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Still too early to mean much afaic but ...

UCSON, Ariz. — The University of Georgia (12-0) has been ranked No. 1 for the first time this season in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll.

The Bulldogs' 12-0 start is the best in school history, surpassing the 9-0 start by the 1911 team. Georgia is hitting .364 as a team with 20 homers, 36 doubles and 18 stolen bases over 12 games. The pitching staff has a 2.42 ERA with 115 strikeouts and only 32 walks.

Louisiana St., ranked No. 1 the previous three polls, slipped to third after losing two of three games at home to Illinois.

POLL NOTES: Several other teams have been red-hot. Virginia entered the poll for the first time this season with a perfect 12-0 record. Three other teams also made their entrance into the poll with U.C. Santa Barbara (9-2), Illinois (7-2), and San Jose St. (9-0). Coastal Carolina has won nine straight while Cal. St. Fullerton has won eight in a row. Teams that fell out of the poll include Florida St. (1-4 last week), Clemson (2-3), Mississippi St. (1-3) and San Diego (1-3). When Florida St. dropped two of three at home to Boston College last weekend, it marked the first time in school history that the Seminoles have dropped an ACC series opener, a span covering 18 seasons.

  Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's

NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 9, 2009)

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Rank School (Record) 	Points 	Previous
  1. Georgia (12-0) 	496 	  2
  2. North Carolina (10-2) 	495 	  3
  3. Louisiana St. (10-2) 	492 	  1
  4. Texas (12-1) 	490 	  4
  5. Arizona St. (11-1) 	489 	  5
  6. Georgia Tech. (9-1) 	485 	  9
  7. Cal. St. Fullerton (9-2) 	482 	12
  8. Miami, Fla. (10-2) 	479 	10
  9. Texas A&M (11-3) 	477 	  8
10. Rice (8-4) 	472 	  7
11. Texas Christian (9-2) 	470 	11
12. Oklahoma St. (9-2) 	466 	13
13. Baylor (10-2) 	464 	14
14. Coastal Carolina (12-1) 	461 	16
15. Cal Poly (8-2) 	458 	17
16. U.C. Irvine (7-4) 	455 	15
17. South Carolina (8-1) 	450 	18
18. Virginia (12-0) 	447 	—
19. Florida (9-4) 	445 	20
20. Mississippi (7-3) 	441 	21
21. Illinois (7-2) 	437 	—
22. Pepperdine (9-3) 	436 	22
23. Lamar (12-2) 	435 	23
24. U.C. Santa Barbara (9-2) 	432 	—
25. San Jose St. (9-0) 	430 	—
26. East Carolina (8-2) 	429 	24
27. Oklahoma (12-3) 	427 	27
28. Michigan (10-2) 	426 	28
29. Kentucky (9-2) 	425 	29
30. Ohio St. (9-2) 	423 	25