OSU Remains No. 5 In Baseball Poll
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State remained No. 5 in this week’s USA Today/ESPN baseball coaches poll. That ranking is the highest of the season in the coaches poll for the Beavers (34-11 overall, 11-4 Pacific-10), who took two of three games from longtime rival Washington over the weekend.
Oregon State plays its next six games on the road, starting this weekend at No. 17 Arizona State (30-16, 8-7). The Beavers lead Southern California by 2 1/2 games and Arizona State and UCLA by three games in the Pac-10 standings. After going to ASU, the Beavers play at Washington State from May 19-21 before finishing the regular season at home against UCLA from May 26-28.
In the other national rankings released Monday, OSU moved up one place to No. 4 in the Baseball America magazine rankings, rose one spot to No. 5 in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll, and stayed No. 6 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll.
