TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of North Carolina (10-0) is ranked No. 1 for the third consecutive week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Tar Heels won the Astros Foundation College Classic in Houston with wins over Rice, Texas A&M and California. North Carolina has a superb 2.05 team ERA with 82 strikeouts and 38 walks over 10 games. Offensively, the Tar Heels are averaging 9.7 runs a game behind a disciplined offense. Hitters have walked 63 times.
Poll Notes: A number of teams continue to be hot with lengthy winning streaks. Mississippi St. has won 15 straight, Oregon St. and Virginia 12 in a row, and Vanderbilt, N.C. State and Florida St. 10 consecutive. Maryland has won nine straight while Stanford has won eight in a row. Arkansas, ranked second last week, slipped to 29th after losing four straight at the Surprise, Ariz. tournament which includes two losses to Arizona St., one to Gonzaga and another to Pacific. Arkansas’ pitching staff had a 2.41 ERA on the week but only scored six runs over four games.
Four teams fell out of the top 30, including Texas (0-4 last week), Clemson (1-3), Pepperdine (1-3) and South Alabama (3-2). New to the poll are Notre Dame (8-2), Oklahoma St. (9-2), Virginia Tech. (11-2) and Maryland (9-3).
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 4, 2013) |
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Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
1. North Carolina (10-0) | 497 | 1 |
2. Vanderbilt (12-1) | 494 | 3 |
3. Oregon St. (12-0) | 491 | 5 |
4. Louisiana St. (10-1) | 490 | 4 |
5. Mississippi St. (15-0) | 487 | 9 |
6. South Carolina (8-2) | 486 | 7 |
7. Kentucky (10-1) | 484 | 8 |
8. N.C. State (10-1) | 482 | 11 |
9. Stanford (9-2) | 479 | 14 |
10. Oklahoma (11-1) | 475 | 10 |
11. Mississippi (11-1) | 472 | 16 |
12. Cal. St. Fullerton (10-1) | 469 | 17 |
13. UCLA (8-2) | 468 | 12 |
14. Oregon (8-3) | 467 | 6 |
15. Florida St. (10-0) | 465 | 18 |
16. Georgia Tech. (11-1) | 462 | 19 |
17. Virginia (12-0) | 460 | 24 |
18. Arizona (10-3) | 457 | 15 |
19. Louisville (9-2) | 454 | 23 |
20. Arizona St. (7-2-1) | 452 | 26 |
21. Cal Poly (9-1) | 448 | 27 |
22. U.C. Irvine (10-2) | 445 | 21 |
23. Florida Gulf Coast (8-3) | 441 | 25 |
24. Miami, Fla. (10-2) | 439 | 20 |
25. Notre Dame (8-2) | 438 | — |
26. Oklahoma St. (9-2) | 435 | — |
27. Virginia Tech. (11-2) | 432 | — |
28. Rice (6-5) | 429 | 13 |
29. Arkansas (7-5) | 428 | 2 |
30. Maryland (9-3) | 424 | — |