Nittany Lion Catcher Heath Ranked Sixth in Rivals.com Weekly Power Rankings

6.May.2010 at 6 | UncleLar

Nittany Lion Catcher Heath Ranked Sixth in Rivals.com Weekly Power Rankings

Penn State baseball continues to garner national attention after winning five straight Big Ten games by a combined score of 81-29.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Following a record-tying weekend, Penn State junior catcher Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.) has cracked the Rivals.com weekly college baseball power rankings for the first time all season. Heath is rated as the sixth best catcher in the nation among all 301 Division I teams. The All-America and Johnny Bench Award candidate is one of two Big Ten catchers ranked, along with Michigan’s Chris Berset, who comes in seventh.

via Nittany Lion Catcher Heath Ranked Sixth in Rivals.com Weekly Power Rankings – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE.

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Final Big Ten Standings

	Team	W-L	GB	Pct
1	Minnesota	15 - 9 - 0	-	0.625
2	Michigan	14 - 10 - 0	1	0.583
3	Iowa	13 - 11 - 0	2	0.542
3	Northwestern	13 - 11 - 0	2	0.542
5	Purdue	12 - 12 - 0	3	0.500
5	Indiana	12 - 12 - 0	3	0.500
7	Michigan State	11 - 13 - 0	4	0.458
7	Ohio State	11 - 13 - 0	4	0.458
9	Illinois	10 - 14 - 0	5	0.417
10	Penn State	9 - 15 - 0	6	0.375

Big Ten Rankings (RPI)

	Team	W-L	Pct	RPI
1	Michigan	34 - 20 - 0	0.630	67
2	Michigan State	34 - 19 - 0	0.642	82
3	Indiana	25 - 25 - 0	0.500	91
4	Ohio State	28 - 21 - 0	0.571	92
5	Iowa	25 - 26 - 0	0.490	123
6	Minnesota	24 - 28 - 0	0.462	131
7	Illinois	25 - 26 - 0	0.490	146
8	Purdue	30 - 22 - 0	0.577	152
9	Penn State	22 - 30 - 0	0.423	160
10	Northwestern	23 - 30 - 0	0.434	180

-- as of 05/23/10

Big Ten Rankings (Pythagorean)

	Team	WinPct	Pyth%	Luck
1	Michigan State	.644	.651	-.007
2	Michigan	.630	.636	-.006
3	Purdue	.609	.621	-.012
4	Ohio State	.568	.546	.022
5	Minnesota	.449	.520	-.071
6	Illinois	.511	.508	.003
7	Penn State	.457	.482	-.025
8	Indiana	.511	.481	.030
9	Northwestern	.438	.428	.010
10	Iowa	.457	.403	.054

-- as of 05/11/10

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