The third week of the college baseball season was fairly uneventful in terms of marquee matchups, so most teams held their own in the PG Crosschecker weekly top 50 ranking. The top four teams remained the same with Arizona and Arizona State holding on to the top two spots.

No. 1 Arizona (10-1) dominated the competition at the Whataburger College Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Wildcats tossed three straight shutouts and combined to outscore their openents 37-0 over the weekend.

No. 2 Arizona State has arguably the nation’s most prolific offense and it showed again this past week as they dismantled Massachusetts and New Mexico with ease. The Sun Devils (12-0) averaged more than 14 runs per game and never scored less than 10 runs in any game. They are now averaging 11.5 runs per game on the season.

The Atlantic Coast Conference was the first major conference to begin conference play and the marquee series of the weekend pitted No. 34 North Carolina State against No. 20 Virginia. The Wolfpack took two of three games from Virginia, marking the sixth year in a row that State had won their series from the Cavaliers. North Carolina had a big weekend against rival Duke, beating the Blue Devils in basketball on Saturday night to win the ACC regular-season title and taking two of three games from the Blue Devils to open the ACC baseball season.

Three teams dropped out of the Top 10 this week. No. 11 Texas dropped its second straight weekend series, falling to Stanford 2-1. No. 12 Mississippi also dropped two games to TCU. No. 14 UCLA dropped two straight mid-week games to Cal State Fullerton.

East Carolina and Santa Clara both entered the rankings this week. East Carolina rattled off five straight wins on the week, including wins over Michigan and Old Dominion. Playing one of the nation’s toughest schedules so far, Santa Clara had another big week, defeating San Diego, San Diego State and Fresno State. Cal Poly and Mississippi State both fell out of the Top 50 for the first time. Mississippi State had a rough week, getting swept at home by Baylor.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Aaron Murphree, 1b, Arkansas. The senior first baseman had one of the best offensive weeks in Arkansas history. Murphree went 11-for-24 (.524) and launched eight home runs. He also had 15 RBIs and 13 runs scored. He has homered in a school-record six straight games and is now hitting .447-12-28 with an improbable slugging percentage of 1.298.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Preston Guilmet, rhp, Arizona. The junior righthander looks to be back in his 2007 form after an outstanding performance in an 18-0 rout of South Alabama on Friday. Guilmet tossed eight shutout innings, allowing four hits while walking none and striking out 12. For the year, Guilmet is 2-1 with a 2.84 ERA.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Cal State Fullerton. A week after being swept at Stanford, the Titans turned things around in a big way with a weekend sweep of Southern Mississippi after registering two wins over UCLA in a mid-week series. Freshman righthander Daniel Renken (3-0, 1.76) earned Big West Conference pitcher of the week honors after shutting down UCLA on Wednesday and picking up a win in relief against Southern Miss on Sunday. Against the Bruins, Renken threw seven innings, allowing three hits while walking one and striking out 10.