Tigers Maintain Top-10 Baseball Ranking

April 17, 2000

CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson maintained its top-10 national ranking this week after going 3-2 against Georgia, #2 South Carolina, and three games against #11 Wake Forest. Clemson is ranked #7 by Collegiate Baseball, a one-spot fall, #9 by Baseball America, a two-spot fall, and #6 by USA Today Baseball Weekly. The Tigers were #6 in last week’s coaches’ poll. Clemson has now been ranked in the top 10 in all three polls for six straight weeks and ranked in the top 10 by at least one poll for nine consecutive weeks. Five of the top 12 teams in Baseball America’s poll are from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Baseball America

	Rk	Team
	1.	South Carolina
	2.	Florida State
	3.	Arizona State
	4.	Stanford
	5.	Texas
	6.	Louisiana State
	7.	Baylor
	8.	Georgia Tech
	9.	CLEMSON
	10.	Auburn
	11.	Wake Forest
	12.	North Carolina
	13.	Houston
	14.	Miami (FL)
	15.	Mississippi State
	16.	Rutgers
	17.	Louisiana-Lafayette
	18.	Fresno State
	19.	Nebraska
	20.	Long Beach State
	21.	UCLA
	22.	Cal. State-Fullerton
	23.	Wichita State
	24.	East Carolina
	25.	Illinois

Collegiate Baseball

	Rk	Team
	1.	South Carolina
	2.	Florida State
	3.	Arizona State
	4.	Stanford
	5.	Texas
	6.	Georgia Tech
	7.	CLEMSON
	8.	Louisiana State
	9.	Baylor
	10.	Wake Forest
	11.	Miami (FL)
	12.	Auburn
	13.	North Carolina
	14.	Houston
	15.	Mississippi State
	16.	Long Beach State
	17.	Loyola Marymount
	18.	Cal. State-Fullerton
	19.	UCLA
	20.	Rutgers
	21.	East Carolina
	22.	Southern California
	23.	Central Florida
	24.	Fresno State
	25.	Nebraska

USA Today Baseball Weekly

	Rk	Team
	1.	South Carolina
	2.	Florida State
	3.	Arizona State
	4.	Stanford
	5.	Texas
	6.	CLEMSON
	7.	Louisiana State
	8.	Auburn
	9.	Baylor
	10.	North Carolina
	11.	Georgia Tech
	12.	Miami (FL)
	13.	Houston
	14.	Mississippi State
	15.	Wake Forest
	16.	Louisiana-Lafayette
	17.	Fresno State
	18.	Long Beach State
	19.	Cal. State-Fullerton
	20.	Southern California
	21.	East Carolina
	22.	Alabama
	23.	Kentucky
	24.	Wichita State
	25.	Nebraska