Collegiate Baseball Div. I Poll 4-15-13

NORTH CAROLINA NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL

TUCSON, Ariz. — North Carolina (34-2) is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll after winning nine consecutive games.

The Tar Heels have been ranked at the top of the poll eight of the last nine weeks. Louisiana St. (34-3), ranked No. 1 last week, slipped to second after winning two of three at Arkansas. The Tigers have won 16 of their last 17 games.

No. 3 Vanderbilt (33-4) has won 14 straight and leads the Southeastern Conference with a 14-1 record.

Poll Notes: Several other teams have also been hot. Florida, with an extremely young team, started the season 11-16. But the Gators have won 8 of their last 10 which includes an impressive win against at Florida St. last week and three straight wins against South Carolina as Florida sits at 19-18 overall and 8-7 in the SEC and tied for fourth. Clemson has won 10 straight along with N.C. State. Bryant has the longest winning streak in the nation at 18 in a row. Coastal Carolina has won 9 straight while South Florida has won 8 consecutive.

Six teams fell out of the top 30 this week, including Indiana (1-3), Notre Dame (5 straight losses), Alabama (2-3), Texas A&M (1-3), Florida Gulf Coast (0-4) and Creighton (0-3). New to the poll is Florida, Mississippi (swept a 3-game series from Alabama), Pittsburgh (swept three from Notre Dame), Coastal Carolina (won nine in a row), South Florida (won 8 straight), and Bryant (won 18 in a row).

The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.

Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Poll (As of April 15, 2013) www.baseballnews.com
Rank	Team (2013 Record)	Points	Pvs.
1.	North Carolina (34-2)	499	2
2.	Louisiana St. (34-3)	498	1
3.	Vanderbilt (33-4)	497	3
4.	Cal. St. Fullerton (31-5)	493	5
5.	Oregon St. (28-6)	489	6
6.	Florida St. (30-6)	486	7
7.	Oregon (27-8)	482	9
8.	Louisville (28-7)	479	11
9.	Virginia (31-6)	476	4
10.	Oklahoma (28-8)	474	8
11.	UCLA (22-10)	471	15
12.	Clemson (26-11)	469	17
13.	Arkansas (25-12)	467	10
14.	Georgia Tech. (26-10)	463	18
15.	N.C. State (28-10)	460	19
16.	Cal. Poly (24-9)	458	20
17.	Stanford (19-11)	455	23
18.	Mississippi St. (30-9)	452	26
19.	Florida (19-18)	446	—
20.	Mississippi (26-10)	443	—
21.	Arizona (23-12)	441	25
22.	South Carolina (27-10)	439	12
23.	Kentucky (24-11)	437	14
24.	Arizona St. (22-10-1)	435	27
25.	Pittsburgh (24-9)	434	—
26.	Coastal Carolina (24-12)	432	—
27.	Rice (25-13)	429	21
28.	South Florida (22-14)	426	—
29.	Houston (25-11)	423	28
30.	Bryant (23-9-1)	420	—

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

• C Michael Marietta, Central Arkansas: Marietta had an incredible game against Grambling State as he went 7-for-7 at the plate with 3 homers, 3 doubles and a school record 11 RBI and 6 runs scored. Among his trio of homers, he belted a grand slam in the seventh and shattered the school record of 12 total bases, finishing with 20 and added a stolen base for good measure.

• RHP Ryan Jacobs, Penn State Behrend: Jacobs became the first pitcher in school history to throw a perfect game during a 1-0 win over Mount Aloysius in seven innings. Jacobs fanned six batters.

• RHP Austin Robichaux, Louisiana-Lafayette: Robichaux struck out 14 Arkansas-Little Rock batters during a 9-inning complete game 9-2 win over UALR. At one point, he retired 16 straight batters.

• OF Brandon Murray, College of Charleston: Murray set a new school record with 9 RBI during an 18-5 win over Davidson. He belted a grand slam, a 3-run homer and a 2-run double to lead the Cougars’ offense. He finished the series with 4 homers and 13 RBI to go with 3 walks.

• DH Joe Purritano, Dartmouth: Purritano belted 4 homers, 2 doubles, a triple and recorded 11 RBI in five games as he went 10-for-19 at the plate.

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