Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt has some work to do in their bullpen, but for the most part this looks like the #1 team in the country. | 1 | |
2 | TCU | TCU took two out of three at a very good Arizona State team. Preston Morrison threw a complete game shutout. | 2 | |
3 | Virginia | It took 18 innings on Sunday, but Virginia remained perfect on the season with a sweep over Marist. | 3 | |
4 | Florida | The Gators took two-of-three against rival Miami over the weekend. This week they play host to Stony Brook. | 4 | |
5 | UCLA | UCLA's offense is on a roll. They scored 33 runs in their four games last week against CSUN and North Carolina. | 5 | |
6 | LSU | LSU lost a midweek game to Nicholls State, but looked much better in a sweep of Boston College. | 6 | |
7 | Texas | Texas had an amazing week. After beating UTSA 14-2, they won all four against Minnesota, outscoring them 31-2. | 7 | |
8 | South Carolina | South Carolina had little trouble with Northeastern. Rival Clemson should be more interesting this weekend. | 8 | |
9 | Houston | Houston's six game winning streak to start the year came to an end on Sunday against Alabama. | 12 | |
10 | Rice | Rice's defense let them down on Saturday, but they still managed to win two of three at Arizona. | 13 | |
11 | Oklahoma State | In the Big 12/Pac-12 Tournament, Oklahoma State lost to Oregon State, but beat WSU, Utah and UW handily. | 15 | |
12 | Texas Tech | The Red Raiders dominated their four game series with Northern Illinois, outscoring the Huskies 25-4. | 17 | |
13 | Texas A&M | With an easy sweep over Penn State, Texas A&M is now 7-0 on the year. A home stand against Dartmouth awaits. | 20 | |
14 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is a perfect 8-0 so far, but eventually the schedule will get much, much tougher. | 21 | |
15 | Mississippi | Ole Miss is off to a decent start, but we'll learn a lot more about this team when they go to UCF this weekend. | 14 | |
16 | North Carolina | After picking up just one win over UCLA, UNC should be able to add some wins this week against Rhode Island. | 9 | |
17 | Louisville | Kyle Funkhouser came back down to Earth last weekend, allowing 7 runs in a loss against Arkansas State. | 11 | |
18 | Miami (FL) | Not only did Miami lose their series against Florida, but they also lost their midweek game at Florida Atlantic. | 10 | |
19 | Maryland | Maryland played well at the South Alabama Tournament, beating USA and Arkansas and losing 7-6 to UCF. | 23 | |
20 | UCF | UCF made a statement last weekend and they can make another one this weekend in a 3 game series vs. Ole Miss. | NR | |
21 | UC Santa Barbara | UCSB's offense looked good against Kentucky, but they will be tested more against Oregon this weekend. | 25 | |
22 | Arizona State | Brett Lilek lost out in a pitching battle against TCU's Preston Morrison, but at least ASU took one game against TCU. | 22 | |
23 | Oregon State | Oregon State had a decent week in the Big 12/Pac-12 Tournament, winning three of four in the competition. | 18 | |
24 | Oregon | The Ducks moved to 7-1 on the year after beating Hawaii in a midweek game and sweeping NMSU over the weekend. | NR | |
25 | Florida State | Florida State needs to rebound from their poor showings at Jacksonville and Georgia. They lost three out of four. | 16 |