by Will Kimmey
March 6, 2006

1. GEORGIA TECH
Last Week: 3-0. Overall: 13-0, 0-0 in ACC. (1-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
GT has the nation's longest win streak at 13 games, and this is the third-best start in school history (17-0 in 2003). So. CF Danny Payne went 10-for-14 at the plate, including a homer and seven RBIs Friday, and is batting .436 on the year. Tech batted .404 in the series; Rutgers, .202.
RESULTS
March 3-5: Rutgers: W 25-8, W 12-2, W 11-4
UPCOMING
March 7: Northeastern
March 10-12: Virginia

2. CLEMSON
Last Week: 2-1. Overall: 7-2, 0-0 in ACC. (1-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-0.
So. 2B Taylor Harbin rang up six hits in two games against South Carolina upon returning from his hamstring strain. Jr. DH Marquez Smith delivered a two-run single in the seventh inning Sunday to help Clemson come from behind to win. Jr. RHP Jason Berken got a little wild Saturday, walking five batters and committing a throwing error (3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER).
RESULTS
March 3: @ College of Charleston: W 6-0
March 4-5: @/vs. (9) South Carolina: L 6-2, W 6-4
UPCOMING
March 8: William & Mary
March 10-12: (25) Kansas

3. RICE
Last Week: 3-1. Overall: 13-3, 0-0 in Conference USA. (4-3 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 1-0.
Jr. Josh Rodriguez still can't throw well because of elbow soreness, but he's hitting plenty as a DH/1B. He hit a walk-off homer Friday and clubbed a three-run double in the eighth inning Saturday to break a 2-2 tie. He's batting .448-2-12 in his last 29 at-bats. So. OF Jordan Dodson has hit in 13 straight games. Crowds totaled 9,971 for the three-game set matching the 2003 and 2004 CWS champs.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: W 6-4
March 3-5: (7) Cal State Fullerton: W 3-2 (10), W 6-2, L 15-4
UPCOMING
March 7: (21) Texas
March 10-12: What-a-Burger Classic, Corpus-Christi, Texas
Texas Christian, (17) Arizona State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

4. NORTH CAROLINA
Last Week: 3-1. Overall: 10-1, 0-0 in ACC. (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
Jr. RHP Daniel Bard earns top billing this week, ringing up a career-best 13 strikeouts Saturday in a five-hit complete game. Jr. LHP Andrew Miller rang up 10 batters over seven innings Sunday, though he allowed his first two earned runs of the year and walked two batters to double his season total. So. 1B Chad Flack has a 12-game hit streak dating to 2005, while classmates Josh Horton and Matt Spencer each have hit in 10 straight games.
RESULTS
March 1: Gardner-Webb: W 11-8
March 3-5: Purdue: L 5-4, W 5-2, W 7-3
UPCOMING
March 8: Appalachian State
March 10-12: @ Wake Forest

5. TENNESSEE
Last Week: 4-0. Overall: 11-2, 0-0 in SEC. (0-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 4-0.
So. CF Julio Borbon has hit in all 13 games, while Fr. 3B Cody Brown rang up five hits and six RBIs in the weekend series. So. LHP James Adkins struck out a season-best 10 batters in six innings Friday. So. C J.P. Arencibia homered twice in the series.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: Lambuth: W 7-2
March 3-5: Oakland: W 11-1, W 11-1, W 6-4
UPCOMING
March 10-11: Akron

6. MISSISSIPPI STATE
Last Week: 3-0. Overall: : 6-0, 0-0 in SEC. (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-0.
Georgia Tech is the only other team that has won every game it has played. Jr. RHP Josh Johnson struck out eight batters in six innings Saturday. 1B Brad Jones tallied five hits on the weekend.
RESULTS
March 3-5: Arkansas State: W 9-5, W 10-4, W 5-4
UPCOMING
March 7: Louisiana Tech
March 8: Louisiana-Monroe
March 10-12: Arizona

7. CAL STATE FULLERTON
Last Week: 2-2. Overall: : 10-6, 0-0 in Big West. (2-2 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-2.
Fullerton led 2-1 after seven innings Friday, but only had three hits and didn't collect one off the Rice bullpen. CSF scrapped out just six hits Saturday in a game that was tied at 2 after seven innings. Sr. 2B Justin Turner had hits in both of those games, but his hit streak died at 14 games Sunday when the team pounded out 13 hits. So. DH Jared Clark homered twice and drove in six runs.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: @ (12) Pepperdine: W 5-0
March 3-5: @ (4) Rice: L 3-2 (10), L 6-2, W 15-4
UPCOMING
March 7: San Diego State
March 10-12: East Carolina

8. FLORIDA STATE
Last Week: 4-0. Overall: : 14-1, 0-0 in ACC. (1-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 4-0.
Jr. RHP Bryan Henry (7 IP, 4 H, 7 K) dominated Friday. FSU's offensive exploits got so out of hand Sr. RHP Matt DiBlasi delivered a pinch-hit RBI single Friday, and Henry batted and played left field Saturday. Jr. 3B Ryne Malone and Jr. RF Jack Rye both homered twice Saturday, though Malone's blasts both came in a 15-run fifth inning.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: @ (5) Florida: W 6-4
March 3-5: Brown: W 12-0, W 21-5, W 15-7
UPCOMING
March 7: Mercer
March 10-12: Maryland

9. SOUTH CAROLINA
Last Week: 1-1. Overall: : 9-2, 0-0 in SEC. (1-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
So. RHP Andrew Cruse threw 5.2 scoreless innings in relief Saturday and Jr. DH Robbie Grinestaff hit a two-run homer. South Carolina led 4-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh Sunday.
RESULTS
March 4-5: vs./@ (1) Clemson: W 6-2, L 6-4
UPCOMING
March 7: William & Mary
March 10-12: Quinnipiac

10. ARKANSAS
Last Week: 4-1. Overall: : 13-1, 0-0 in SEC. (1-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 1-0.
Jr. 1B Danny Hamblin hit .450 with three doubles, three homers and 12 RBIs in five games in Hawaii. He's on a 12-game hit streak and 10-game RBI streak. So. LHP Nick Schmidt (7 IP, 2 H, ER, 5 BB, 6 K) won his fourth game by out-dueling Hawaii's Steven Wright (6.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 9 K). Washington ace Tim Lincecum (7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 8 K) handed Arkansas its only loss.
RESULTS
Feb. 28-March 4: Rainbow Baseball Tournament, Honolulu, Hawaii
Washington: L 5-2, UT-Arlington: W 12-4, Hawaii: W 5-1, UT-Arlington: W 5-3, W 7-1
UPCOMING
March 10-12: Cal State Northridge

11. OREGON STATE
Last Week: 3-0. Overall: : 9-4, 0-0 in Pac-10. (2-2 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 1-1.
So. C Mitch Canham went 7-for-11 in the series with four RBIs and as many runs scored. Jr. RHP Jonah Nickerson threw a five-hit shutout Saturday, recording nine strikeouts and no walks. Jr. LHP Anton Maxwell (5.2 IP, 4 H, ER) and the bullpen held Nevada to six hits Sunday, when OFs Tyler Graham and Cole Gillespie missed the game with injuries.
RESULTS
March 3-5: Nevada: W 13-4, W 4-0, W 9-1
UPCOMING
March 10-12: @ New Mexico

12. TULANE
Last Week: 2-1. Overall: : 10-4, 0-0 in Conference USA. (2-3 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-1.
Tulane trailed 3-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning on Saturday and Sunday before rallying for identical 5-3 wins. Relievers Daniel Latham and Trey Martin combined for 8.1 scoreless innings and collected two wins and a save. So. SS Cat Everett went 4-for-4 Sunday and leads the club with a .412 average. So. 3B Jonny Weiss is done for the year after labrum surgery.
RESULTS
March 3-5: Manhattan: L 1-0, W 5-3, W 5-3
UPCOMING
March 7: @ (13) Louisiana State
March 10-12: Oral Roberts

13. LOUISIANA STATE
Last Week: 3-1. Overall: : 13-2, 0-0 in SEC. (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 4-0.
Jr. RHP Brad Lincoln (8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 7 K) helped hold LSU to a season-low five hits Friday, before Jr. RHP Derik Olvey (7 IP, 3 H, 5 K) continued making his case as LSU's ace Saturday. Sr. RF Quinn Stewart went 4-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs Saturday before a 2-for-3, three-RBI game Sunday that included a two-run single that capped a four-run eighth-inning rally.
RESULTS
March 1: Louisiana-Monroe: W 8-5
March 3-5: Houston: L 5-3, W 7-0, W 5-3
UPCOMING
March 7: (12) Tulane
March 10-12: Stetson

14. NEBRASKA
Last Week: 3-0. Overall: : 8-2, 0-0 in Big 12. (1-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 0-0.
Nebraska allowed three runs on 15 hits for a 3-0 weekend. Jr. RF Luke Gorsett hit for the cycle, scored three times and drove in three runs Friday, when Jr. RHP Joba Chamberlain dominated Notre Dame (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, BB, 11 K). So. LHP Tony Watson (6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K) was stellar Saturday before So. SS Ryan Wehrle put Nebraska ahead for good with an RBI double in the eighth inning. So. RHP Johnny Dorn (6 IP, 3 H, 0 R) and Sr. 1B Brandon Buckman (2 HR, 3 RBI) keyed Sunday's win.
RESULTS
March 3-5: Dairy Queen Classic, Minneapolis, Minn.
Notre Dame: W 11-1, Arizona: W 3-1, Minnesota: W 4-1
UPCOMING
March 10-12: Alabama

15. FLORIDA
Last Week: 1-3. Overall: : 9-6, 0-0 in SEC. (0-2 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-1.
Florida has lost five of its last seven games, all of which Matt LaPorta (oblique strain) has missed. UF batted .145 in the series and was shut out twice on the weekend after going scoreless only once in 2005. Florida hadn't lost a nonconference series at home since 2000. So. RHP Bryan Augenstein improved to 4-0, 1.15 on Saturday (CG, 3 H, 0 BB, 8 K).
RESULTS
Feb. 28: (10) Florida State: L 6-4
March 3-5: Texas A&M: L 4-0, W 4-1, L 1-0
UPCOMING
March 7-8: UNC Greensboro
March 10-12: Harvard

16. STANFORD
Last Week: 1-1. Overall: : 10-5, 0-0 in Pac-10. (5-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-1.
Sr. SS Chris Minaker went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, including the game-winner in the 11th inning Saturday. It was a redemptive hit after his ninth-inning error allowed Cal to score to force extras. Minaker went 4-for-5 with two RBIs Friday. Rain washed out the series finale.
RESULTS
March 3-4: @ California: L 7-6, W 6-5 (11)
UPCOMING
March 7: @ San Jose State
March 10-12: @ Southern California

17. ARIZONA STATE
Last Week: 4-0. Overall: : 14-5, 0-0 in Pac-10. (0-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 5-0.
The kids are coming along quickly. Fr. LHP/DH Ike Davis went 10-for-17 on the week, hitting grand slams on Tuesday and Friday, when he tallied seven RBIs. He drove in 13 runs for the week, in which he won a 4.1-inning start Tuesday and threw four more innings Sunday before leaving the mound after taking a liner off his arm. (He stayed in as DH.) Fr. RHP Jeff Urlaub (7 IP, 7 H, ER, 0 BB, 5 K) improved to 4-0 Friday night.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: Texas Tech: W 13-5
March 3-5: Auburn: W 14-2, W 12-3, W 8-1
UPCOMING
March 10-12: Whataburger Classic, Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, (3) Rice, Texas Christian

18. MISSOURI
Last Week: 3-1. Overall: : 8-5, 0-0 in Big 12. (1-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-0.
Jr. 1B/3B John McKee drove in four runs Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Those on again, off again Tigers bats shifted to the off position Sunday as MU managed but four hits and couldn't complete the sweep.
RESULTS
March 1: Illinois State: W 18-5
March 3-5: Wisconsin-Milwaukee: W 14-3, W 9-5, L 7-2
UPCOMING
March 7: Saint Louis
March 10-12: Purdue

19. MISSISSIPPI
Last Week: 2-2. Overall: : 8-3, 0-0 in SEC. (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
Mississippi bounced back after two early losses to finish the week with 21.1 scoreless innings. Fr. RHP Cody Satterwhite threw six scoreless frames Saturday, while Fr. RHP Lance Lynn nearly matched him Sunday (5.2 IP, H, 0 R) in his first start of the year. Jr. 3B Chris Coghlan hit .353 on the week with two triples and five runs scored.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: Arkansas State: L 14-9
March 3-5: Illinois-Chicago: L 4-1, W 10-0, W 5-0
UPCOMING
March 7-8: Murray State
March 10-12: @ UCLA

20. TEXAS A&M
Last Week: 3-1. Overall: : 13-2, 0-0 in Big 12. (2-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
Texas A&M validates its strong start by earning the first nonconference series sweep at Florida since 2000. Jr. C Josh Stinson went 5-for-10 with a three-run double Friday and a solo home run Saturday. Jr. RHP Austin Creps (7.1 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 5 K) earned the win Sunday to improve to 2-1, 1.01. Jr. RHP Kyle Nicholson (6 IP, 5 H, 0 R) and Fr. RHP Kyle Thebeau (7 IP, 2 H, 2 R, ER) were strong in the first two games.
RESULTS
Feb. 27: UNC Greensboro: W 5-1
March 3-5: @ (5) Florida: W 4-0, L 4-1, W 1-0
UPCOMING
March 7: Texas State @ Round Rock, Texas
March 10-13: San Antonio: Notre Dame, Louisiana-Lafayette, UT-San Antonio, Illinois

21. TEXAS
Last Week: 1-2. Overall: : 10-8, 0-0 in Big 12. (2-2 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 1-3.
Texas better hope what happens in Vegas stays there after the vaunted pitching staff allowed 30 runs in three days of a wild series. UNLV overcame a 10-0 deficit Friday by scoring seven times in the seventh inning to win that craps game. UNLV staged three comebacks Saturday, finalizing the thing with two in the bottom of the ninth. The Rebels scored three in the ninth Sunday, but needed one more. Jr. 3B Nick Peoples went 9-for-10 in the first two games of the series, finishing with 11 hits, seven runs, six RBIs and two homers over three games.
RESULTS
March 3-5: @ Nevada-Las Vegas: L 13-12, L 9-8, W 9-8
UPCOMING
March 7: @ (3) Rice
March 10-12: (22) Long Beach State

21. TEXAS
Last Week: 1-2. Overall: : 10-8, 0-0 in Big 12. (2-2 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 1-3.
Texas better hope what happens in Vegas stays there after the vaunted pitching staff allowed 30 runs in three days of a wild series. UNLV overcame a 10-0 deficit Friday by scoring seven times in the seventh inning to win that craps game. UNLV staged three comebacks Saturday, finalizing the thing with two in the bottom of the ninth. The Rebels scored three in the ninth Sunday, but needed one more. Jr. 3B Nick Peoples went 9-for-10 in the first two games of the series, finishing with 11 hits, seven runs, six RBIs and two homers over three games.
RESULTS
March 3-5: @ Nevada-Las Vegas: L 13-12, L 9-8, W 9-8
UPCOMING
March 7: @ (3) Rice
March 10-12: (22) Long Beach State

22. LONG BEACH STATE
Last Week: 1-3. Overall: : 10-7, 0-0 in Big West. (4-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-2.
After two steps forward, it's one step back for the Beach as it plays the nation's toughest nonconference schedule. Jr. RHP Jared Hughes (7 IP, 5 H, 3 ER) improved to 4-0 Friday, but Jr. RHP Andrew Carpenter's 17-inning scoreless string ended Saturday as he took his first loss after giving up four runs in 6.1 innings. Jr. 2B Matt Cline has a six-game hit streak and .391 average overall.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: UCLA: L 6-3
March 3-5: Baylor: W 4-3, L 5-3, L 4-2
UPCOMING
March 7: @ Loyola Marymount
March 10-12: @ (21) Texas

23. PEPPERDINE
Last Week: 1-3. Overall: : 9-9, 0-0 in West Coast. (5-3 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-2.
Pepperdine had lost three straight and four of five before salvaging the final game at SDSU. Jr. 1B Justin Tellam homered and drove in three runs in the win. So. RHPs Adam Olbrychowski (4.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R) and Barry Enright (4 IP, 6 H, 5 R) struggled in the final two games.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: (7) Cal State Fullerton: L 5-0
March 3-5: @ San Diego State: L 3-1, L 13-3, W 11-7
UPCOMING
March 7: UCLA
March 10-12: Oklahoma State

24. CAL POLY
Last Week: 2-1. Overall: : 12-6, 0-0 in Big West. (5-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 5-1.
Sr. RF Jimmy Van Ostrand and Jr. 3B Josh Lansford each hit three-run homers Saturday, when Casey Fien delivered six scoreless innings of relief. Jr. RHP Gary Dailey (8 IP, 3 H, 0 R) dominated USD on Friday.
RESULTS
March 3-5: (25) San Diego: W 4-0, W 8-5, L 5-4
UPCOMING
March 10-12: @/vs./@ UC Santa Barbara

25. KANSAS
Last Week: 3-0. Overall: : 13-4, 0-0 in Big 12. (2-3 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
Kansas has won seven straight games. Sr. RHPs Ricky Fairchild (7 IP, 6 H, ER) and Kodiak Quick (7 IP, 6 H, R, 0 ER) produced similar lines in the last two games. So. 3B Erik Morrison homered three times on the weekend, with two longballs and five RBIs in the finale. So. DH Brock Simpson went deep in the final two games. Sr. CF Matt Baty might not play again after lacerating his spleen and kidney in a collision Feb. 25.
RESULTS
March 3-5: Western Illinois: W 5-4, W 11-3, W 7-1
UPCOMING
March 8: Baker
March 10-12: @ (2) Clemson

DROPPED OUT

NORTH CAROLINA STATE (18)
Last Week: 1-3. Overall: : 13-4, 0-0 in ACC. (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-1.
UCLA silenced NC State's bludgeoning offense, breaking out its own whooping sticks Sunday with five homers as So. RHP Andrew Brackman (2.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER) took the worst of it. The Wolfpack entered the series averaging 12 runs per game and scored eight total. So. 3B Matt Mangigni went 2-for-13 in the series; his average dipped to .574.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: High Point: W 12-3
March 3-5: UCLA: L 7-2, L 5-4, L 13-2
UPCOMING
March 7: @ Campbell
March 8: The Citadel
March 10-12: Boston College

TEXAS CHRISTIAN (21)
Last Week: 2-2. Overall: : 8-6, 0-0 in Mountain West. (1-2 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-0.
So. RHP Jake Arrieta (8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 13 K) improved to 4-0 Friday, and So. RHP Sam Demel (7 IP, 14 K) and So. C Andrew Walker (three hits, three RBIs) clinched the series win Saturday. Jr. LHP Brad Furnish rang up 11 K's Sunday, but took the loss when TCU's ninth-inning rally fell a run short.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: Dallas Baptist: L 11-8
March 3-5: Florida Atlantic: W 5-1, W 10-5, L 4-3
UPCOMING
March 7: Oklahoma
March 10-12: Whataburger Classic, Corpus Christi, Texas
(3) Rice, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, (17) Arizona State

WINTHROP (24)
Last Week: 2-2. Overall: : 12-4, 0-0 in Big South. (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 4-1.
Winthrop's eight-game win streak turned into a two-game slide, and the Eagles battled back from a 5-3 deficit with a three-run rally on two hit batsmen and a walk (all with the bases loaded) to salvage the final game. Jr. RHP Heath Rollins struck out 10 batters Saturday, but allowed 12 runs (seven earned) on 14 hits over 6.2 innings. Fr. RHP Alex Wilson (7 IP, 3 R, ER) left with a lead Friday, but Winthrop couldn't withstand a six-run Kent State eighth inning.
RESULTS
Feb. 28: North Carolina A&T: W 5-4
March 3-5: Kent State: L 7-5, L 12-0, W 6-5
UPCOMING
March 10-12: @/@/vs. Duke

SAN DIEGO (25)
Last Week: 1-2. Overall: : Weekend Series: 4-1.
USD's losing streak ran to seven games before it salvaged Sunday's game when Jr. CF Justin Snyder and Jr. SS Steve Singleton each delivered RBI singles in the eighth inning. Jr. RHP Gary Dailey (8 IP, 0 R, 3 H) out-dueled Jr. RHP Josh Butler (5.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER) Friday.
RESULTS
March 3-5: @ Cal Poly: L 4-0, L 8-5, W 5-4
UPCOMING
March 7-8: @ Washington
March 10-12: vs./@/vs. San Diego State