News digest, April 3

State teams among top winners

My friends at Florence-Darlington Tech have done some research and it appears three South Carolina college teams lead their respective classifications in victories.

Florence-Darlington Tech has 36 wins, most in NJCAA Division and of any of the levels of competition.

North Greenville (31) leads NCAA Division II teams and South Carolina and Wake Forest (26) are tied for most wins in NCAA Division I.

NCAA D1 - South Carolina/Wake Forest (26)
NCAA D2 - North Greenville (31)
NCAA D3 - Birmingham Southern (27)
NAIA - Southeastern (35
D1 JUCO - Florence-Darlington Tech (36)
D2 JUCO - LSU Eunice (34)
D3 JUCO - Caldwell Tech (26)
California JUCO - Butte (23)
USCAA - Miami Hamilton (26)

Rankings

* D1Baseball.com: 1. LSU. 6. South Carolina (from 9). 17. Coastal Carolina (from 19.)

* PerfectGame.org: 1. LSU. 6. South Carolina (from 10). 20. Coastal Carolina (unranked).

* Baseball America: 1. LSU. 6. South Carolina (from 10). 22. Coastal Carolina (unranked).

* Collegiate Baseball DI: 1. LSU. 3. South Carolina (from 2). 27. Coastal Carolina (unranked)

* USA TODAY coaches: 1. LSU. 6. South Carolina (from 8). 21. Coastal Carolina (unranked).

* NCBWA writers: 1. LSU. 6. South Carolina (from 7). 20. Coastal Carolina (from 28). I'll add the link when I get one.

* Collegiate Baseball DII: 1. San Angelo State. 2. North Greenville (from 1). 14. Newberry. 

* NJCAA Division I: 1. Walters State. 6. Florence-Darlington Tech.

* Dream Big Athletics JuCo: 1. Central Arizona. 7. Florence-Darlington Tech.

* 11point7.com MidMajor: 1. Campbell. 2. Coastal Carolina 15. Wofford.

* College Baseball Nation: 1. LSU. 6. South Carolina. 25. Coastal Carolina.

Honors

* SEC co-freshman of the week: Ethan Petry, South Carolina (third straight week).

* Peach Belt freshman of the week: Will McClellan, Lander.

Previews

* Anderson (North Georgia).

* Bob Jones (Columbia International).

* Clemson (Coastal Carolina)

* Coastal Carolina (Clemson)

* College of Charleston (Wofford).

* Presbyterian (Davidson).

* South Carolina (North Carolina)

* USC Upstate (Western Carolina).

* Winthrop (The Citadel).

Miscellaneous

* USC notebook