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Michigan baseball ranked No. 1 in country for first time in history

Historically, Michigan has been considered a football school. But in recent years, the basketball team has eclipsed their gridiron success. Now, dare we say U-M is becoming a baseball school?

For the first time in Baseball America’s 40 years of weekly Top 25 college baseball rankings, the Wolverines are ranked No. 1 in the country.

U-M opened their season over the weekend going 3-1 with wins over a pair of top 10 teams: On Friday night, they beat No. 1 Vanderbilt, 4-3, when fifth-year senior Matt Schmidt hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning; on Saturday night, they capped a doubleheader sweep by beating No.