Baseball cracks Collegiate Baseball rankings
3/26/2012 6:14:00 PM | Baseball
The Bearkats swept No. 23 Texas State in a Southland Conference series at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville this weekend, knocking the Bobcats out of the poll.
Texas State came into the series with a 14-6 record and a pitching staff that sported a 2.17 earned run average. The Bearkats outscored the Bobcats 19-7 in the three games, hitting .330 while the Texas State pitching staff posted a 6.00 series ERA.
Sam Houston now stands 14-9 and is tied for leadership of the Southland Conference with a 7-2 league mark.
Other new teams in the top 30 are Auburn (15-9), Saint Louis (19-5), Coastal Carolina (19-6) and Missouri State.
Sam Houston returns to action with back-to-back midweek games Tuesday and Wednesday against Dallas Baptist and Texas Southern, respectively.
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 26, 2012) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Florida (22-2) |
498 |
1 |
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2. Kentucky (24-1) |
493 |
2 |
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3. Stanford (15-2) |
492 |
3 |
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4. Arkansas (22-3) |
490 |
4 |
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5. Florida St. (21-3) |
487 |
5 |
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6. North Carolina (18-5) |
482 |
7 |
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7. Miami, Fla. (19-5) |
478 |
9 |
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8. Texas A&M (19-5) |
475 |
13 |
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9. N.C. State (16-5) |
473 |
11 |
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10. Cal. St. Fullerton (14-8) |
470 |
12 |
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11. UCLA (17-4) |
467 |
16 |
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12. Louisiana St. (18-6) |
465 |
8 |
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13. Rice (18-8) |
463 |
10 |
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14. South Carolina (17-7) |
461 |
6 |
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15. Arizona (18-7) |
459 |
14 |
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16. Oregon (15-6) |
457 |
17 |
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17. Arizona St. (15-8) |
455 |
18 |
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18. Baylor (18-7) |
453 |
27 |
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19. Texas (13-9) |
450 |
21 |
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20. Louisville (18-6) |
448 |
22 |
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21. Central Florida (19-6) |
447 |
28 |
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22. Purdue (16-4) |
444 |
24 |
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23. Oregon St. (15-7) |
442 |
25 |
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24. Auburn (15-9) |
440 |
- |
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25. Coastal Carolina (16-6) |
438 |
- |
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26. Georgia (17-8) |
435 |
23 |
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27. Mississippi (17-7) |
433 |
26 |
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28. Sam Houston St. (14-9) |
430 |
- |
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29. Missouri St. (19-6) |
427 |
- |
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30. St. Louis (19-5) |
424 |
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