Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest Baseball Ranked Fifth Nationally
4/8/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 8, 2002
Winston-Salem, N.C. -- The Baseball America weekly poll was released on Monday and for the first time in school history, Wake Forest is ranked in top five. The Demon Deacons check in at number five, behind perennial powers Clemson, Stanford, Rice and Alabama.
Wake Forest, ranked seventh last week by the publication, improved its stock with two wins over 21st-ranked North Carolina over the weekend and a mid-week victory at UNC Greensboro.
The Demon Deacons have won three of the last four ACC titles and earned NCAA Tournament bids each of the last four seasons. But at 25-6 overall in 2002 and 8-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Wake Forest is off to the best start in school history.
Wake Forest is one of three ACC teams in the top six and one of five teams in the top 25.
Wake Forest has been ranked in the Top 25 for 20 consecutive weeks, dating back to last April.
Note: Although the Deacons won a national championship in 1955 and advanced to the College World Series in 1949, there were no national polls at that time.
Baseball America's Top 25 Poll (April 8, 2002) Team W-L Last Week Previous 1. Clemson 27-2 4-1 1 2. Stanford 22-6 3-0 2 3. Rice 28-7 2-2 3 4. Alabama 28-5 5-0 11 5. Wake Forest 25-6 3-1 7 6. Ga. Tech 27-4 5-0 9 7. Houston 23-10 2-2 5 8. So. Carolina 24-8 1-2 4 9. Wichita St. 20-7 4-1 8 10. Florida St. 30-11 2-1 10 11. Florida 24-10 0-4 6 12. Nebraska 21-10 4-1 12 13. CS Fullerton 21-10 3-0 13 14. Long Beach 20-9 2-0 14 15. Mississippi 25-7 4-0 15 16. Texas 28-9 3-1 16 17. Baylor 22-12 2-1 17 18. Texas A&M 26-11 3-1 18 19. Fla. Atlantic 29-6 3-0 24 20. East Carolina 23-7 4-1 NR 21. No. Carolina 22-11 3-2 21 22. Richmond 28-3 4-1 22 23. Arizona St. 22-12 2-2 19 24. Oklahoma St. 22-8 2-1 NR 25. James Madison 26-7 6-0 NR
