[Fumblerooskies]

...from a VERY unexpected source. Check out #30.

(Top 30 Agate Follows)

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's

NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 12, 2007)

www.baseballnews.com

Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Vanderbilt (18-0) 496 1
2. Florida St. (20-0) 495 2
3. North Carolina (15-1) 494 3
4. South Carolina (13-2) 491 4
5. Oregon St. (17-3) 485 7
6. Clemson (10-4) 483 6
7. Virginia (16-3) 482 5
8. Texas A&M (18-2) 477 9
9. Rice (14-7) 475 10
10. Auburn (17-2) 473 13
11. Arkansas (13-5) 471 11
12. Kentucky (16-0) 468 18
13. Pepperdine (15-5) 465 12
14. Mississippi (13-5) 463 16
15. Cal. St. Fullerton (12-8 ) 460 8
16. Nebraska (8-5) 458 17
17. Long Beach St. (10-5) 456 20
18. Arizona St. (13-7) 455 14
19. Texas (15-7) 453 19
20. Wichita St. (13-4) 450 25
21. Arizona (15-6) 448 24
22. Oklahoma St. (12-4) 446 —
23. Coastal Carolina (15-3) 445 29
24. Oklahoma (13-5) 443 —
25. Southern Calif. (15-9) 439 26
26. Southern Miss. (12-4) 437 27
27. East Carolina (11-6) 434 —
28. Texas Christian (11-6) 432 23
29. U.C. Irvine (15-5-1) 431 —
30. Virginia Military Inst. (12-3) 429 —

[Sly Fox]

They obviously earned a ton of respect nationally with that opening weekend at Florida. Congrats to those guys (even if I believe we're better than they are).

[Fumblerooskies]

What is amazing is that Ikenberry recruits the state of VA hard...
...I think I saw him and his staff at almost every showcase and tournament we attended. They sign a lot of kids (some say over-recruit), but realize that some will wash out as the VMI life is not for everyone. It will be interesting to see if they fade again this year, once they get into conference play.

[sitemdown77]

that ranking will fall very quickly soon....Florida is down BIG TIME this year, just lost 2 to Kent State and got swept by Texas A&M. The rest of their schedule has been weak with Maryland Eastern Shore, Niagra, Bucknell, etc. They are up from what they have been in the past few years with some good arms that have progressed quickly. They are coming up with some challenging games though in Auburn, Winthrop, ODU, VCU. Good to see our conference getting some good recognition, but that ranking there is a bit of a stretch this early. Congrats to them though for getting some ink.

[sitemdown77]

just noticed that Texas A&M was ranked about 15th though..

[PAmedic]

They obviously earned a ton of respect nationally with that opening weekend at Florida. Congrats to those guys (even if I believe we're better than they are).

THANK YOU!

I kept thinking that- but kept my mouth shut (for once) because I'm no baseball guy.

seems to me we've played our common opponents better than they have

(Richmond comes to mind)

I'd have to look that up to prove it, though.

[krh44]

Did beat Florida twice and edged Uof R 2-1

[PAmedic]

I reminded their guys that we spanked the Spiders 28-7

no reponse to that one

[Fumblerooskies]

VMI beat Auburn yesterday...
http://www.vmikeydets.com/article.asp?articleid=84477

They open up at CSU this weekend.

[bigsmooth]

i give em credit! what a great start!