Today marks the first time in 12 years that the Cal baseball team (21-7-1, 4-2 in the Pac-10) has ascended to a program-high No. 5 national ranking. Moving to No. 1 is Miami (26-2), in the midst of a 13-game winning streak. Where did erstwhile No. 1 Arizona State go?  After losing the weekend series with now-No. 10 Stanford, the Sun Devils dropped to No. 2.  And wouldn’t ya know it, the Card are coming to Berkeley this afternoon to play the Bears at 2:30 p.m. at Evans Diamond. The preseason No.1 and No. 2, UCLA and Arizona, both dropped out of the rankings, leaving Cal, ASU and Leyland Stanford Junior University as the only Pac-10 teams remaining in the Baseball America top-25.

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