May 5, 2008

The Washington baseball team earned its first national ranking of the 2008 season today as Collegiate Baseball installed the Huskies as its No. 30-ranked team in today's poll.

Over the weekend, the Huskies (28-16 overall, 8-7 in the Pac-10 Conference) jumped from eighth to sole possession of third place in the league standings thanks to a three-game sweep at USC.

This week, the Huskies play a non-conference game Tuesday at Portland before Washington State visits Husky Ballpark for a three-game series this weekend.

In other news, the Huskies have made a change to their upcoming non-conference schedule. The Lewis-Clark State game originally scheduled for May 13 will be played instead on May 20, still at 5:00 p.m. That game will also air live on KKNW AM-1150. Depending on circumstances that will be resolved this weekend, the Huskies could add a game on May 13. If that game is added, it will be announced most likely on Sunday.

Here is the current Collegiate Baseball top-30 poll and the current Pac-10 standings:

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Division I Poll
(As of May 5, 2008)

 1. Miami, Fla. (39-5)
 2. North Carolina (38-8)
 3. Arizona St. (37-8)
 4. Florida St. (39-7)
 5. Rice (34-11)
 6. Texas A&M (40-8)
 7. Nebraska (36-8-1)
 8. Georgia (31-15-1)
 9. San Diego (37-13)
10. Oklahoma St. (35-12)
11. Stanford (27-15-2)
12. Ca. St. Fullerton (29-16)
13. South Carolina (33-15)
14. Missouri (31-16)
15. Wichita St. (36-11)
16. Vanderbilt (34-13)
17. N.C. State (32-14)
18. California (29-15-2)
19. Michigan (34-11)
20. St. John's (35-10)
21. East Carolina (36-13)
22. Florida (28-18)
23. Louisiana St. (32-16-1)
24. Virginia (33-15)
25. Georgia Tech. (33-14)
26. Coastal Carolina (38-11)
27. U.C. Irvine (30-12)
28. Tulane (32-14-1)
29. New Orleans (34-13)
30. Washington (28-16)

Pac-10 Standings

               Pac-10  GB  Overall
Arizona State   12-6    -  37-8
Stanford        10-5  0.5  27-15-2
Washington      8-7   2.5  28-16
California      9-9   3.0  29-15-2
Oregon State    8-9   3.5  20-18
UCLA            7-8   3.5  24-20
Arizona         8-10  4.0  31-15
USC             7-11  5.0  21-25
Washington St.  5-9   5.0  24-19
NOTE: OSU and WSU complete a three-game series today (Monday).