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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Takes Small Tumble In National Polls
4/29/2002 | Baseball
NATIONAL POLLS
Collegiate Baseball Top 30
Baseball America Top 25
Baseball Weekly/ESPN Top 25 (not available on line as of 7 p.m., CDT, Monday, April 29)
April 29, 2002
OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss took a small tumble in all three of the major national college baseball polls that were released Monday, after going 2-2 last week, including dropping 2-of-3 games to Tennessee in Oxford this past weekend. The Rebels did, however, remain in the top 10 in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30, checking in at No. 9, down two spots from last week.
Ole Miss (33-11) is down five spots in this week's Baseball America Top 25 to No. 11, and dropped four spots to No. 13 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Top 25. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll is scheduled to be released Tuesday, where Ole Miss was No. 7 last week.
Clemson (38-6) remained as the consensus No. 1 in all three polls after winning 2-of-3 in its ACC showdown with then-No. 3 Wake Forest (36-8).
Four other SEC teams are also ranked in all three polls. Alabama (38-7) is No. 3 in Collegiate Baseball, and No. 5 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN and Baseball America polls. South Carolina (34-10), Ole Miss' opponent this weekend, is No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America, and No. 6 in Baseball Weekly. Florida (32-13) is No. 10 in Baseball America, No. 11 in Baseball Weekly, and No. 12 in Collegiate Baseball. LSU (30-15) rejoined all three polls after sweeping Arkansas this past weekend in Baton Rouge, as the Tigers are No. 23 in Baseball Weekly, No. 24 in Baseball America, and No. 28 in Collegiate Baseball.
Before traveling to South Carolina this weekend, Ole Miss will travel to Jonesboro, Ark., for a 6:30 p.m., non-conference match-up with Arkansas State (19-25) Tuesday evening. The Rebels and Gamecocks will open their three-game conference series Friday night at 6 p.m., CDT. All four games this week, and for the remainder of the season, can be heard over the Ole Miss Radio Network.
SEC TEAMS IN THE COLLEGE BASEBALL POLLSCOLLEGIATE BASEBALL TOP 303. Alabama4. South Carolina9. Ole Miss12. Florida28. LSU
BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 254. South Carolina5. Alabama10. Florida11. Ole Miss24. LSU
BASEBALL WEEKLY/ESPN TOP 255. Alabama6. South Carolina11. Florida13. Ole Miss23. LSU
