Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll (3-13-23)

LSU NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL 

TUCSON, Ariz. — Louisiana St. (15-1) is ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight time in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Division I baseball poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum.

The Tigers, winners of 10 straight, have 10-run ruled teams six of their last seven games. Last week, LSU beat Butler at home, Lamar at home and swept a 3-game series against Samford at home.

In 16 games, the Tigers have belted 32 home runs by 10 different players and are averaging 11.1 runs per game. On defense, LSU has only committed 5 errors in 490 chances while the pitching staff has a superb 2.42 ERA with 172 strikeouts and only 42 walks.

South Carolina (16-1) made the biggest move this week from No. 25 to 14^th. The Gamecocks lead the nation with 45 home runs in 17 games. During a 3-game series against Bethune-Cookman, Carolina belted 3 grand slams.

In key series over the weekend, Wake Forest took two of three at Duke, Stanford lost two of three at Southern California, Virginia took two of three at North Carolina, UCLA won two of three at Oregon, Miami (Fla.) won two of three at home against N.C. State, Washington St. took two of three at Oregon St., Iowa lost two of three at Texas Tech. and Georgia Tech. won two of three at home against Notre Dame.

Poll Notes: Several teams are on impressive winning streaks, including Oklahoma St. (11), LSU (10), Louisville (9), Arizona (9), Arkansas (8), Mississippi (8), Texas A&M (7) and South Carolina (7).

Two teams fell out of the top 30 in Texas Christian (2-2 last week) and Southern Mississippi (2-2). New to the poll is Washington St. (13-2, 2-1 Pac-12 after winning two of three at Oregon St.) and Arizona (12-3, 3-0 Pac-12 with 3-game sweep of California at home).

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 March 13, 2023)
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LHP Devyn Terbrak, Western Kentucky: Terbrak tossed the first no-hitter at the school since 2009. He faced two batters over the minimum with a walk in the first inning and a hit-by-pitch in the sixth as he fanned a career-high 14 batters.

INF/OF Nolan Schanuel, Florida Atlantic: Schanuel belted 5 home runs with 10 RBI as he went 8-for-12 at the plate over 5 games. At one point, he reached base safely in 11 straight trips to the plate.

RHP Thatcher Hurd, LSU: In two outings last week, Hurd struck out 18 batters over 11 scoreless innings. He allowed only 4 hits. On Monday against Butler, he threw 6 innings and fanned 11 batters. Six days later, he worked 5 scoreless innings and struck out 7 more against Samford.

3B Tommy White, LSU: White was 7-for-16 last week over 5 games as he belted 3 homers, 3 doubles and collected 14 RBI with 9 runs scored. He also was hit by 3 pitches.

LHP Mitch Farris, Wingate: Farris set a career-high with 18 strikeouts over 8 innings during a 5-1 win over Lincoln Memorial. He only allowed 3 hits and walked 2.

3B Evan Giordano, Stony Brook: Giordano belted 5 doubles, 1 homer, 1 triple and stole 2 bases as he went 14-for-22 with 14 RBI.

RHP Wyatt Hudepohl, Charlotte: Hudepohl struck out 17 batters during a complete game against Old Dominion which set a school record for one pitcher in a game.

1B Hunter Gilliam, Kentucky: Gilliam went 13-for-21 at the plate with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 11 RBI with 4 runs scored. He had multiple hits in all 5 games and drove in 2 or more in 4 of the 5 contests.

2B Mike Bechetti, Fairfield: Bechetti belted 4 home runs with 7 runs scored as he went 8-for-14 in a 3-game series at North Florida. He had multiple homers twice and multiple hits in every game.

OF Patrick Clohisy, Saint Louis: Clohisy hit 4 home runs, 1 double, 1 triple and recorded 10 RBI as he went 10-for-15 at the plate.

C Jakob Runnels, North Florida: Runnels hit 4 home runs with 10 RBI and 5 runs scored as he collected 10 RBI.

2B Chase Mora, Texas St.: Mora had a monster game against North Dakota St. as he belted 4 home runs with 9 RBI. For the week, he went 5-for-13 at the plate. Earlier this season, the freshman started his college career in high style as he belted 3 home runs in his first 3 plate appearances which might never have happened before in college baseball history.

OF Connor Tate, Georgia: Tate hit 4 home runs with 2 doubles, 9 runs scored, 5 walks and 10 RBI as he went 12-for-20.

1B Joe Vetrano, Boston College: Vetrano belted 4 home runs, 1 double and had 7 RBI with 3 walks as he went 7-for-20 over 5 games.

RHP Connor Wilford, Washington St.: Wilford worked 7 no-hit innings with 9 strikeouts over 2 appearances against Oregon St. with 9 strikeouts. He fanned 6 batters in 4 no-hit innings in the first game of the series. In game three, he retired all 9 batters he faced with 3 strikeouts over 3 perfect innings. He was a big reason why Washington St. won its first series at Oregon St. since 2009 as they took two of three.