Springsteen wasn’t really running from anything quite so grand as all that. Run toward fulfillment, or away from expectations? CBS Records, which had once been so high on the kid from Jersey that he’d been hailed as the new Dylan, was now questioning his future at the label. None of his singles to this point - “Blinded by the Light,” “Spirit in the Night,” and “4 th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” - had sniffed the charts. Texas Tech, Kentucky and Louisville all fall out of the Top 25.Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons on the Born to Run album artworkīruce Springsteen’s first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, each released in 1973, hadn’t connected with an audience despite an abundance of ambitious brilliance.

Mississippi State.īig fallers this week include Boston College (down eight to No. 18 after sweeping its second straight SEC series, vs. Tennessee also vaults six spots this week to No. 17 on the heels of a series win against Arizona State.

15 after sweeping Arizona, while Oregon moves up six places to No. West Virginia, which leads the Big 12 by 1.5 games, also makes a big move this week, jumping six spots to No. 11 in the rankings after taking two of three on the road against Louisville. Duke is a half-game ahead of Miami, which moves up five spots to No. The Blue Devils are unbeaten in their last five ACC series (which includes series wins at Boston College, a home sweep of Louisville, and at Virginia over the last three weeks) and now sit alone atop the ACC Coastal Division standings. 10 after winning a road series at Virginia, which falls eight places to No. 9, and Duke makes the biggest move of the week, vaulting 10 spots to No. 8 after a 2-2 week, despite winning a road series at Louisiana. 6 and 7, respectively, after winning home series against Texas A&M and UCLA. Out of that group, South Carolina is the only one that last its series this weekend, dropping two of three against Auburn, but the Gamecocks’ sweep of Florida last weekend keeps them ahead of the Gators, and their overall body of work helps them hold their ground despite a series loss this weekend.Īrkansas and Stanford move up one spot apiece to Nos. 1 in the D1Baseball Top 25 for the 12th week in a row, with Wake Forest, South Carolina, Florida and Vanderbilt all holding steady to round out the top five.

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