIC Recap | Photos
• at #16 Virginia 12-11-2 … def. High Point 3-6-6
(UVa now 32-14 … HP 23-25)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | HP Recap | Video Highlights
• at Michigan 5-10-0 … def. #27 Coastal Carolina 2-5-0
(MICH now 20-29 … CC 33-15)
… Final Stats | MICH Recap | CC Recap
Andreas Plackis (Missouri)
• at Missouri 10-14-0 … def. #31 Missouri State 5-9-2
(Mizzou now 26-22 … MO-St. 34-15)
… Final Stats | Mizzou Recap | MO-St. Recap
• #34 College of Charleston at Charleston Southern – susp. (CofC leads 6-2, b5; resume date TBA)
• at #36 Georgia Tech 8-12-0 … def. #39 Georgia 6-11-0
(GT now 30-19 … UGa 28-21)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GT Recap | UGa Recap
Josh Heddinger (Georgia Tech)
• #42 Indiana State 5-9-1 … won at SIU-Edwardsville 1-6-2
(Ind.-St. now 37-12 … SIUE 24-25)
… Final Stats | Ind.-St. Recap | SIUE Recap
• New York Tech at #45 St. John’s – rainout (no makeup)
• at #50 Michigan State 7-1-2 … def. Toledo 2-10-0
(MSU now 30-16 … TOL 24-24)
… Final Stats | MSU Recap (w/ video link) | TOL Recap