Baseball America: Beavers move up to No. 3, Ducks down to 16th
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DURHAM, N.C—North Carolina stayed perfect with a dominating sweep of Wake Forest in its Atlantic Coast Conference series opener and remained No. 1 in the Baseball America College Top 25 rankings.
The unbeaten Tar Heels outscored the host Demon Deacons 30-8 en route to the sweep, retaining the top spot for the fourth consecutive week. Vanderbilt remained No. 2 with a road series win at ranked Oregon, and most of the rest of the Top 10 moved up a spot. The biggest changes involved Mississippi State, which dropped 10 spots to No. 13 after losing a home series to unranked Central Arkansas, and Georgia Tech, which moved up five spots with a road series victory at then-No. 24 Virginia Tech.
The rest of the rankings required plenty of shuffling. Arizona State moved up nine places to No. 14 with a sweep of Long Beach State in which the Sun Devils yielded just two runs. Stanford fell all the way out of the rankings with its second series loss on the young season, a home sweep at the hands of Nevada-Las Vegas. The Rebels, who haven't reached regionals since 2005, entered the rankings at No. 21. UNLV's last appearance in the BA rankings came at the end of the 2003 season. Indiana and Florida Gulf Coast entered the rankings; both have series wins at Florida. Indiana is making its first-ever appearance in the Baseball America Top 25.
The Southeastern Conference has five teams in the Top 10 and seven in the Top 25 overall. The ACC and Pacific-12 (five apiece) are next, with the Big East (Louisville and Notre Dame) the other league with multiple ranked teams.
The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of March 10 and do not include ties.
| Rk. | Team | W-L | Last Week | Prev. | |
| 1 | North Carolina | 14-0 | 4-0 |
1 | |
| 2 | Vanderbilt | 15-2 | 3-1 |
2 | |
| 3 | Oregon State | 15-0 | 3-0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Louisville | 12-2 | 3-0 |
5 | |
| 5 | South Carolina | 13-2 | 5-0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Mississippi | 16-1 | 5-0 | 7 | |
| 7 | Louisiana State | 15-1 | 5-0 |
8 | |
| 8 | Cal State Fullerton | 13-3 | 3-2 | 10 | |
| 9 | Georgia Tech | 14-2 | 3-1 | 14 | |
| 10 | Kentucky | 13-2 | 3-1 | 11 | |
| 11 | UCLA | 11-3 | 3-1 | 12 | |
| 12 | Florida State | 15-0 | 5-0 |
18 | |
| 13 | Mississippi State | 17-2 | 2-2 | 3 | |
| 14 | Arizona State | 10-2 | 3-0 | 23 | |
| 15 | Arkansas | 11-5 | 4-0 | 16 | |
| 16 | Oregon | 11-5 | 3-2 | 15 | |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 10-3 | 2-1 |
22 | |
| 18 | North Carolina State | 12-4 | 2-3 |
9 | |
| 19 | Rice | 9-7 | 3-2 | 19 | |
| 20 | Arizona | 13-5 | 3-2 | 20 | |
| 21 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 13-3 | 4-0 | NR | |
| 22 | Virginia | 14-1 | 2-1 | 25 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 12-4 | 1-3 | 17 | |
| 24 | Indiana | 8-3 |
2-1 |
NR | |
| 25 | Florida Gulf Coast | 13-3 | 5-0 | NR | |
| Dropped out: Stanford (13), UC Irvine (21), Virginia Tech (24) |
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Strange...OSU is the only team that has not lost, yet is now #3. Reminds me of a couple of years ago when the Beavers won the National Championship, and were rated #2 at the beginning of the next year before they had even played a game. Then they won the second National Championship in a row, and again, before the next season even started, were ranked, again, 2nd or 3rd. The BCS never did rank them #1, even with 2 consecutive championships. Most of the BCS people that vote have never heard of a team West of the Rockies, so of course, they are not going to give the Beav's any credit! I guess Baseball America is probably using the same voters as the BCS did...history kind of repeats itself. Go Beavers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"...30-8 en route to the sweep.."
Ouch that's a football score.Â
Hey why is the #2 team have a poorer record than the #3, 6 and 12 teams?