April 13, 1999

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team earned the 25th spot in this week’s Baseball America poll. The Irish (25-8), who have won 21 of their last 23, also are ranked 28th by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and received the 27th-most votes in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll:

Baseball America

    Team                W-L     Last    Prev.  1.  Florida State       36-4    3-1     1 2.  Stanford            25-9    2-1     2 3.  Rice                35-8    3-1     3 4.  Auburn              32-6    4-0     4 5.  Texas A&M           32-8    4-0     6 6.  Pepperdine          31-4    1-1     5 7.  Baylor              33-7    4-1     8 8.  Cal State Fullerton 29-7    2-1     7 9.  Mississippi State   28-7    4-1     10 10. Miami               26-8    2-1     9 11. Texas Tech          32-8    4-0     12 12. Florida Atlantic    39-1    3-0     13 13. Wichita State       31-8    6-0     15 14. Arizona State       32-12   3-0     19 15. Arkansas            26-12   3-2     14 16. Texas               26-15   1-3     11 17. Georgia Tech        27-9    3-1     16 18. North Carolina      28-8    3-1     17 19. Alabama             27-11   2-2     18 20. Tulane              27-8    3-1     21 21. East Carolina       30-7    2-1     20 22. Ohio State          22-7    4-1     NR 23. Louisiana State     24-13   3-1     24 24. Southern California 22-17   2-1     NR 25. Notre Dame          25-8    4-1     NR Dropped Out: Virginia Commonwealth (No. 22),  Oklahoma State (No. 23), Washington (No. 25). 

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

    Team  (Record)              Points  Previous 1.  Florida   State (36-4)      495     1 2.  Stanford (25-9)             475     2 3.  Pepperdine (31-4)           470     3 4.  Cal State Fullerton (29-7)  465     4 5.  Miami, Fla. (26-8)          463     5 6.  Auburn (32-6)               460     8 7.  Mississippi St. (28-7)      459     7 8.  Baylor (33-7)               457     10 9.  Rice (35-8)                 456     6 10. Florida Atlantic (39-1)     455     11 11. Georgia Tech. (27-9)        453     9 12. Texas A&M (32-8)            452     12   13. Wichita State (31-8)        449     14       14. Arkansas (26-12)            447     17   15. North Carolina (28-8)       442     15 16. Arizona State (32-12)       439     18   17. Texas Tech (32-8)           437     20 18. Alabama (27-11)             434     16       19. Nebraska (23-10)            427     28   20. Texas (26-15)               426     13 21. Minnesota (24-7)            425     -    22. Southern California (22-17) 423     22 23. Ohio State (22-7)           420     - 24. East Carolina (30-7)        418     21   25. Tulane (27-8)               416     29           26. S.W. Missouri State (25-7)  413     -        27. South Carolina (24-11)      410     24       28. Notre Dame (25-8)           407     -    29. Oklahoma State (25-10)      405     25       30. North Carolina St. (27-12)  403     27   

USA TODAY/ESPN College Baseball Coaches Poll

    Team (Record)               Prev.   Points (1st) 1.  Florida State (36-4)        1   999 (39)  2.  Stanford (25-9)             2   920  3.  Auburn (32-6)               5   867 (1)  4.  Rice (35-8)                 3   859  5.  Pepperdine (31-4)           4   823  6.  Texas A&M (32-8)            8   762  7.  Miami (26-8)                6   750  8.  Cal State Fullerton (29-7)  7   727  9.  Mississippi State (28-7)    9   676  10. Baylor (33-7)               10  673  11. Wichita State (31-8)        12  579  12. Texas Tech (32-8)           14  533 13. Florida Atlantic (39-1)     13  522  14. Arizona State (32-12)       15  464  15. North Carolina (28-8)       16  374  16. Georgia Tech (27-9)         19  346  17. Texas (26-15)               11  312  18. Alabama (27-11)             17  301  19. Louisiana State (24-13)     18  286  20. Arkansas (26-12)            20  251  21. Tulane (27-8)               23  166  22. East Carolina (30-7)        NR  119  23. Minnesota (24-7)            NR  83  24. North Carolina St. (27-12)  24  78  25. Florida Internat'l (31-9)   22  64  Others receiving votes: Ohio State (55), Notre Dame (50), Southern  California (42), Southwest Missouri State (39), Nebraska (37),  Wake Forest (29), Florida (27), South Carolina (20), Southern  Mississippi (19), Washington (19), Southwestern Louisiana (18),  Arizona (17), Oklahoma State (16), Virginia Commonwealth (16),  Creighton (15), Nevada (14), Long Beach State (6), Jacksonville (6),  Oral Roberts (5), South Alabama (4), Houston (4), Texas Christian (2), Mississippi (2), Ball St. (1), Clemson (1), Coastal Carolina (1),Winthrop (1).