Houston and ECU Baseball Teams Finish Nationally-Ranked

Rayner Noble

For the second year in a row, Conference USA had a team finish in the top 10 of the final college baseball polls, as Houston placed 10th in Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and the final Baseball Weekly/Coaches poll. East Carolina finished 24th in the coaches poll, giving C-USA a pair of nationally-ranked teams in the final polls for the third time in the league’s seven-year history and the first time since 1999.

Below is a look the final 2002 polls:

Final Baseball America Poll
1. Texas (57-15)
2. South Carolina (57-18)
3. Clemson (54-17)
4. Stanford (47-18)
5. Rice (52-14)
6. Notre Dame (50-18)
7. Florida St. (60-14)
8. Georgia Tech. (52-16)
9. Nebraska (47-21)
10. Houston (48-17)
11. Louisiana St. (44-22)
12. Wake Forest (47-13-1)
13. Alabama (51-15)
14. Southern Calif.(36-24)
15. Florida (46-19)
16. Richmond (53-13)
17. North Carolina (43-21)
18. Cal. St. Northridge (41-17)
19. Florida Atlantic (46-21)
20. Miami, Fla. (34-29)
21. Long Beach St. (39-21)
22. Arizona St. (37-21)
23. Wichita St. (47-17)
24. San Jose St. (45-17)
25. Arkansas (35-28)

Final Collegiate Baseball Poll
1. Texas (57-15)
2. South Carolina (57-18)
3. Clemson (54-17)
4. Stanford (47-18)
5. Georgia Tech. (52-16)
6. Notre Dame (50-18)
7. Rice (52-14)
8. Nebraska (47-21)
9. Florida St. (60-14)
10. Houston (48-17)
11. Louisiana St. (44-22)
12. Southern Calif.(36-24)
13. Richmond (53-13)
14. Wake Forest (47-13-1)
15. Florida Atlantic (46-21)
16. Alabama (51-15)
17. Miami, Fla. (34-29)
18. Arkansas (35-28)
19. North Carolina (43-21)
20. Florida (46-19)
21. Oral Roberts (48-19)
22. Wichita St. (47-17)
23. Cal. St. Northridge (41-17)
24. Texas Tech. (42-20)
25. South Alabama (42-19)
26. Arizona St. (37-21)
27. Long Beach St. (39-21)
28. Cal. St. Fullerton (37-22)
29. San Jose St. (45-17)
30. La.-Lafayette (39-23)

Final Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Poll
1. Texas (57-15)
2. South Carolina (57-18)
3. Clemson (54-17)
4. Stanford (47-18)
5. Georgia Tech. (52-16)
6. Rice (52-14)
7. Notre Dame (50-18)
8. Nebraska (47-21)
9. Florida St. (60-14)
10. Houston (48-17)
11. Louisiana St. (44-22)
12. Alabama (51-15)
13. Wake Forest (47-13-1)
14. Southern Calif.(36-24)
15. Florida (46-19)
16. Richmond (53-13)
17. Wichita St. (47-17)
18. Florida Atlantic (46-21)
19. Arizona St. (37-21)
20. Miami, Fla. (34-29)
21. North Carolina (43-21)
22. Arkansas (35-28)
23. Cal. St. Northridge (41-17)
24. East Carolina (43-20-1)
25. San Jose St. (45-17)

PREVIOUS FINAL C-USA BASEBALL NATIONAL RANKINGS
(Listed chronologically as Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, Baseball Weekly)

2001 Tulane (5,6,6)
2000 Houston (13, 11, 12)
1999 Tulane (21, 15, 19)
Houston (24, 24, -)
1998 Tulane (25, 20, -)
1996 South Florida (16, 21)
Tulane (20, 24)