OREGON ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL

TUCSON, Ariz. — Oregon St. (28-1, 12-0 Pac-12) is ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight week in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Division I poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum.

The Beavers have won 23 consecutive games, tying Arizona State’s 1988 ball club for the longest win streak in Pac-12 history. OSU is the first league team to go 12-0 since the Pac-12 unified in 1999. The Beavers have a 1.81 team ERA after 29 games with 247 strikeouts and 77 walks. OSU has only allowed 8 stolen bases on defense.

Poll Notes: In key series over the past weekend, Louisville took two of three at home against Wake Forest, Texas Tech. won two of three at home against Baylor, Auburn lost two of three at Texas A&M, Florida lost two of three at home to Tennessee, South Carolina lost two of three at home to Vanderbilt, Oklahoma lost two of three at Texas, LSU beat Arkansas two of three on the road, Mississippi St. won two of three at home against Kentucky and San Diego lost two of three at Gonzaga.

Several teams have been superb. Outside of Oregon St.’s 23-game winning streak, Texas Christian has won 12 in a row, Clemson 14 of its last 15, North Carolina 8 straight, Cal. St. Fullerton 6 consecutive and Sam Houston St. 6 of its last 7.

Three teams fell out of the top 30 this week in Florida Gulf Coast (1-4 last week and losses in 6 of its last 7 games), Central Florida (1-3), and Kent St. (0-2). New to the poll is Missouri St. (21-10, 6-0 Missouri Valley Conference), Sam Houston St. (23-9, 12-0 Southland Conference) and Washington (18-12, 6-3 Pac-12).

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

Collegiate Baseball NCAA Div. I Poll

(As of April 10, 2017)

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Rank Team (2017 Record) Points Pvs 1. Oregon St. (28-1) 498 1 2. Texas Christian (26-5) 495 3 3. Louisville (27-4) 494 2 4. Clemson (28-5) 492 5 5. North Carolina (26-6) 490 6 6. Texas Tech. (28-7) 488 7 7. Arizona (23-8) 485 13 8. Cal. St. Fullerton (21-10) 482 16 9. Auburn (24-10) 479 8 10. Louisiana St. (22-11) 475 22 11. Arkansas (25-8) 474 14 12. St. John’s (22-5) 472 4 13. South Carolina (21-10) 470 11 14. Oklahoma (27-8) 468 12 15. Mississippi St. (22-12) 466 19 16. Kentucky (22-11) 462 15 17. Virginia (26-8) 461 23 18. Florida (21-11) 458 10 19. Southern Mississippi (26-7) 455 17 20. Vanderbilt (21-12) 453 24 21. Maryland (20-10) 449 18 22. Wake Forest (23-10) 445 21 23. Oregon (21-8) 443 28 24. San Diego (21-9) 441 20 25. Michigan (25-7) 439 25 26. Coastal Carolina (20-11-1) 435 26 27. Connecticut (19-10) 434 30 28. Missouri St. (21-10) 432 — 29. Sam Houston St. (23-9) 429 — 30. Washington (18-12) 426 —

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