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Baseball America's
College Top 25
March 4, 2002

DURHAM, N.C.–Stanford held onto the top spot in Baseball America's Top 25 college baseball rankings in the fourth regular-season edition of the poll.

The Cardinal swept a three-game set from Cal Poly to stay ahead of Atlantic Coast Conference powers Clemson and Florida State, which both swept two-game series against in-state rivals from the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers took two from then-No. 5 South Carolina while the Seminoles beat a previously unbeaten Florida team.

The rankings saw plenty of movement, most of it thanks to Houston, which claimed three games at the Kia Bash in Fullerton, Calif., beating Cal State Fullerton, Miami and Southern California. The sweep and a 7-3 record against Top 25 competition thus far vaulted the Cougars 15 spots up to No. 10. The other three Kia participants all fell, with the Hurricanes checking in at No. 11, the Titans at 13 and the Trojans falling all the way out of the rankings with a 6-7 record.

That opened the way for Rutgers and righthander Bobby Brownlie to re-enter the poll. The Scarlet Knights were No. 25 in the preseason and reclaimed that spot after sweeping a series at Old Dominion.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are as of March 3.

Team W-L Last Week Previous
1. Stanford 12-4 3-0 1
2. Clemson 6-0 3-0 2
3. Florida State 17-4 5-0 3
4. Rice 12-3 2-2 4
5. Georgia Tech 9-1 1-0 7
6. Louisiana State 10-4 2-1 9
7. South Carolina 9-2 0-2 5
8. Nebraska 6-3 3-0 13
9. Wichita State 5-0 0-0 10
10. Houston 9-4 3-0 25
11. Miami 9-6 1-2 6
12. Notre Dame 4-3 3-1 8
13. Cal State Fullerton 10-6 1-2 11
14. Florida 11-2 1-2 12
15. Baylor 9-5 2-1 16
16. Wake Forest 10-1 3-0 18
17. Texas A&M 13-4 3-2 19
18. Texas 14-4 2-2 14
19. Mississippi 9-2 3-1 20
20. East Carolina 10-0 3-0 23
21. Arizona State 11-5 3-0 21
22. Alabama 11-1 3-1 22
23. San Diego 16-3 3-0 24
24. Tulane 8-5 1-2 15
25. Rutgers 5-1 3-0 NR

Dropped Out: Southern California (No. 17).

We're on your heels!

Here is the ESPN/Baseball Weekly Top 25

1. FLORIDA STATE (20-4) Last poll: 1 Poll points: 1,002 (23 No. 1 votes).
2. CLEMSON (14-1) Last poll: 2 Poll points: 986 (12).
3. STANFORD (14-5) Last poll: 3 Poll points: 940 (6).
4. RICE (18-4) Last poll: 4 Poll points: 878
5. SOUTH CAROLINA (18-3) Last poll: 5 Poll points: 855.
6. FLORIDA (18-3) Last poll: 9 Poll points: 767.
7. WICHITA STATE (10-2) Last poll: 8 Poll points: 715.
8. WAKE FOREST (16-2) Last poll: 12 Poll points: 712.
9. BAYLOR (17-6) Last poll: 14 Poll points: 639.
10. GEORGIA TECH (14-3) Last poll: 6 Poll points: 598.
11. ALABAMA (19-2) Last poll: 16 Poll points: 585.
12. HOUSTON (15-5) Last poll: 13 Poll points: 583.
13. NEBRASKA (11-5) Last poll: 20 Poll points: 499.
14. TEXAS (20-6) Last poll: 18 Poll points: 461.
15. ARIZONA STATE (16-8) Last poll: 11 Poll points: 392.
16. LOUISIANA STATE (14-8) Last poll: 7 Poll points: 384.
17. MISSISSIPPI (13-6) Last poll: 10 Poll points: 264.
18. CAL STATE FULLERTON (13-9) Last poll: 17 Poll points:257.
19. AUBURN (17-5) Last poll: 25 Poll points: 218.
20. OKLAHOMA STATE (12-5) Last poll: 21 Poll points: 182.
21. TEXAS A&M (17-9) Last poll: 15 Poll points: 164.
22. OKLAHOMA (15-5) Last poll: NR Poll points: 135.
23. TEXAS TECH (20-10) Last poll: NR Poll points: 124.
24. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL (20-4) Last poll: NR Poll points:111.
25. EAST CAROLINA (14-3-1) Last poll: 22 Poll points: 109.

Dropped out: No. 19 Miami (11-11, 1-3 last week), No. 23 Tulane (13-8, 2-2 last week), No. 24 Mississippi State (10-6-1, 1-4 last week).

Others receiving votes: Long Beach State (102), San Diego (88), Rutgers (82), Notre Dame (57),Stetson (56), Richmond (51), Miami (45), Arizona (43), Northwestern State (32),Southern California (32), Tulane (31), Mississippi State (28), Cal State Northridge (25), North Carolina State (22), San Diego State (15), Southern Mississippi (12), Florida Atlantic (10), Vanderbilt (9), Ohio State (5),Southwest Missouri State (4), North Carolina-Wilmington (3), Illinois (3),Coastal Carolina (2), Evansville (2), Louisiana-Lafayette (2), Oral Roberts(2), South Alabama (1), New Orleans (1).