Bearkats get votes in NCBWA poll
3/9/2009 1:00:00 AM | Baseball
HUNTSVILLE -- After a week where the Sam Houston State baseball team knocked off No. 8 Rice and swept the Southland Conference opening weekend series from Texas-Arlington, the Bearkats are back in the national discussion.
This week, the Kats have been mentioned as one of the teams receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 30 poll. It is the third time this season SHSU has appeared, after getting votes in the preseason poll and then following their opening weekend four-game sweep of Creighton.
The Kats are now 10-4 this season and 3-0 in Southland Conference play. They will head to Houston on Tuesday to take on University of Houston and then will be back home on Wednesday to host Texas Southern. This weekend, the Bearkats will be on the road when they play at Texas State.
Rank School Conference Overall Record Previous Rank
1 Georgia Southeastern 12-0 2
2 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 10-2 3
3 Texas Big 12 12-1 4
4 Arizona State Pacific-10 11-1 5
5 LSU SEC 10-2 1
6 Texas A&M Big 12 11-3 7
7 Miami (Fla.) ACC 10-2 9
8 Georgia Tech ACC 9-1 10
9 Cal State Fullerton Big West 9-2 12
10 Rice Conference USA 8-4 8
11 Oklahoma State Big 12 9-2 11
12 Coastal Carolina Big South 12-1 14
13 Baylor Big 12 10-2 15
14 Florida State ACC 7-5 6
15 UC Irvine Big West 7-4 13
16 Pepperdine West Coast 9-3 19
17 TCU Mountain West 9-2 21
18 Florida SEC 9-4 17
19 Oklahoma Big 12 12-3 22
20 East Carolina C-USA 8-2 20
21 Clemson ACC 6-4 18
22 Mississippi SEC 7-3 25
23 San Diego WCC 8-6 16
24 Arkansas SEC 9-2 26
25 Michigan Big Ten 10-2 28
26 Virginia ACC 12-0 NR
27 Fresno State Western Athletic 5-4 24
28 South Carolina SEC 8-1 NR
29 Cal Poly Big West 8-2 30
30 Louisville Big East 8-4 29
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (8-3), Boston College (10-3), California (8-4), College of Charleston (9-2), Dallas Baptist (8-3), Georgia Southern (11-1), Illinois (7-2), Kent State (7-2), Kentucky (9-2), Lamar (12-2), Nebraska (10-3-1), Ohio State (9-2), Oregon State (7-3), Rhode Island (7-2), Sam Houston State (10-4), San Diego State (7-6), San Jose State (9-0), Southern Miss (8-4), Stanford (3-8), UC Riverside (10-3), UC Santa Barbara (9-2), UNC Wilmington (10-2), Vanderbilt (9-4), Western Carolina (8-2).
Dropped Out: Stanford (23), Southern Miss (27)
