Tigers Ranked No. 8 By Baseball America

May. 1, 2000

CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson is ranked as high as #8 in this week’s Baseball America poll. The Tigers went 2-2 last week, including 1-2 at #5 Georgia Tech. Clemson lost the two games by a combined five runs. Clemson is also ranked #9 by Collegiate Baseball and #8 by USA Today Baseball Weekly. South Carolina is #1 in all three polls. Florida State, Clemson’s opponent this weekend, is #2 in all three polls as well. Five teams are ranked in the top 16 in this week’s Baseball America and USA Today Baseball Weekly polls. The top-10 rankings in all three polls is the eighth in a row for the Tigers as well.

Baseball America (5/1/00)

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

Collegiate Baseball (5/1/00)

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

USA Today Baseball Weekly (5/1/00)

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