OREGON ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL

TUCSON, Ariz. — Oregon St. (18-1, 3-0 Pac-12) is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I baseball poll for the fourth straight week presented by Big League Chew bubble gum.

The Beavers swept a 3-game series at California over the past weekend and have won five games in a row. The Beavers have captured 13 consecutive Pac-12 series dating back to the 2016 season. OSU’s 18-1 record matches its best start in school history through 19 games with the 1951, 1962, 2013 and 2017 ball clubs.

Poll Notes: In key series over the past weekend, N.C. State swept a 3-game set at Clemson, Arkansas swept a 3-game series at home against Kentucky, Louisville lost two of three at Wake Forest, Auburn won two of three at home against Texas A&M, Florida won two of three at South Carolina, Texas Tech. lost two of three at Baylor, Vanderbilt swept a 3-game series at Mississippi St., Louisiana St. won two of three at home against Missouri, and Duke won two of three at home against Miami (Fla.).

Several teams have been red-hot. Sam Houston St. has won 9 in a row, Texas St. has not lost in its last 11 games, East Carolina and Southeastern Louisiana have won 9 of 10, Arkansas and Indiana 6 straight while Oregon St. and N.C. State have won 5 consecutive.

Four teams fell out of the top 30 this week in Texas Christian (1-3 last week), Florida Gulf Coast (1-3), Oregon (1-3) and St. John’s (1-2).

New to the poll are Sam Houston St. (16-4), Southeastern La. (16-6), East Carolina (16-4) and Texas St. (13-4-1).

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 March 19, 2018)

Rank Team (Record) Points PVS 1. Oregon St. (18-1) 496 1 2. Stanford (14-2) 492 3 3. Auburn (19-2) 489 5 4. Florida (18-4) 488 6 5. Vanderbilt (15-5) 487 11 6. UCLA (13-4) 485 14 7. Arkansas (16-4) 483 18 8. N.C. State (18-3) 482 19 9. Mississippi (19-2) 480 13 10. Clemson (16-4) 477 2 11. Louisville (16-4) 475 4 12. Florida St. (16-4) 472 7 13. Stetson (17-3) 468 12 14. Indiana (15-4) 466 15 15. Louisiana St. (14-7) 464 16 16. Kentucky (14-6) 463 8 17. Texas Tech. (17-5) 460 9 18. Texas A&M (17-4) 457 10 19. Nevada-Las Vegas (18-3) 455 21 20. Central Florida (17-4) 450 22 21. Southern Mississippi (14-4) 446 23 22. Illinois (11-5) 444 25 23. Duke (16-4) 442 26 24. Sam Houston St. (16-4) 439 — 25. Missouri (15-5) 435 24 26. Wichita St. (13-4) 432 20 27. Coastal Carolina (15-7) 431 30 28. Southeastern La. (16-6) 428 — 29. East Carolina (16-4) 425 — 30. Texas St. (13-4-1) 423 —



Collegiate Baseball’s

National Players Of The Week

LHP Shane McClanahan & RHP Carson Ragsdale, South Florida: The Bulls tossed the first combined no-hitter in program history during a 12-0 win over Army. McClanahan struck out a career-high 15 batters over the first six innings. Ragsdale pitched the final three frames as he fanned 7 batters. The duo combined to strike out 22 batters to set a school record. In the process, McClanahan also extended his scoreless innings streak to 30 2/3 to start the season.

RHP Kyle Hurt, Southern California: Hurt combined with two other pitchers to throw the program’s seventh no-hitter during a 2-0 win against Utah. Hurt tossed 7 2/3 no-hit innings and struck out seven. At one point, he retired 11 consecutive batters.

CF Gage Canning, Arizona St.: Canning had a monster 3-game series against Oregon as he went 10-for-13 with 2 home runs (one inside-the-park), 2 triples, 8 runs scored and 7 RBI. At one point, he recorded 8 consecutive hits against Oregon which was the third longest streak in ASU history. In one game, he also compiled 13 total bases which was the fourth highest total in ASU history.

LHP Chris Murphy, San Diego: Murphy struck out 14 batters in eight innings of work to lead the Toreros to an 8-2 win over Santa Clara. He only allowed one hit.

RHP Nick Sandlin, Southern Mississippi: Sandlin fanned 14 batters over seven innings against Texas-San Antonio as he surrendered 3 hits and no runs. He retired the first 10 batters of the contest.

OF Jonathan India, Florida: India belted 4 home runs, a triple and knocked in 6 runs as he went 8-for-14 over four games.

1B Jordan Verdon, San Diego St.: Verdon logged 6 doubles and drove in 9 runs over 4 games as he went 8-for-17 at the plate.

RF Trey Truitt, Mercer: Truitt hit 4 home runs and 2 doubles in 4 games last week with 14 RBI and 8 runs scored as he went 10-for-17 at the plate. He currently has a 13-game hitting streak. Truitt has at least two hits in seven straight contests.