Stout pitching is normally the foundation of a team’s success, at any level. But the results are inconclusive at the Division I level as the colleges with the best team ERAs this spring aren’t necessarily the ones at the top of the college polls.
Here are the schools with the 10 best ERAs through Sunday’s games, with their rank in the PG Crosschecker top 50 weekly college rankings noted in parentheses: |
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| Top 10 Division I Colleges, Team ERA |
| 1. |
Charlotte (21) |
2.31 |
| 2. |
Virginia (7) |
2.49 |
| 3. |
Wichita State (11) |
2.61 |
| 4. |
North Carolina (5) |
2.66 |
| 5. |
Louisville (48) |
2.69 |
| 6. |
Evansville (NR) |
2.86 |
| 7. |
Coastal Carolina (25) |
3.00 |
| 8. |
Florida State (1) |
3.02 |
| 9. |
Rice (13) |
3.08 |
| 10. |
South Carolina (4) |
3.09 |
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Stetson (28) |
3.09 | |
| -- Allan Simpson |
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