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Baseball			'08 U.S. News Rank	APR (out of 1,000)	National Ranking ’07/’06/’05	Games Above .500 (Past 3 Seasons)	STACK Factor
UNC Athletic Communications	1	North Carolina	28	988	2/2/NR	102	120
	2	Rice	17	949	3/3/13	112	12
	3	Texas	44	920	14/12/1	89	156
	4	Virginia	23	954	17/14/NR	82	96
	5	Oregon State	NR	924	1/1/7	99	48
	6	Clemson	67	959	13/5/14	75	72
	7	Michigan	25	976	18/NR/NR	68	144
	8	Vanderbilt	19	977	9/NR/NR	65	60
	9	Georgia Tech	35	974	NR/7/11	65	48
	10	Florida State	112	941	15/20/16	92	120
	11	Cal	NR	954	7/4/9	76	24
	12	Stanford	4	968	NR/16/NR	15	144
	13	Miami (Fla.)	52	947	NR/6/15	53	48
	14	Arizona State	124	893	5/23/6	67	120
	15	UC Irvine	44	944	4/NR/NR	48	36

Why They're On Top

1. North Carolina
The Tar Heels top the list with a nearly flawless APR of 988 and a rank of 28th in the U.S. News & World Report best schools list. The team can flat out play, too; they’ve finished second in the polls the past two seasons. UNC also has 10 teams in t

2. Rice
Rice is one of the nation’s best academic institutions, number 17 in the U.S. News ranking. Somehow, the Owls also found time to rack up a silly 157 victories in the past three seasons, in two of which they finished third best in the nation.

3. Texas
Texas climbed up our charts with the help of a 44 ranking by U.S. News. But proving that there’s a whole lot more than studying going on in Austin, an amazing 13 Longhorn teams finished in the top 25 in major sports. Over the past three seasons, the

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Winningest Teams (Since 2000)

Rice.............................................	752
Oral Roberts...............................	737
Florida State .............................	734
Notre Dame ..............................	728
Nebraska .................................	722
Texas ......................................	720
Georgia Tech ............................	718
South Carolina ..........................	717
Southern ...................................	715
Cal State Fullerton ...................	705

Best APR

Yale, Princeton...................................	1000
Columbia.............................................	997
Lehigh, Quinnipiac...............................	995
Davidson.............................................	994
Brown, Fordham, Harvard..................	993
Lafayette, Loyola Marymount.............	992
Pennsylvania.......................................	991
North Carolina.....................................	988
Niagara...............................................	984
Baylor, Creighton, Fairfield, Northwestern......................................	983

Most All-Americans in 2007

4
Vanderbilt

3
Florida State

2
Arizona State, Cal Riverside, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Oklahoma State, Rice, Texas A&M

Schools With Most Academic All-Americans (Past 3 Seasons)

* 8 schools are tied with three student-athletes earning Academic All-America honors

Alabama
College of Charleston
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Rice
Southern Mississippi
Texas A&M
Texas

Highest Average Home Attendance (Last Season)

LSU ...........................................................	7,320
Arkansas....................................................	7,123
Mississippi State........................................	6,918
Texas.........................................................	5,380
Nebraska...................................................	5,092
Mississippi.................................................	4,854
Clemson.....................................................	4,742
Alabama..............