After sweeping rival Miami on the road – on top of three wins against Marshall and two against Jacksonville – Florida has been named the initial CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week for 2020.
As in years past, the first CBI Team of the Week is released after the first two weekends of the season. The Gators opened their season with a weekend sweep of Marshall and won a home-and-home with Jacksonville before sweeping the fourth-ranked Hurricanes in Miami. Florida jumped from No. 9 to No. 1 in the latest CBI Composite Poll.
Regional Teams of the Week
Northeast – Merrimack, new to D-I this year, split four games at Oral Roberts before winning three of four against Michigan State in Florida.
Southeast – UCF opened its season with a four-game sweep of Siena. After a loss to Stetson, the Knights went on the road and swept three from Auburn.
Central – Dallas Baptist took three games from South Dakota State opening weekend. The Patriots then beat UT Arlington and took two of three at North Carolina.
West – Long Beach State started 5-2, taking two of three from California and sweeping three from Wake Forest with a loss to Washington in between.
Honorable Mention
- Tennessee started 7-0 with three wins over Western Michigan and a single win over Charlotte before beating Texas Tech, Houston and Stanford in Round Rock.
- Pepperdine started 7-0 with single wins over San Diego, Minnesota and Oregon in a tourney. The Waves also won at Cal Poly and three at home against Akron.
- Butler started 5-0 with two wins over North Carolina A&T, a win over George Mason and wins over UNCW and Bowling Green at UNCW’s tourney.
- Davidson started 7-0 with three wins apiece over Lehigh and Georgetown and a win over North Carolina Central.
- Winthrop started 7-0 with three wins over Maine and four over Canisius.
- Lipscomb started 6-1 with three wins over Bowling Green and single wins over Evansville, Bradley and Missouri State, with a loss to Samford mixed in.
- Cal State Northridge began with seven straight wins, including three from San Francisco
- Tulane posted a 6-1 mark to start the year, including a series win at Cal State Fullerton
- Texas won its first eight games, including a three-game sweep at Rice
- TCU started 6-1, with a three-game sweep of Kentucky and a series win at Minnesota