Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll (2-22-21)

MIAMI (FLA) NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL

TUCSON, Ariz. — Miami (Fla.) is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Division I baseball poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum.

The Hurricanes (2-1) beat previously No. 1 ranked Florida two of three on the road. After a 7-5 loss in game one, Miami knocked off the Gators 10-9 in 13 innings and 8-6.

Florida (1-2) slipped to No. 3 in the Collegiate Baseball top 30 this week.

Arkansas (2-0) was highly impressive in its first two games of the season with a 13-9 win over Texas Tech. and 4-0 victory over Texas. A trio of Razorback pitchers 2-hit the Longhorns and racked up 15 strikeouts. Arkansas jumped from No. 22 in the pre-season poll to No. 5 this week.

Several surprising results took place during the first weekend of the NCAA Div. I season. UCLA dropped two of three at home against San Francisco, Ball St. beat Arizona on the road two of three and Texas A&M lost two of three at home to Xavier.

Poll Notes: Five teams fell out of the top this week in Texas (0-2), Coastal Carolina (1-2), Texas A&M (1-2), Southern Mississippi (1-1) and Texas St. (1-1). New to the poll this week is Auburn (3-0), Tennessee (3-0), Duke (2-1), San Francisco (2-1) and Ball St. (2-1).

The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1959 college baseball season.

Collegiate Baseball’s
NCAA Div. I Baseball Poll
(As of Feb. 22, 2021)
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Rank Team (Record) Points PVS
  1. Miami, Fla. (2-1) 495 6
  2. Vanderbilt (0-0) 493 2
  3. Florida (1-2) 491 1
  4. Mississippi (2-0) 490 5
  5. Arkansas (2-0) 486 22
  6. Louisville (3-0) 485 11
  7. Georgia (3-1) 483 12
  8. U.C. Santa Barbara (2-1) 478 8
  9. UCLA (1-2) 476 3
10. Texas Tech. (0-2) 473 4
11. Louisiana St. (1-1) 470 7
12. Mississippi St. (1-1 468 9
13. N.C. State (2-0) 465 13
14. Virginia (2-1) 463 14
15. Arizona St. (2-1) 460 15
16. East Carolina (3-0) 457 16
17. Oklahoma St. (1-0) 455 17
18. Michigan (0-0) 453 18
19. Texas Christian (1-1) 450 19
20. South Carolina (3-0) 448 21
21. Dallas Baptist (2-0) 446 24
22. Clemson (3-0) 445 25
23. Alabama (3-0) 444 27
24. Arizona (1-2) 442 10
25. Florida St. (2-1) 440 28
26. Auburn (3-0) 439 37
27. Tennessee (3-0) 437 35
28. Duke (2-1) 434 36
29. San Francisco (2-1) 431 —
30. Ball St. (2-1) 428 —


Collegiate Baseball’s
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  • CF Logan Cerny, Troy: Cerny had a game for the ages as he belted 3 homers with 2 doubles and recorded 7 RBI as he went 5-for-5 during a 13-6 win over Youngstown St. He tied a school record for total bases with 16. Cerny is the first Trojan since 2014 to hit three homers in the same game. After two games, he was hitting .625.
  • RHP Hunter Stanley, Southern Mississippi: In his first career start for the Golden Eagles after 37 relief appearances over the past two seasons, Stanley fanned 13 batters in six innings of work and only allowed one hit and one walk.
  • C Caleb Pendleton, Florida Atlantic: In his first two collegiate at-bats, Pendleton did what has only been accomplished seven times in recorded NCAA history since 1976 (and only once ever in Major League Baseball). He hit two grand slams in the same inning. What makes the accomplishment even more amazing is that the freshman did it in his first two collegiate at-bats. It was part of a 16-batter, 12-run second inning that eventually turned into a 20-15 Florida Atlantic win over Central Florida.
  • RHP Zachary Leigh, Texas St.: Leigh struck out 10 Brigham Young batters in four innings. He was one strikeout shy of matching his career high.
  • SS Blayne Jones, Dallas Baptist: Jones hit 3 home runs with 8 RBI during two wins over Austin Peay as he went 4-for-10 at the plate. He hit two home runs on opening day and then hit a grand slam the following day. In two games, he led the Patriots with 13 total bases and was errorless defensively at shortstop.
  • LHP Carson Whisenhunt, East Carolina: Whisenhunt struck out a career-high 10 batters over four innings against Rhode Island. He became the first freshman at ECU with double-digit strikeouts in a game since Jake Agnos recorded 10 against Tulane in 2017.
  • DH Wes Clarke, South Carolina: Clarke belted 3 home runs with 2 doubles and 9 RBI in three games against Dayton as he went 7-for-10 at the plate, scored 7 runs and had a .800 on-base percentage as he also walked 5 times.