College Top 25: June 30

Fresno State captures first ever national title

Staff Report
June 30, 2008

DURHAM, N.C.—Fresno State's magical run to the College World Series championship garnered the top spot in Baseball America's final 2008 Top 25 college rankings.

Fresno State, ranked 18th in the preseason, lost two of its first four games to UC Davis and proceeded to fall out of the Top 25 until the week before super-regionals, getting back in at No. 17. The Bulldogs then won the rest of their games against top eight national seeds, beating Arizona State twice in the super-regional, then beating Rice, North Carolina (twice) and Georgia (twice) to win the CWS.

The rest of the rankings remained mostly reflect how the teams finished in Omaha, with runner-up Georgia ranking second, followed by North Carolina and Miami, which entered the tournament ranked No. 1. Stanford, Louisiana State, Florida State and Rice round out the top eight, with the rest of the rankings unchanged.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of June 9 and do not include ties.

COLLEGE TOP 25
Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	Fresno State	47-31	5-2	8
2.	Georgia	45-25	4-2	7
3.	North Carolina	54-15	3-2	3
4.	Miami	53-11	1-2	1
5.	Stanford	41-24	2-2	6
6.	Louisiana State	49-19	1-2	4
7.	Florida State	54-14	0-2	2
8.	Rice	47-15	0-2	5
9.	Arizona State	49-13	0-0	4
10.	Cal State Fullerton	41-22	0-0	6
11.	UC Irvine	42-18	0-0	8
12.	Texas A&M	46-19	0-0	10
13.	Wichita State	48-17	0-0	13
14.	Arizona	42-19	0-0	14
15.	North Carolina State	42-22	0-0	15
16.	Coastal Carolina	50-14	0-0	12
17.	Oklahoma State	44-18	0-0	16
18.	San Diego	44-17	0-0	18
19.	Missouri	39-21	0-0	19
20.	Nebraska	41-16	0-0	20
21.	Texas	39-22	0-0	21
22.	Michigan	46-14	0-0	22
23.	Texas Christian	45-19	0-0	23
24.	Kentucky	44-19	0-0	24
25.	Long Beach State	38-21	0-0	25
Dropped Out: None.