Baseball Ranked No. 1 In Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches' Poll
May 7, 2001
Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) — – For the first time this season, the University of Miami baseball team (38-12) is ranked No. 1 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Coaches’ Poll as selected by 41 Division I head baseball coaches representing the American Baseball Coaches Association.
The Hurricanes, who have been ranked as high as No. 3 in the Coaches’ Poll in this season, were last the No. 1-ranked team after claiming the National Championship in 1999 with their 6-5 win over Florida State in the title game at the College World Series. In the most recent poll, Miami has 945 overall points and 10 first-place votes, ahead of No. 2 Nebraska (898 points and eight first-place votes).
Miami will return to action this weekend with Florida Southern in a three-game series, beginning Friday. All three games, as well as broadcast over the Internet at hurricanesports.com and WVUM, can be heard on UM’s flagship station, Sports Radio 560 WQAM. WACC 830 AM will carry the Friday game in Spanish.
Call 1-800-GO-CANES for ticket information regarding the upcoming final regular season games. To join the excitement, log on to hurricanesports.com and become a member of Hurricane Watch, the on-line loyalty program that allows you to purchase tickets on-line, transfer tickets to friends via email and earn Hurricane rewards for each game you attend at the Light.
Baseball Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Coaches' Poll
1. MIAMI (38-12) Last poll: 3 Poll points: 945 (10 No. 1 votes)2. NEBRASKA (38-12) Last poll: 6 Poll points: 898 (8).3. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (33-16) Last poll: 5 Poll points:888.4. CAL STATE FULLERTON (38-11) Last poll: 7 Poll points:883.5. NOTRE DAME (43-8-1) Last poll: 2 Poll points: 857 (11).6. STANFORD (35-13) Last poll: 4 Poll points: 818 (2).7. LOUISIANA STATE (36-16-1) Last poll: 1 Poll points: 752.8. TULANE (42-8) Last poll: 9 Poll points: 723 (1).9. RICE (38-15) Last poll: 8 Poll points: 715.10. GEORGIA TECH (36-14) Last poll: 10 Poll points: 656.11. FLORIDA STATE (38-14) Last poll: 12 Poll points: 610.12. EAST CAROLINA (42-10) Last poll: 13 Poll points: 538.13. CENTRAL FLORIDA (42-11) Last poll: 20 Poll points: 429.14. TENNESSEE (38-14) Last poll: 19 Poll points: 425.15. SOUTH CAROLINA (39-14) Last poll: 17 Poll points: 417.16. CLEMSON (33-18) Last poll: 16 Poll points: 375.17. BAYLOR (33-18) Last poll: 14 Poll points: 372.18. GEORGIA (36-15) Last poll: 22 Poll points: 355.19. ARIZONA STATE (31-16-1) Last poll: 15 Poll points: 345.20. STETSON (41-10) Last poll: 11 Poll points: 267.21. SOUTH ALABAMA (38-13) Last poll: 18. Poll points: 25722. PEPPERDINE (35-15) Last poll: 23 Poll points: 221.23. MISSISSIPPI (35-17-1) Last poll: 21 Poll points: 95.24. WAKE FOREST (36-15) Last poll: NR Poll points: 94.25. OHIO STATE (37-13) Last poll: 24 Poll points: 55.
Dropped out: No. 25 Florida International (38-15, 1-2 last week)
Others receiving votes: Santa Barbara (53), Texas Tech (40), Winthrop (38),Rutgers (36),Southwest Missouri State (25), Middle Tennessee State (21),Auburn (21), Florida International (17), Florida (14), Oral Roberts (11),California (11),Fresno State (9), Wichita State (8), Florida Atlantic (6),Ball State (5),Texas (5), Oklahoma State (3), Evansville (3), MississippiState (3),Jacksonville (2), Texas Christian (2), Delaware (1), Nevada (1).
