Cal Poly Mustangs: SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (April 14, 2014) -- Cal Poly's climb up the national Division I baseball polls continued Monday thanks to another perfect 4-0 week. Cal Poly's climb up the national Division I baseball polls continued Monday thanks to another perfect 4-0 week.

Coach Larry Lee's Mustangs are ranked No. 3 by four of the five major polls: Baseball America, Perfect Game, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. The USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll lists Cal Poly at No. 4.

Cal Poly strung together its second 4-0 week of the season -- the Mustangs also had a 6-0 week March 11-16 against Northern Illinois and Wagner -- by defeating Saint Mary's 6-2 last Tuesday and sweeping Hawai'i in a Big West Conference series in Honolulu by scores of 3-2, 4-3 and 8-3.

The Mustangs' other 4-0 week included a Monday win over Cal and a weekend sweep of UC Davis three weeks ago.

Cal Poly has won six straight games, 12 of their last 13 and 20 of 22. The Mustangs have swept five three-game series and have won all nine series of three games or more this season. Cal Poly also split two games against USC in a rain-shortened series and is 5-0 so far in midweek games.

The Mustangs have not had a losing week this season and have not lost back-to-back games.

Cal Poly is 30-5 overall and is 8-1 in the Big West, tied for first place with UC Irvine. The Mustangs were 17-3 midway through the 6-0 week for their second-fastest 20-game start in school history (the 1997 club was 18-2) and at 25-5 a couple weeks ago produced their fastest 30-game start.

Lee's squad earned their 20th win March 24, the fastest since the NCAA implemented its uniform start date in 2008. The Mustangs collected win No. 30 Sunday, their 35th game of the season, the fastest Cal Poly team to reach the 30-win milestone. In terms of the calendar, Cal Poly's 1977 squad won its 30th game on April 5.

Cal Poly has won 26 of its last 28 home games, including the final seven of the 2013 season, and 90 of its last 115 contests at home for a winning percentage of 78.2 percent. The Mustangs are 20-2 at home this season.

Other Big West teams ranked this week include Cal State Fullerton (18-13), as high as No. 23 by USA Today/ESPN; UC Santa Barbara (22-8), as high as No. 14 by Perfect Game; and UC Irvine (24-11), ranked No. 21 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

Before this season, Cal Poly's highest ranking since moving to Division I prior to the 1995 season was No. 12 by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper after jumping to a 17-4 start in 2009. The Mustangs went on to achieve their first Division I postseason playoff berth.

Last year Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 16 by Collegiate Baseball and finished 21st with a 40-19 record, placing second in the Big West and earning a spot in the NCAA Division I regionals for the second time.

Cal Poly's first Division I national ranking came in 1997 when the Mustangs were as high as No. 27 by Collegiate Baseball. Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 22 by Baseball America in 2006 after sprinting to a 9-2 start, but lost 12 of its next 19 games to fall out of the polls.

The Mustangs were briefly ranked by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in 2007 after winning 10 of 12 games early in the season.

Ranked No. 1 in the polls this week are Virginia (30-6) in the Baseball America, USA Today/ESPN, NCBWA and Perfect Game polls and Louisiana-Lafayette (34-4) in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll.

Cal Poly visits Bakersfield on Tuesday night before returning home to host Cal State Fullerton in a key Big West Conference series Thursday through Saturday in Baggett Stadium. Game times are 6 p.m. both Thursday and Friday and 1 o'clock Saturday.