Autzen Zoo PAC-12 Baseball Weekend Recap (March 18)

Oregon State opened up PAC-12 play with a sweep of Arizona in Tucson this weekend. Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian

Lost in the shuffle of college basketball’s championship week was the start of conference play in baseball. The Beavers lost a midweek game to San Francisco but came back to sweep Arizona in Tucson, joining them at 3-0 are UCLA and California.

Below are the current conference standings, rankings and midweek games to keep you up to speed on PAC-12 baseball.

Pac 12 Standings as of March 18:
Oregon State (3-0, 19-1), UCLA (3-0, 15-3), California (3-0, 13-7), Oregon (2-1, 15-6), Washington State (2-1, 11-7), Stanford (10-5), Arizona State (1-2, 12-4-1), Southern California (1-2, 8-11), Arizona (0-3, 15-8), Utah (0-3, 8-9), Washington (0-3, 4-14)

National Polls:
Baseball America Top 25 – Oregon State 3, UCLA 11, Oregon 13, Arizona State 20, with Arizona dropping out
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 30 – Oregon State 2, UCLA 9, Oregon 15, Stanford 17, Arizona State 22, California 27
National Collegiate Baseball Writers – Oregon State 4, UCLA 7, Oregon 12, Stanford 17, Arizona State 21,
Arizona 25, Receiving Votes: California
Perfect Game Top 25 – UCLA 4, Oregon State 5, Oregon 16, Stanford 18, Arizona State 19,  with Arizona dropping out
USA Today Baseball Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oregon State 4, UCLA 7, Oregon 12, Stanford 19, Arizona State 21, with dropping out Arizona

Non-Conference Midweek Games:
March 19 – Arizona State at Texas Tech, Gonzaga at Washington State, Portland at Washington (make-up of 3/12 game), Southern California at Louisville, Utah Valley at Utah
March 20 – Southern California at Louisville

Oregon Ducks This Week:

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