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02-23-2004, 03:50 PM
LSU Baseball Team Moves to No. 1 in the Nation
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SOURCE: SECsports.com
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Louisiana State University is ranked No. 1 in the latest "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll of NCAA Division I baseball.
The Tigers (6-1) replaced Texas as the top team in the land this week after the Longhorns dropped two of three at Stanford. LSU, winners of four in a row, was impressive in its 3-game sweep of Jacksonville State as the Tigers outscored the Gamecocks, 39-4. LSU batted .393 in the weekend series as team while the pitching staff posted a 1.08 ERA.
This is the third consecutive poll a new No. 1 team has been named. Miami (Fla.) and Rice were ranked at the top in the Collegiate Baseball pre-season poll and first regular-season poll. Last week Texas jumped to the top slot after rolling to a 9-0 record and beating in-state rival Rice.
Poll Notes: Several teams have been red-hot. Florida Atlantic has won 10 straight to kick off the season while Texas A&M (7-0), Georgia Tech. (6-0), and South Carolina (6-0) are all undefeated as well. South Carolina has been impressive on offense. The Gamecocks are hitting .409 as a team after six games and have pounded out 96 hits with 19 home runs and scored 83 runs. Three teams fell out of the poll this week in Baylor (3-4), Southern California (2-4) and Winthrop (4-1).
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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SOURCE: SECsports.com
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Louisiana State University is ranked No. 1 in the latest "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll of NCAA Division I baseball.
The Tigers (6-1) replaced Texas as the top team in the land this week after the Longhorns dropped two of three at Stanford. LSU, winners of four in a row, was impressive in its 3-game sweep of Jacksonville State as the Tigers outscored the Gamecocks, 39-4. LSU batted .393 in the weekend series as team while the pitching staff posted a 1.08 ERA.
This is the third consecutive poll a new No. 1 team has been named. Miami (Fla.) and Rice were ranked at the top in the Collegiate Baseball pre-season poll and first regular-season poll. Last week Texas jumped to the top slot after rolling to a 9-0 record and beating in-state rival Rice.
Poll Notes: Several teams have been red-hot. Florida Atlantic has won 10 straight to kick off the season while Texas A&M (7-0), Georgia Tech. (6-0), and South Carolina (6-0) are all undefeated as well. South Carolina has been impressive on offense. The Gamecocks are hitting .409 as a team after six games and have pounded out 96 hits with 19 home runs and scored 83 runs. Three teams fell out of the poll this week in Baylor (3-4), Southern California (2-4) and Winthrop (4-1).
The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.