It was an exciting Opening Weekend in College Baseball. Perhaps no team had more fun than the Michigan Wolverines, who avenged their National Championship loss thanks to a ninth-inning home run to beat Vanderbilt. Then they shut out the mighty Arizona State Sun Devils. For the first time in school history, Michigan is the top-ranked team in Baseball America's Top 25.
A series I kept a close eye on was Louisville vs. Ole Miss. A tough road trip to start for the Cardinals as the Rebels are a Top-25 program with a good, young core. LHP Reid Detmers took the hill in the opener (Sox Machine #9 ranked prospect) and ran into trouble early, allowing the first two batters to reach. With runners on the corners and no outs, Detmers displayed what makes him such a good pitcher by striking out the next three batters to escape without allowing a run.
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Games to Watch This Weekend (Rankings provided by NCBWA):
- #5 Florida at #2 Miami
- Miami Prospects: SS Freddy Zamora, RHP Slade Cecconi, RHP Chris McMahon
- Florida Prospects: RHP Tommy Mace, RHP Jack Leftwich
- Cincinnati at #15 Florida State
- Cincinnati OF Joey Wiemer vs. FSU RHP CJ Van Eyk
| NCBWA | Top 25 Poll (Feb. 17) | ||
| Rank | School | Record | Pvs. |
| 1. | Texas Tech | 4-0 | 3 |
| 2. | Miami | 3-0 | 5 |
| 3. | Georgia | 3-0 | 4 |
| 4. | Vanderbilt | 1-2 | 1 |
| 5. | Florida | 3-0 | 8 |
| 6. | Arkansas | 3-0 | 6 |
| 7. | Mississippi State | 3-0 | 9 |
| 8. | Louisville | 1-2 | 2 |
| 9. | Michigan | 3-1 | 12 |
| 10. | Auburn | 4-0 | 10 |
| 11. | UCLA | 3-0 | 11 |
| 12. | NC State | 3-0 | 17 |
| 13. | LSU | 2-1 | 13 |
| 14. | Arizona State | 2-2 | 7 |
| 15. | Florida State | 2-1 | 14 |
| 16. | East Carolina | 3-0 | 20 |
| 17. | North Carolina | 2-0 | 19 |
| 18. | Duke | 2-1 | 15 |
| 19. | Texas A&M | 3-0 | 21 |
| 20. | Ole Miss | 2-1 | 25 |
| 21. | Wake Forest | 3-1 | 23 |
| 22. | Georgia Tech | 2-1 | 22 |
| 23. | Arizona | 3-0 | 26 |
| 24. | Oklahoma | 2-1 | 24 |
| 25. | TCU | 3-0 | 28 |
| 26. | Stanford | 1-2 | 16 |
| 27. | Dallas Baptist | 3-0 | 27 |
| 28. | Cal State Fullerton | 2-1 | RV |
| 29. | Oklahoma State | 1-2 | 18 |
| 30. | Texas | 3-0 | 30 |
