For Immediate Release // Wednesday, March 4, 2020 PAC-12 WEEKLY Contact // Nicole Mitchell ([email protected]) RELEASE PREVIEWING THE WEEK: Another slate of top-25 matchups 2020 PAC-12 BASEBALL STANDINGS highlight the last week of non-con- ference play. Pac-12 Baseball is PAC-12 OVERALL USAT looking to continue its four-game W L Pct. GB W L Pct. L10 Streak Poll ranked win streak this week as UCLA 0 0 .--- - 11 1 .917 9-1 L1 2 No. 2 UCLA and USC both take on Arizona State 0 0 .--- - 9 4 .692 8-2 W1 13 2019 College World Series Cham- Arizona 0 0 .--- - 8 4 .667 6-4 W1 - pion No. 5 Vanderbuilt and No. USC 0 0 .--- - 7 4 .636 6-4 L1 - 18 TCU this week in the Southern Oregon 0 0 .--- - 7 4 .636 7-3 W7 - California Baseball Classic, while Washington 0 0 .--- - 7 4 .636 7-3 L1 - California hosts No. 20 Michigan Washington State 0 0 .--- - 5 6 .455 4-6 L1 - on Wednesday at Evans Diamond Oregon State 0 0 .--- - 5 6 .455 4-6 L2 - (6 p.m. PT). Pac-12 Networks will Utah 0 0 .--- - 4 6 .400 4-6 L1 - broadcast the finale of the Southern Stanford 0 0 .--- - 4 8 .333 4-6 W3 - California College Baseball Classic featuring a non conference com- California 0 0 .--- - 3 8 .237 3-7 L3 - petition between USC and UCLA on Sunday, March 8 at 3 p.m. PT. UPCOMING SCHEDULE NOTABLES: • STANFORD recorded the league’s Wednesday, March 4 Sunday, March 8 third upset of the season on Tues- #20 Michigan at CALIFORNIA ...................... 6:00 p.m. PT UTAH at Minnesota .....................................11:00 a.m. PT day as the Cardinal’s sixth-inning #13 ARIZONA STATE at Cal State Fullerton ... 6:05 p.m. PT UC Santa Barbara at OREGON STATE ........ 12:05 p.m. PT surge led to a 4-3 victory over then- Fresno State at #13 ARIZONA STATE............ 1:30 p.m. PT Thursday, March 5 Kansas State at STANFORD .......................... 1:00 p.m. PT No. 11 Michigan. Niagara at WASHINGTON STATE .................. 3:05 p.m. PT Houston at ARIZONA .................................... 1:00 p.m. PT • UCLA registered three ranked OREGON at Hawaii ....................................... 8:35 p.m. PT Niagara at WASHINGTON STATE .................. 1:05 p.m. PT wins last week recording a perfect UTAH Valley at WASHINGTON ...................... 1:05 p.m. PT 3-0 record in the Frisco College Friday, March 6 San Francisco at CALIFORNIA ...................... 2:00 p.m. PT Classic. Then-No. 8 Bruins defeat- Niagara at WASHINGTON STATE .................. 3:05 p.m. PT #2 UCLA at USC (1) ..................................... 3:00 p.m. PT ed then-No. 17 Oklahoma State UTAH at Minnesota ...................................... 4:30 p.m. PT OREGON Hawaii ........................................... 4:05 p.m. PT (8-1) and then-No. 21 Texas A&M Houston at ARIZONA .................................... 5:00 p.m. PT (10-2) while in Texas. Fresno State at #13 ARIZONA STATE............ 5:30 p.m. PT Tuesday, March 10 • Seven Pac-12 teams earned se- UC Santa Barbara at OREGON STATE .......... 5:35 p.m. PT Gonzaga at WASHINGTON STATE................. 3:05 p.m. PT ries wins last week including sweeps #5 Vanderbilt at #2 UCLA (1) ........................ 6:00 p.m. PT San Jose State at California ........................... 6:00 p.m. PT by OREGON and UCLA. ARIZONA San Francisco at CALIFORNIA ...................... 6:00 p.m. PT Xavier at USC ............................................... 6:00 p.m. PT STATE and WASHINGTON STATE #18 TCU at USC (1) ..................................... 6:00 p.m. PT Arizona at Arizona State* .............................. 6:30 p.m. PT both sealed the deal with wins Fri- Kansas State at STANFORD .......................... 6:00 p.m. PT day and Saturday, while Stanford, UTAH Valley at WASHINGTON ...................... 6:05 p.m. PT (1) Southern California College Baseball Classic, Los Angeles, USC, and WASHINGTON clinched OREGON at Hawaii ....................................... 8:35 p.m. PT Calif. victories on Sunday. Saturday, March 7 BY THE NUMBERS: CALIFORNIA at San Francisco ...................... 1:00 p.m. PT • UCLA currently owns the coun- Kansas State at STANFORD .......................... 1:00 p.m. PT try’s top mark in ERA (1.43) and its Niagara at WASHINGTON STATE .................. 1:05 p.m. PT three shutouts this season are the #18 TCU at #2 UCLA (1) .............................. 2:00 p.m. PT third-most in the nation. #5 Vanderbilt at USC (1) ............................... 2:00 p.m. PT UTAH Valley at WASHINGTON (DH) ............. 2:05 p.m. PT • Arizona State’s Spencer Torkelson Houston at ARIZONA .................................... 3:00 p.m. PT is off to a hot start this season as UTAH at Minnesota ...................................... 4:00 p.m. PT he leads the country in walks (26) UC Santa Barbara at OREGON STATE .......... 4:05 p.m. PT and has the third-most runs (19) Kansas State at STANFORD .......................... 5:00 p.m. PT in the nation. The junior’s slugging Fresno State at #13 ARIZONA STATE............ 5:30 p.m. PT percentage (0.944) and on base UTAH Valley at WASHINGTON (DH) ............. 6:05 p.m. PT percentage (0.635) are both good OREGON at Hawaii ....................................... 8:35 p.m. PT for the fifth-best in the country. 1 2020 PAC-12 BASEBALL // PAC-12 CONFERENCE RANKINGS PAC-12 NOTES USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll IN THE RANKINGS: (Mar. 2) The USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll features two Pac-12 teams, both in the top 15. UCLA earned 1. Florida a No. 2 ranking this week after recording its best season start since 2010 with a 10-game win streak 2. UCLA before falling to UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday (8-5). Arizona State comes in at No. 13 this week after 3. Georgia its third series win of the season as it took two-of-three from Nebraska (13-5, 14-1, 10-18). 4. Texas Tech 5. Vanderbilt 6. Louisville PRESEASON NODS: 7. North Carolina State The Pac-12 has nine total preseason All-America selections from three different schools. Four stu- 8. Mississippi dent-athletes were named to all five preseason All-America lists, including Arizona’s Austin Wells, 9. Miami Arizona State’s Spencer Torkelson, and UCLA’s Holden Powell and Garrett Mitchell. Junior infielder 10. Arkansas Torkelson was selected first team for all five lists, and was also named the 2020 Collegiate Baseball 11. Tennessee Projected Player of the Year. Junior pitchers Erik Tolman of Arizona State and UCLA’s Powell were 12. Duke 13. Arizona State selected to NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List. 14. Florida State 15. Central Florida GOLDEN SPIKES: 16. Oklahoma The Pac-12 is home to nine Golden Spikes Award winners, leading all other conferences, after former 17. Auburn Beaver Adley Rutschman claimed the league’s second-consecutive award last season. Six Pac-12 18. Texas Christian student-athletes were named to the 2020 Golden Spikes Award watch list, including consensus pre- 19. Mississippi State season all-americans Arizona catcher Austin Wells and Arizona State infielderSpencer Torkelson. The 20. Michigan list is further highlighted by fellow Sun Devil infielders Alika Williams and Gage Workman, and UCLA 21. Long Beach State 22. Texas outfielder Garrett Mitchell and right-handed pitcher Holden Powell. Since 1978, USA Baseball has 23. Louisiana State honored the top amateur baseball player in the nation with this award, given each year to the player 24. Texas A&M who best exhibits exceptional on-field ability and exemplary sportsmanship. 25. Alabama STOPPER OF THE YEAR: Baseball America Top 25 Poll (Feb. 24) The Pac-12 has two student-athletes on the 2020 NCBWA Preseason Watch List, including 2019 1. Florida NCBWA Stopper of the Year UCLA’s Holden Powell and sophomore Erik Tolman of Arizona State. The 2. Texas Tech 3. Vanderbilt NCBWA presents the Stopper of the Year Award to the top relief pitcher in Division I baseball for the 4. Georgia 16th straight year at the College World Series on Saturday, June 13, 2020. 5. UCLA 6. Miami MLB DRAFT 7. Louisville Seventy Pac-12 student-athletes were selected in the 2019 MLB Draft, including former Oregon State 8. Arizona State catcher Adley Rutschman who was selected with the No. 1 overall pick by the Baltimore Orioles, giv- 9. Mississippi ing the Conference an NCAA-best seven No. 1 overall draft-picks. For the eighth-straight year, all 11 10. Michigan league programs had at least one player drafted. Additionally, the Pac-12 averaged 6.36 student-ath- 11. Oklahoma 12. Mississippi State letes drafted per team, the best average of any conference. The Conference had three picks in the top 13. Arkansas 10 for the first time since 2006 with California’s Andrew Vaughn being selected with the third pick and 14. Florida State Arizona State’s Hunter Bishop chosen with the 10th pick. UCLA’s 13 selections are tied for the most 15. North Carolina State of any school in the nation. After UCLA, Stanford had the second-most picks in the Pac-12 with nine, 16. Duke followed by California, Oregon State and USC with seven selections apiece. 17. Long Beach State 18. Tennessee 19. Central Florida LAST WEEK’S PAC-12 RESULTS 20. Louisiana State 21. Dallas Baptist February 26 March 1 22. Texas Christian Central Michigan 4, Arizona 2 (10) Rhode Island 15, Arizona 11 23. Clemson #8 UCLA 8, Pepperdine 2 Nebraska 18, #13 Arizona State 10 24. Auburn TCU 6, California 1 25. East Carolina February 27 Oregon 6, Milwaukee 1 #25 Oregon State 13, San Diego State 1 San Diego State 12, #25 Oregon State 11 D1Baseball.com Top 25 (Mar.