| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt was tested more than expected by Santa Clara, but managed to take two out of three in the series. | 1 |
| 2 |  | TCU | The TCU pitching staff looked good against a sweep over Southern Illinois. A big trip to Arizona State is this weekend. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Virginia | Virginia's sweep at East Carolina did not go as smoothly as hoped, but they have plenty of time to pull together. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Florida | The Gators got a nice warmup series against URI, but things will get interesting this weekend against Miami. | 5 |
| 5 |  | UCLA | UCLA dominated Hofstra and will now be tested by CSUN during the week and then a series at North Carolina. | 6 |
| 6 |  | LSU | LSU swept Kansas without too much trouble and they will look to do the same against Boston College. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Texas | A 2-2 series split against Rice is not a bad start for the Longhorns. They host Minnesota this weekend. | 4 |
| 8 |  | South Carolina
| The Gamecocks do not often lose their first game of the season, but that's what happened against Charleston. | 8 |
| 9 |  | North Carolina
| Following an easy sweep over Seton Hall, North Carolina hosts UCLA in one of the more interesting sereis of week 2. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Miami (FL) | After a slow start and a 5-2 win over Rutgers on Friday, Miami outscored the Hurricanes 43-12 in the last three. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Louisville | Kyle Funkhouser looked great on the mound against Alabama State, but Louisville lost their big game vs. Fullerton. | 13 |
| 12 |  | Houston | Houston was very impressive in their sweep of Minnesota. This is going to be a tough team to deal with. | 15 |
| 13 |  | Rice | Rice could not quite pull out the series win over Texas on Sunday after sweeping Saturday's doubleheader. | 16 |
| 14 | 
| Mississippi | Ole Miss took two of three from William & Mary and hope to do just as well against Wright State. | 10 |
| 15 |  | Oklahoma State
| Oklahoma State lost their first two games of the year against Arizona State, but managed to win game three. | 12 |
| 16 |  | Florida State
| Not surprisingly, FSU handled Oakland with ease. A trip to Georgia should provide a better test. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Texas Tech
| The Red Raiders offense, led by Eric Guiterrez, looked in mid-season form in their opening series against USF. | 20 |
| 18 |  | Oregon State
| The Beavers knocked off Northwestern and Michigan State before losing their first of two games against UNM. | 14 |
| 19 |  | Alabama | The Crimson Tide outscored UMES 36-0. A trip to Houston to take on the Cougars will be much more telling. | 22 |
| 20 |  | Texas A&M
| After sweeping Holy Cross to begin the season, Texas A&M will stay home and host SFA and Penn State. | NR |
| 21 |  | Mississippi State
| Mississippi State's offense was scary good against Cincinnati. This weekend they welcome more teams to Starkville. | NR |
| 22 |  | Arizona State
| ASU took 2-of-3 from Oklahoma State and have another massive test this weekend against TCU. | NR |
| 23 |  | Maryland | The Terps won all three of their games in Conway, SC. They are off to Mobile now to play USA, UCF and Arkansas. | NR |
| 24 |  | Cal State Fullerton
| Cal State Fullerton struggled out of the gate, losing to South Florida and Alabama State, but they did beat Louisville. | 24 |
| 25 |  | UC Santa Barbara
| In a tough opening weekend for the Big West, UCSB was one of the few bright spots, sweeping BYU in a 3 game series. | NR |
