June 24, 2002

ATLANTA - The Georgia Tech baseball team, which won a school-record 52 games and advanced to the College World Series for the second time in school history, is ranked fifth nationally in the final college baseball polls by both Baseball Weekly and Collegiate Baseball magazines.

The fifth place ranking represents the highest final ranking since the Yellow Jackets were ranked second in the final 1994 polls after finishing as the national runner-up.

The Yellow Jackets (52-16) are ranked in the final Top 25 for the ninth time in the last 11 years, and the fifth place final ranking is the second highest in school history.

Baseball Weekly/ESPN Final Top 25
1.Texas (57-15) Last poll: 3 Poll points: 1,025 (41 No. 1 votes)
2. South Carolina (57-18) Last poll: 5 Poll points: 977
3. Clemson (54-17) Last poll: 4 Poll points: 929
4. Stanford (47-18) Last poll: 8 Poll points: 915
5. GEORGIA TECH (52-16) Last poll: 9 Poll points: 835
6. Rice (52-14) Last poll: 2 Poll points: 809
7. Notre Dame (50-18) Last poll: 16 Poll points: 780
8. Nebraska (47-21) Last poll: 13 Poll points: 738
9. Florida State (60-14) Last poll: 1 Poll points: 685
10. Houston (48-17) Last poll: 11 Poll points: 618
11. LSU (44-22) Last poll: 14 Poll points: 535
12. Alabama (51-15) Last poll: 6 Poll points: 507
13. Wake Forest (47-13-1) Last poll: 7 Poll points: 470
14. Southern California (37-24) Last poll: 19 Poll points:453
15. Florida (46-19) Last poll: 10 Poll points: 403
16. Richmond (53-13) Last poll: 25 Poll points: 373
17. Wichita State (47-17) Last poll: 12 Poll points: 289
18. Florida Atlantic (46-21) Last poll: NR Poll points: 242.
19. Arizona State (37-21) Last poll: 15 Poll points: 233.
20. Miami (34-29) Last poll: NR Poll points: 212.
21. North Carolina (43-21) Last poll: 18 Poll points: 208.
22. Arkansas (35-28) Last poll: NR Poll points: 187.
23. Cal State Northridge (41-17) Last poll: 17 Poll points:181.
24. East Carolina (43-20) Last poll: 22 Poll points: 116.
25. San Jose State (45-17) Last poll: 20 Poll points: 112.

Collegiate Baseball Final Top 25
1. Texas (57-15) 494 2
2. South Carolina (57-18) 490 3
3. Clemson (54-17) 489 4
4. Stanford (47-18) 485 5
5. GEORGIA TECH (52-16) 482 6
6. Notre Dame (50-18) 479 8
7. Rice (52-14) 476 1
8. Nebraska (47-21) 473 7
9. Florida St. (60-14) 472 9
10. Houston (48-17) 471 10
11. Louisiana St. (44-22) 463 11
12. Southern Calif.(36-24) 452 12
13. Richmond (53-13) 451 13
14. Wake Forest (47-13-1) 450 14
15. Florida Atlantic (46-21) 448 15
16. Alabama (51-15) 447 16
17. Miami, Fla. (34-29) 442 17
18. Arkansas (35-28) 439 18
19. North Carolina (43-21) 438 19
20. Florida (46-19) 435 20
21. Oral Roberts (48-19) 432 21
22. Wichita St. (47-17) 430 22
23. Ca. St. Northridge (41-17)429 23
24. Texas Tech. (42-20) 425 24
25. South Alabama (42-19) 422 25

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