TEXAS A&M NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL

TUCSON, Ariz. — Texas A&M (24-1) is ranked No. 1 for the first time this season in the Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum.

The Aggies won 24 straight games to start the season before losing its last game, 6-2 to Alabama. Texas A&M still won two of three against the Crimson Tide on the road and are tied for the lead in the Southeastern Conference with a 5-1 record.

The Aggies feature a pitching staff that has a 1.79 ERA and a 4:1 strikeout to walk ratio (236 strikeouts and 57 walks). On offense, Texas A&M has hit 70 extra base hits in 25 games (43 doubles, 21 homers and 6 triples).

Texas Christian, ranked No. 1 the last five weeks, slipped to fourth after posting a 3-2 week and losing two of three at home to Oklahoma State in a Big 12 Conference series.

In key series over the weekend, Louisiana St. won two of three at Arkansas, Florida lost two of three at Mississippi, Missouri took two of three at South Carolina, Florida St. won two of three at Virginia, Arizona St. won two of three at Oregon, Louisville swept a 3-game series at Notre Dame, North Carolina won two of three at Georgia Tech., California swept Washington three straight on the road, Arizona swept a 3-game series at Stanford for the first time ever, and Nebraska won three straight at home against Michigan.

Poll Notes: Several teams have been red-hot. Maryland and Nebraska have won 10 in a row, Houston 9 straight, Louisville and Nevada 7 consecutive while Oklahoma St. has won 8 of its last 9.

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

Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Poll

(As of March 23, 2015)

Rank Team (2015 Record) Points Pvs 1. Texas A&M (24-1) 495 2 2. Louisiana St. (21-3) 493 3 3. Vanderbilt (19-5) 492 5 4. Texas Christian (17-4) 490 1 5. UCLA (17-5) 487 9 6. Florida (20-5) 485 4 7. Florida St. (19-6) 483 7 8. Central Florida (20-5) 480 10 9. Arizona St. (15-7) 479 11 10. Texas (16-8) 476 14 11. Louisville (18-6) 473 17 12. Oklahoma St. (16-7) 469 19 13. South Carolina (18-6) 467 6 14. California (18-5) 465 24 15. Houston (17-7) 463 — 16. Southern California (19-5) 460 8 17. U.C. Santa Barbara (16-6) 457 16 18. Miami, Fla. (18-7) 455 20 19. Oregon St. (18-5) 453 25 20. Arizona (19-6) 450 — 21. Maryland (17-4) 447 — 22. Illinois (17-5-1) 446 18 23. Missouri (18-6) 443 26 24. Indiana (15-5) 440 23 25. Virginia (14-7) 438 12 26. Nevada (20-4) 435 29 27. North Carolina (14-9) 434 — 28. Georgia Tech. (16-7) 432 21 29. San Diego (13-8) 429 30 30. Nebraska (17-6) 427 —

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