By Staff Report.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Vanderbilt (45-6) is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll for the third straight week after winning 12 consecutive games and 26 of its last 28.

Over the past weekend, Vanderbilt swept a 3-game series at Kentucky. The Commodores have won the Southeastern Conference regular season title with a superb 24-2 record and are only one win shy of South Carolina’s SEC record 25 league wins.

Poll Notes: Several other teams have been hot. Oregon St. and Louisville have each won 12 in a row, Western Carolina 9 straight and Clemson 7 consecutive. In key series over the past weekend, Louisiana St. won two of three at Texas A&M, Oregon St. swept a 3-game set at Stanford, N.C. State and Florida State split the first two games of a 3-game series, UCLA swept a 3-game series at home against Arizona, Oklahoma St. took two of three from Oklahoma, Seton Hall swept three from South Florida, U.C. Irvine won two of three from Cal. Poly and Mississippi took two of three from Mississippi St.

Five teams fell out of the top 30 in Stanford (0-4 last week), South Florida (1-3), Cal. Poly (2-2), Troy (2-2), and Rice (2-2). New to the poll is Seton Hall, U.C. Irvine, Oklahoma St., Western Carolina and Coastal Carolina.

The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.

Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Poll
(As of May 13, 2013)
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Rank   Team (2013 Record)   Points   Pvs.
  1.   Vanderbilt (45-6)   498   1
  2.   North Carolina (45-6)   495   2
  3.   Louisiana St. (45-7)   494   3
  4.   Oregon St. (41-8)   491   5
  5.   Cal. St. Fullerton (41-8)   489   4
  6.   Oregon (40-11)   488   6
  7.   Virginia (42-8)   485   8
  8.   N.C. State (39-12)   484   7
  9.   Florida St. (41-10)   483   9
10.   Louisville (42-10)   479   10
11.   UCLA (34-14)   475   11
12.   Arkansas (34-17)   470   12
13.   Arizona St. (32-15-1)   466   14
14.   Clemson (37-15)   464   15
15.   South Carolina (37-14)   462   16
16.   Pittsburgh (40-11)   459   17
17.   New Mexico (32-18)   456   18
18.   Kansas St. (37-15)   453   29
19.   Oklahoma (35-16)   450   13
20.   Mississippi (35-17)   447   27
21.   Indiana (38-11)   442   21
22.   South Alabama (39-14)   439   23
23.   Mississippi St. (37-15)   435   24
24.   Seton Hall (33-16)   433   —
25.   U.C. Irvine (31-16)   431   —
26.   Oklahoma St. (36-13)   428   —
27.   Sam Houston St. (33-18)   425   28
28.   Campbell (43-9)   422   30
29.   Western Carolina (36-17)   419   —
30.   Coastal Carolina (32-18)   417   —