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Baseball: Cajuns Baseball Cracks Baseball America Top 10
LAFAYETTE, La. – After sweeping Southern Miss on the road this past weekend, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team moved up four spots to 10th in the latest Baseball America poll, the magazine announced on Monday.
The ranking is the first for Louisiana (7-1) in the top 10 since ending the 2000 season ranked ninth in the poll. The Ragin’ Cajuns highest ranking by Baseball America was sixth on April 3, 2000.
The Cajuns jumped nine spots in the Collegiate Baseball poll checking in at No.13 this week, while the team made its first appearance in the Perfect Game poll at No. 24.
The squad is back in action tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. with a showdown at No.1 LSU before hosting No. 21 Alabama in a three-game series this weekend at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field starting Friday at 6 p.m.
Baseball America Top 25
Team W-L Last Week Previous Ranking
1. Virginia 6-1 4-0 1
2. Florida State 6-0 3-0 4
3. South Carolina 7-0 4-0 5
4. Oregon State 5-2 2-2 2
5. Cal State Fullerton 4-3 2-2 3
6. North Carolina State 5-1 5-0 6
7. LSU 7-0 4-0 8
8. Vanderbilt 7-0 4-0 9
9. Oregon 7-0 4-0 11
10. Louisiana 7-1 4-0 14
11. Clemson 5-1 3-0 13
12. Rice 6-2 4-1 15
13. Cal Poly 6-1 3-1 22
14. Miami 4-3 2-2 16
15. Texas 5-3 3-1 18
16. Texas Christian 6-1 4-0 19
17. Indiana 2-5 1-2 10
18. Mississippi State 4-4 2-3 7
19. UCLA 4-3 2-2 12
20. Louisville 5-2 3-1 20
21. Alabama 4-2 2-1 21
22. North Carolina 3-3 2-2 17
23. Texas A&M 6-1 3-1 24
24. Arkansas 6-0 3-0 25
25. Florida 3-2 3-2 23
Collegiate Baseball Top 30
Rank, Team (Record), Points
1. LSU (7-0), 494
2. Florida St. (6-0), 491
3. Oregon (7-0), 489
4. Vanderbilt (7-0), 487
5. South Carolina (7-0), 485
6. Virginia (6-1), 482
7. N.C. State (6-1), 480
8. Oregon St. (5-2), 478
9. Louisville (5-2), 476
10. Cal. St. Fullerton (4-3), 475
11. Oklahoma St. (8-1), 472
12. Texas Christian (6-1), 469
13. Louisiana (7-1), 467
14. Cal. Poly (6-1), 464
15. Rice (6-2), 461
16. Clemson (5-1), 458
17. Miami, Fla. (4-3), 455
18. Mississippi St. (4-4), 454
19. North Carolina (3-3), 452
20. UCLA (4-3), 450
21. Florida (5-3), 447
22. Arizona (6-2), 445
23. Texas A&M (6-1), 442
24. Texas (5-3), 441
25. Mississippi (6-1), 438
26. Texas Tech. (6-1), 436
27. Arkansas (6-0), 433
28. Tennessee (7-0), 432
29. Southern California (7-0), 429
30. Florida International (8-0), 426
Rk, Team (Overall record)
1. Virginia (6-1)
2. Florida State (6-0)
3. Cal State Fullerton (4-3)
4. South Carolina (7-0)
5. Vanderbilt (7-0)
6. Oregon State (5-2)
7. Oregon (7-0)
8. North Carolina State (6-1)
9. Louisiana State (7-0)
10. Mississippi State (4-4)
11. Clemson (5-1)
12. Rice (6-2)
13. Cal Poly (6-1)
14. UCLA (4-3)
15. Miami (Fla.) (4-3)
16. Louisville (5-2)
17. North Carolina (3-3)
18. Texas A&M (6-1)
19. Florida (5-3)
20. Florida Atlantic (5-2)
21. Alabama (4-2)
22. Indiana (2-5)
23. Oklahoma State (8-1)
24. Louisiana (7-1)
25. Kentucky (5-2)
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Jeff Schneider Cox Communications Athletics Center Office: (337) 482-6332
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