SHSU Baseball Remains At No. 20 in Collegiate Baseball Poll

By: SHSU Sports Information

Updated: Mon 2:11 PM, Apr 16, 2012

SAM HOUSTON REMAINS AT #20 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL

Despite seeing their 13-game winning streak end Saturday with a loss at Lamar, Sam Houston State remained at No. 2 in the latest NCAA Division I baseball poll by "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper.

Sam Houston bounced back Sunday to defeat the Cardinals 5-3 and earn their sixth Southland Conference series victory in six tries. Three of the Bearkats' six league series wins have been sweeps.

With a 25-10 overall mark, Sam Houston holds down first place in the Southland Conference, having won 15 of their 18 league games.

The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Poll
(As of April 16, 2012)

Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Louisiana St. (30-7) 497 3
2. Kentucky (32-5) 496 1
3. Baylor (30-7) 495 5
4. Florida (28-8) 492 4
5. Florida St. (29-7) 490 2
6. Oregon (24-10) 487 10
7. UCLA (24-8) 486 11
8. Arizona (24-11) 479 8
9. Texas A&M (28-8) 477 6
10. North Carolina (27-9) 474 12
11. Rice (27-11) 472 13
12. Central Florida (30-8) 469 15
13. South Carolina (27-10) 467 18
14. Ca. St. Fullerton (23-12) 466 14
15. Miami, Fla. (25-11) 464 7
16. Arkansas (25-10) 463 9
17. San Diego (29-8) 461 19
18. N.C. State (24-10) 460 17
19. Stanford (22-9) 458 16
20. Sam Houston St. (25-10) 456 20
21. Arizona St. (23-13) 454 24
22. Purdue (28-5) 453 22
23. Texas (20-13) 451 25
24. Mississippi (24-12) 449 21
25. New Mexico St. (27-10) 448 23
26. Oklahoma (22-14) 446 -
27. Louisville (25-11) 439 26
28. Texas Christian (20-13) 436 -
29. Missouri St. (27-10) 434 -
30. Oregon St. (23-11) 430

Two Sam Houston State Tennis Players Earn Academic All-Southland Conference

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