Diamond Dogs Climb To No. 18 In Collegiate Baseball Poll; Entertain Louisiana Tech, Jackson State In Midweek Games
May 25, 2016 | Baseball
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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- A 4-0 showing last week, including a first-ever sweep of competition in the National Bank of Commerce Classic at Dudy Noble Field, has boosted Mississippi State up a notch to No. 18 in the latest rankings compiled by Tucson-based Collegiate Baseball.
The Texas Loghorns continue to head up the Collegiate Baseball national rankings and remained second behind Tulane in the poll conducted by Baseball America.
Off to a 6-0 start, the Diamond Dogs close out their seson-longest eight-game home stand with a pair of midweek games. State hosts Louisiana Tech (5-12) Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the 49th renewal of the baseball rivalry, with junior lefty Brooks Dunn (1-0, 0.00) matched with Tech senior righthander Mitch Tucker (0-2, 5.29).
Bulldog freshman John Lalor of Germantown, Tenn., is scheduled to make his mound debut in Wednesday's 4 p.m. contest with Jackson State (4-8).
MSU travels to Tucson, Ariz., Mar. 11-13 for a three-game weekend series against Arizona (12-5). The Wildcats, ranked 12th by Baseball America, handed Texas its first loss of the season during a closely-contested three-game last weekend in Tucson.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Poll
(As of March 7, 2005)
Rank School (Record) Points Previous 1. Texas (17-1) 496 1 2. Tulane (13-1) 494 2 3. Florida St. (19-1) 490 8 4. South Carolina (12-1) 489 5 5. Cal. St. Fullerton (11-2) 488 6 6. Louisiana St. (11-3) 486 3 7. Rice (12-3) 483 7 8. Georgia Tech. (11-2) 480 13 9. Wichita St. (15-1) 475 15 10. Arkansas (12-1) 472 16 11. North Carolina (9-3) 471 4 12. Georgia (7-3) 470 9 13. Florida (11-3) 468 10 14. Miami, Fla. (13-4) 465 11 15. Stanford (11-7) 463 12 16. Arizona (12-5) 460 14 17. Texas A&M (12-4) 459 17 18. Mississippi St. (6-0) 457 19 19. Louisiana-Laf. (14-1) 454 22 20. Vanderbilt (10-0) 452 - 21. Mississippi (9-3) 450 20 22. Southern California (7-4) 445 21 23. Nebraska (8-2) 442 18 24. Michigan (5-2) 440 - 25. Coastal Carolina (10-2) 438 23 26. Central Florida (15-3) 435 26 27. Texas Tech. (14-2) 431 27 28. Oregon St. (11-2) 430 28 29. Oklahoma St. (11-5) 426 29 30. Winthrop (13-3) 421 -
