Stanford pulled out a tough, impressive road sweep this weekend. Arizona had been playing very well at home lately, having gone 17-2 at home prior to our series - which included taking two of three from Oregon State.
The conference is starting to turn into the three team race that people were expecting before conference games started - but then got a little derailed with OSU surprisingly dropping a couple of series and UW surprisingly winning.
So, Stanford and UCLA are in a virtual tie for the top spot with Stanford at 12-3, UCLA at 14-4; but UCLA holding a tie-breaker by taking the season series between us. OSU lurks at 10-5. Everyone is fairly hot with Stanford having won its past 6 conference games, UCLA its past 7 (including absolutely abusing $C this past weekend), and OSU only a 3 game streak.
This past week Florida only went 2-2, but they did win a weekend series at RPI #18 Kentucky. Given the general belief that UF is loaded, that was enough to keep them in the top spot in most of this week's polls.
UF is #1 in D1Baseball.com, Baseball America, USA Today; #2 in National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll.
Stanford is #2 in D1Baseball.com and USA Today, #3 in Baseball America, #1 in NCBWA.
Oregon State is #5 in most polls #6 in Baseball America
UCLA is #9 across the board.
Stanford did pass Florida in RPI.
RPI right now is:
#1 Stanford
#2 Florida
#4 Oregon State
#30 UCLA
#38 Arizona
In non-conference opponent watch:
Michigan has now won 20 in a row and leads the Big Ten at 11-0
Texas is #2 in the Big 12 at 11-4.
Fullerton had a rough start but is turning around. Now #2 in Big West at 6-3.
Rice is struggling, near the bottom of Conference USA at 6-10-2
The conference is starting to turn into the three team race that people were expecting before conference games started - but then got a little derailed with OSU surprisingly dropping a couple of series and UW surprisingly winning.
So, Stanford and UCLA are in a virtual tie for the top spot with Stanford at 12-3, UCLA at 14-4; but UCLA holding a tie-breaker by taking the season series between us. OSU lurks at 10-5. Everyone is fairly hot with Stanford having won its past 6 conference games, UCLA its past 7 (including absolutely abusing $C this past weekend), and OSU only a 3 game streak.
This past week Florida only went 2-2, but they did win a weekend series at RPI #18 Kentucky. Given the general belief that UF is loaded, that was enough to keep them in the top spot in most of this week's polls.
UF is #1 in D1Baseball.com, Baseball America, USA Today; #2 in National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll.
Stanford is #2 in D1Baseball.com and USA Today, #3 in Baseball America, #1 in NCBWA.
Oregon State is #5 in most polls #6 in Baseball America
UCLA is #9 across the board.
Stanford did pass Florida in RPI.
RPI right now is:
#1 Stanford
#2 Florida
#4 Oregon State
#30 UCLA
#38 Arizona
In non-conference opponent watch:
Michigan has now won 20 in a row and leads the Big Ten at 11-0
Texas is #2 in the Big 12 at 11-4.
Fullerton had a rough start but is turning around. Now #2 in Big West at 6-3.
Rice is struggling, near the bottom of Conference USA at 6-10-2