By: Aaron Kirby
Stetson (9-2) stays at #1 for the 3rd week in row to start 2012 going 3-1 on week. (1-0 at Bethune-Cookman; 1-0 Penn; 0-1 S. Illinois; 1-0 Georgia St)………Louisville (8-3) and TCU (4-6) each slide down one spot but not because of their play. Another club just had a very good week. Louisville slides to #3 even after winning 2 of 3 from Pepperdine and TCU goes to #4 after taking 2 of 3 from Oklahoma St.
A few teams at the bottom of rankings continued to struggle and paved the way for teams who are not struggling to take their place.
RISING
- Texas St (8-3) jumps to #2 with a 4-0 week. The Bobcats did not give up a run the entire week beating TCU 1-0 Tuesday and sweeping Notre Dame by scores of 6-0, 6-0, and 5-0. Texas St has not given up a run since their 6-1 win at Houston last Saturday a total of 5 games.
- Troy (6-4) slides up 4 spots to #5. The Trojans beat Samford 13-6 mid week and took 2 of 3 at Bethune-Cookman including a 26-3 win Saturday and scoring 2 in the top of 9th on Sunday for a 7-6 win and series win.
- Purdue (8-1) continues its very impressive start to 2012 moving up 7 spots and into the top 10 at #6 after a 3-0 week. The Boilermakers traveled to Auburn for another tournament and beat host Auburn 9-8 Friday, Southern Miss 10-9 Saturday and Charleston Southern 5-2 on Sunday.
- Missouri State (9-3) jumps up 10 spots to #7 going 4-0 on the road. The Bears picked up a 7-1 win at Oklahoma St on Wednesday before sweeping Northwestern St 3 games.
- Gonzaga (10-0) remained undefeated with a 3-0 (1-0 vs Louisiana-Lafayette; 1-0 at UTSA;1-0 vs Kansas) week and also jumped up 10 spots to #8.
- Appalachian St (9-2) stayed on roll going 5-0 on week and move up one spot to #19 outscoring NC A&T and Rider 58-18 in the 5 games.
- Creighton (5-3) moves to #21 winning 2 of 3 at UC Davis. The Bluejays have been on left coast for a couple weeks and will stay one more week with single games at California and Sacramento St before finishing trip with 3 games at Pacific.
FALLING
- College of Charleston (7-3) drops 3 spots to #9 with a 2-2 week. The Cougars took a perfect game into the 9th inning on Tuesday in their 7-0 win at Jacksonville but opened SOCON play this weekend losing 2 of 3 at home to Elon. CofC took game one Friday 7-1 and rain made them play double header on Sunday. Elon took game 1 on Sunday 4-2 and won the series with a 3-2 win in 10 innings.
- Kent St (5-4) slides 5 spots to #12 losing 2 of 3 at Western Kentucky.
- Florida Atlantic (8-4) also slides 5 spots to #13 with 2-3 week. The Owls lost 10-5 at Miami on Wednesday and split 4 games with Princeton.
- Samford (7-4) drops 5 spots to #15 losing at Troy 13-6 Tuesday and splitting 2 games with Penn St.
- Georgia Southern (6-6) drops 11 spots to #16 with a 1-4 week. GSU lost 12-4 at home to Mercer Tuesday and lost 3 of 4 to North Florida. North Florida touched up GSU’s RHP Chris Beck for 9 hits and 7 runs in 6 innings in Fridays 7-4 win. The Eagles beat North Florida 9-5 on Sunday to snap a 5 game losing streak going back to last Sunday.
- Stony Brook (4-3) slides 2 spots to #17 after getting swept at East Carolina. The Seawolves lost the 3 games by a total of just 3 runs (Friday 1-0, Saturday 2-1, and Sunday 4-3).
OUT
- #19 St Johns (3-6) drops out of top 25 with a 1-2 week. The Red Storm lost at UNC, beat UNCW and lost to Illinois.
- #21 Fresno St (5-7) went 1-3 on week losing to UC Santa Barbra and losing 2 of 3 to Stanford.
- #23 Coastal Carolina (4-4) drop out after getting just 2 games in due to weather. Coastal beat Pitt and lost to Illinois. The Chanticleers are off to a rough start from what we are accustomed to and should get things going now that their schedule starts to soften up a little.
IN
- After struggling through 2011 finishing 20-31 and dropping 2 of 3 at Sam Houston St, San Diego (9-3) looks like they are back on a roll. The Toreros enter the poll in week 3 at #20 after a 4-1 week picking up wins at UC Riverside, vs Cal Poly, vs Cal St Northridge, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
- Liberty (12-1) has the most wins in Division 1 through 3 weeks of season and enter the rankings at #22. No question the Flames picked up their biggest win of the year this past week a 8-0 win at Virginia. The Flames will look to continue their strong play this weekend with St Johns coming to town.
- Hawaii (9-4) enters the rankings at #25 taking 3 of 4 from Wichita St.
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Mid-Major Top 25- Week |
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SCHOOL |
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PVS |
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Weeks Results 2/27-3/4 |
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#1 |
Stetson |
(9-2) |
#1 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 at Bethune-Cookman; 1-0 Penn; 0-1 S. Illinois; 1-0 Georgia St |
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#2 |
Texas St |
(8-3) |
#4 |
(4-0) |
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1-0 at TCU; 3-0 Notre Dame; |
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#3 |
Louisville |
(8-3) |
#2 |
(2-2) |
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0-1 Eastern Illinois; 2-1 Pepperdine; |
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#4 |
TCU |
(4-6) |
#3 |
(2-2) |
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0-1 Texas St; 2-1 Oklahoma St; |
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#5 |
Troy |
(6-4) |
#9 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 Samford; 2-1 Bethune-Cookman; |
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#6 |
Purdue |
(8-1) |
#13 |
(3-0) |
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1-0 at Auburn; 1-0 vs Southern Miss; 1-0 Charleston Southern |
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#7 |
Missouri St |
(9-3) |
#17 |
(4-0) |
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1-0 at Oklahoma St; 3-0 at Northwestern St; |
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#8 |
Gonzaga |
(10-0) |
#18 |
(3-0) |
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1-0 vs Louisiana-Lafayette; 1-0 at UTSA;1-0 vs Kansas |
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#9 |
College of Charleston |
(7-3) |
#6 |
(2-2) |
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1-0 at Jacksonville; 1-2 Elon; |
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#10 |
Charlotte |
(9-3) |
#11 |
(4-1) |
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1-0 at Winthrop; 3-1 Wagner; |
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#11 |
Dallas Baptist |
(6-5) |
#12 |
(3-1) |
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0-1 UTSA; 3-0 Texas A&M CC |
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#12 |
Kent St |
(5-4) |
#7 |
(1-2) |
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1-2 at Western Kentucky; |
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#13 |
Florida Atlantic |
(8-4) |
#8 |
(2-3) |
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0-1 at Miami; 2-2 Princeton; |
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#14 |
Pepperdine |
(8-4) |
#14 |
(2-2) |
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1-0 USC; 1-2 at Louisville; |
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#15 |
Samford |
(7-4) |
#10 |
(1-2) |
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0-1 at Troy; 1-1 Penn St; |
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#16 |
Georgia Southern |
(6-6) |
#5 |
(1-4) |
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0-1 Mercer; 0-2 at N. Florida; 1-1 North Florida; |
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#17 |
Stony Brook |
(4-3) |
#15 |
(0-3) |
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0-3 at East Carolina; |
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#18 |
Jacksonville |
(4-6) |
#16 |
(2-1) |
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0-1 College of Charleston; 2-0 Florida A&M; |
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#19 |
Appalachian St |
(9-2) |
#20 |
(5-0) |
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1-0 at NC A&T; 4-0 Rider; |
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#20 |
San Diego |
(9-3) |
NR |
(4-1) |
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1-0 at UC Riverside;1-1 Cal St Northridge;1-0 Cal Poly;1-0 Wiscn-Milw |
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#21 |
Creighton |
(5-3) |
#22 |
(2-1) |
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2-1 at UC Davis; |
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#22 |
Liberty |
(12-1) |
NR |
(4-0) |
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1-0 at Virginia; 3-0 Coppin St; |
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#23 |
Florida International |
(4-5) |
#25 |
(3-0) |
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3-0 Brown; |
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#24 |
SE Louisiana |
(9-2) |
#24 |
(2-2) |
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0-1 at Tulane; 1-1 vs Central Michigan; 1-0 at McNeese St; |
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#25 |
Hawaii |
(9-4) |
NR |
(3-1) |
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3-1 Wichita St |
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dropped out |
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#19 |
St Johns |
(3-6) |
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#21 |
Fresno St |
(5-7) |
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#23 |
Coastal Carolina |
(4-4) |
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Bubbles |
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Santa Clara |
(9-3) |
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Fresno St |
(5-7) |
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Coastal Carolina |
(4-4) |
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Elon |
(7-4) |
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SC-Upstate |
(9-1) |
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Mercer |
(10-3) |
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Southern Illinois |
(7-4) |
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Western Carolina |
(8-3) |
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UT-Arlington |
(9-3) |
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Austin Peay |
(7-3) |
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