The top four spots in Perfect Game Crosschecker’s Top 50 college rankings stayed the same this week, with Miami holding on to the No. 1 position. The Hurricanes (30-3, 15-1) swept a three-game, Atlantic Coast Conference weekend series from No. 32 Georgia Tech, but saw their 14 game winning streak come to an end on Wedneday in a 6-3 non-conference loss to Florida Atlantic.

The sweep over Georgia Tech had a very somber mood to it though, as Georgia Tech junior lefthander Michael Hutts was found dead in his apartment on Friday afternoon. The scheduled first game of the series on Friday night was postponed and a doubleheader was played on Saturday.

Second-ranked Florida State (31-3, 17-1) cruised through another weekend of ACC play with a sweep of Boston College. Junior catcher Buster Posey (.469-10-40) continues to have a player-of-the-year type of season, leading an offense that is manhandling opposing pitching with a .352 team batting average. This coming weekend’s ACC series in Tallahassee should grab the national spotlight as Miami comes to town for a three-game set with Florida State in a 1 vs. 2 showdown.

Third-ranked Arizona State (30-4, 6-3) had an out-of-character performance against No. 16 Stanford two weeks ago, when it scored only 10 runs over three games. It did not take long for the Sun Devils to get back on track against Washington State, putting up 41 runs while winning two of three.

Junior Ike Davis is making some serious noise for Player of the Year honors after going 7-for-14 (.500) with three home runs and six RBIs over the weekend. On the year, Davis is hitting .423-14-57. His presence isn’t being felt only at the plate as he has taken over the closer role for the Sun Devils after sophomore Jason Jarvis was dismissed from the team. On the mound Davis has compiled a 4-0, 1.12 record with three saves.

Fourth-ranked North Carolina (29-7, 13-4) swept reeling Clemson over the weekend. A trio of sophomores leads the way at the plate for the Tar Heels. Second baseman Kyle Seager (.397-6-48), outfielder Tim Fedroff (.396-7-33) and first baseman Dustin Ackley (.377-6-29) pace an offense that is hitting a collective .320. On the mound, another sophomore, righthander Alex White (6-2, 1.67), leads a pitching staff that is first in the country with a 2.22 team ERA.

The race for the Big West Conference title should be an interesting one with five teams currently ranked in the PG Crosschecker Top 50. No. 8 UC Irvine (23-6, 5-4) took two of three games from rapidly-fading Long Beach State (19-14, 2-4). Three weeks ago Long Beach State was sitting at No. 4 in the rankings, but has dropped 11 of its last 13 games to fall to No. 33.

Seventh-ranked Georgia (23-12, 12-3) continues to roll though Southeastern Conference competition after sweeping No. 31 Kentucky over the weekend. The Bulldogs have won all five of their SEC series and have now swept Kentucky and No. 10 South Carolina in back-to-back weekends.

At the halfway mark of the SEC schedule, Georgia is a full three games ahead of any other team. Projected first-rounders Gordon Beckham (.432-16-39) and Josh Fields (0.00, 10 SV) continue to lead the charge for the Bulldogs.

The Big 12 Conference had two key matchups over the weekend with No. 13 Nebraska (25-6-1, 11-3-1) and No. 9 Oklahoma State (23-10, 8-7) facing off, and No. 18 Texas and No. 11 Missouri matching up.

The Cowboys took two of three games from Nebraska, highlighted by a 1-0 victory on Friday night as sophomore lefthander Andrew Oliver (3-2, 2.50) tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts and no walks to negate an impressive performance by senior righthander Johnny Dorn. (8 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K).

The opener of the Missouri-Texas series turned out to be a game that the Longhorns (23-12, 8-7) would rather forgot. They fell 31-12 to the Tigers (25-9, 7-5). The 31 runs were the most ever allowed by a Texas squad and it was the first time since 1998 that the Longhorns had allowed more than 20 runs in a game. They lost decisively despite ending junior righthander Aaron Crow’s (8-0) scoreless innings streak at 42 2/3 innings; putting nine runs on the board in five innings off Crow. The Tigers would also go on to decisively win the Saturday game 13-2, before falling 9-2 on Sunday.

Five new teams entered the Top 50 rankings this week: No. 41 UC Davis (21-11, 5-1), No. 42 Houston (22-12, 7-2), No. 43 Notre Dame, No. 45 James Madison (25-8, 15-3) and No. 50 Creighton. (23-10, 7-5). Houston is off to a face start in Conference USA after winning series from Central Florida, Tulane and UAB to start the year. Notre Dame (21-9-1, 10-2) opened up an early lead in Big East Conference play after sweeping Villanova and Rutgers on consecutive weekends.

Auburn, the College of Charleston, Clemson, Florida Gulf Coast and Oklahoma all dropped out of the rankings. After being swept over the weekend by North Carolina, Clemson (18-17, 6-12) has now dropped nine straight games and is in danger of not even qualifying for the eight-team ACC tournament.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Priday, of, Missouri. Priday etched his name into the record books on Friday with a four home run performance in a 31-12 rout over Texas. On the night, Priday went 5-for-5, scoring six times and driving in nine runs. On the week, he went 8-for-15 (.533) with 10 runs scored and 14 RBIs. On the year, he improved his average to .374 with 11 homers and 45 RBIs. New Mexico junior outfielder Brian Cavazos-Galvez also homered four times in a 26-9 win over Air Force on Saturday.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Stephen Strasburg, rhp, San Diego State. Strasburg, the No. 2-ranked player in the college sophomore class, had one of the most dominating outings in years on Friday night in San Diego State’s 1-0 victory over Utah. The 6-foot-5, 215-pound righthander threw a one-hit shutout, striking out 23 Utah batters, while walking only one. Four players reached base with no one getting past first base. The 23 strikeouts shattered the previous San Diego State record of 18 strikeouts in one game by John Hemmerly in 1988 and broke the Mountain West Conference record of 17 by Marcos Mendoza in 2001. The NCAA record for a nine-inning game is 26, set by former big leaguer of Buddy Schultz of Miami (Ohio) in 1973. For the year, Strasburg improved to 4-1, 1.97. In 50 innings, Strasburg has allowed 38 hits, while walking eight and striking out 73 batters.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Texas A&M. The No. 6 Aggies (30-6, 12-3) are as hot as any team in the country with 13 straight wins. Over the last three weekends, Texas A&M has swept three straight Big 12 Conference series from Oklahoma, Kansas State and Kansas. The bats, in particular, have been on fire for Texas A&M, which scored 43 runs this past week in a sweep of Oklahoma and a 13-6 victory over a surging Houston squad. During their 13-game win streak, the Aggies have averaged almost 10 runs per game. Several upperclassmen are making big contributions at the plate, including senior third baseman Dane Carter (.441-5-43, 8 3B), junior shortstop Jose Duran (.386-2-37), junior outfielder Luke Anders (.358-8-32) and senior first baseman Darby Brown (.336-8-43). The Aggies have a big week ahead with a weekend series against Baylor and a tough mid-week game against Rice.