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UK RANKED NO. 2 IN NATION BY COLLEGIATE BASEBALL
Wildcats Receive Highest Ranking Since 2008 School-Record 44-win Season
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Riding
the third-longest winning streak in the storied history of the
Southeastern Conference, Kentucky has soared to No. 2 in the nation in
the latest weekly poll released by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, with
UK climbing from No. 16 last week, it was announced on Monday afternoon.
Kentucky
(21-0, 3-0 SEC) is ranked No. 2 in the NCAA, just behind unanimous No.
1 Florida. UK’s ranking is the highest for the Wildcats since a No. 2
ranking in Collegiate Baseball on March 17, 2008, fresh after the
Wildcats swept Alabama to open conference play.
UK’s
21-game winning streak to open the season ranks third in SEC history,
behind the 23-game winning streak by the 2010 NCAA Champions LSU Tigers
and a 22-game streak by the 2000 South Carolina Gamecocks. The streak
ranks as a school record, eclipsing the 19-0 star in 2007 and 2008.
The
Wildcats swept the two-time defending NCAA Champion South Carolina
Gamecocks on SEC opening weekend to extend the record and emerge as the
early story of college baseball. In polls released on Monday, UK has
moved to No. 16 by Baseball America and No. 6 in the USA Today/ESPN
coaches poll. In addition, UK freshman two-way star A.J. Reed was named
the SEC Freshman of the Week and the SEbaseball.com National Player of
the Week.
The Wildcats return to action on Wednesday, traveling to face Cincinnati at Marge Schott Stadium at 4 p.m. ET.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
NCAA Div. I Poll
(As
of March 19,
2012)
Rank School
(Record)
Points
Previous
1. Florida
(19-1)
498
1
2. Kentucky
(21-0)
493
16
3. Stanford
(13-2)
492
3
4. Arkansas
(19-2)
489
5
5. Florida St.
(16-2)
486
6
6. South Carolina
(15-4)
484
2
7. North Carolina
(16-4)
482
4
8. Louisiana St.
(16-4)
479
10
9. Miami, Fla.
(16-4)
476
11
10. Rice
(15-6)
475
7
11. N.C. State
(15-3)
471
19
12. Cal. St. Fullerton
(12-7)
470
8
13. Texas A&M
(16-5)
468
9
14. Arizona
(16-4)
465
13
15. Stetson
(15-4)
464
14
16. UCLA
(15-4)
460
17
17. Oregon
(13-5)
458
12
18. Arizona St.
(12-7)
452
18
19. Texas Christian
(11-6)
451
-
20. Georgia Tech.
(14-6)
450
20
21. Texas
(10-8)
447
-
22. Louisville
(14-6)
446
22
23. Georgia
(15-6)
444
23
24. Purdue
(14-3)
441
26
25. Oregon St.
(14-5)
439
28
26. Mississippi
(15-5)
437
15
27. Baylor
(14-7)
434
-
28. Central Florida
(16-5)
432
29
29. Appalachian St.
(17-3)
429
-
30. Texas St.
(13-6)
424
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