Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt remains in the top spot after a couple wins over Wofford and a sweep at Georgia. | 1 | |
2 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M looked good against Kentucky and have another big series this weekend against Mississippi State. | 2 | |
3 | LSU | Game 1 took 16 innings and game 3 took 13, but LSU eventually got the hard earned sweep over Alabama. | 4 | |
4 | TCU | TCU won their series against Texas Tech, but lost a mid-week contest to Texas-Arlington 8-1. | 3 | |
5 | UCLA | After losing their series opener to Oregon State, the Bruins battled back to win games two and three. | 6 | |
6 | Louisville | Louisville had a big week with two wins, so far, over Virginia. This week they host Kentucky and head to Duke. | 7 | |
7 | Florida State | Florida State could not quite get the sweep over NC State, but a mid-week win over Florida makes up for it. | 8 | |
8 | USC | The Trojans went to Tucson and came away with a sweep. This week they host UCLA in a huge Pac-12 tilt. | 9 | |
9 | Arizona State | Both of Arizona State's wins over Utah came in extra innings. They lost in nine innings 6-4 on Friday. | 13 | |
10 | UC Santa Barbara | With a four game sweep over Fresno State, UCSB is playing great baseball right now. A trip to CSUN awaits. | 16 | |
11 | Florida | The Gators lost to FSU on Tuesday and followed it up with a series loss against Missouri. | 5 | |
12 | Miami (FL) | Miami swept Duke at home and they will look to do the same again this weekend against Virginia Tech. | 18 | |
13 | Oklahoma State | The loss at Oral Roberts wasn't good, but a sweep over Texas puts Oklahoma State in very good shape. | 15 | |
14 | Rice | Rice added another series win to their resume, this time against Middle Tennessee. UTSA is the next victim. | 12 | |
15 | Maryland | Maryland swept Nebraska and now host Iowa in what could be their toughest series left on the schedule. | 20 | |
16 | Illinois | Unfortunately, Illinois does not play Maryland or Iowa this season. They do still play IU and Nebraska, but first is Purdue. | 23 | |
17 | UCF | The Knights lost to FAU and then lost their first two games in a series against Cincinnati. They finally won on Saturday. | 10 | |
18 | Florida Atlantic | FAU got a nice win over UCF and went on to sweep Marshall without much worry at all. | NR | |
19 | Missouri State | At 20-8, Missouri State is putting together another good season. They won 8 in a row before losing in 13 on Saturday. | NR | |
20 | Dallas Baptist | Dallas Baptist lost two of three in a thrilling series against Missouri State. They head to TCU before hosting Bradley. | 19 | |
21 | Oregon State | Oregon State won their opener at UCLA 3-2, before falling 4-1 and 10-5. The trip to Eugene should be interesting. | 21 | |
22 | Virginia | At 19-11, Virginia wouldn't be anywhere near the top 25 if they didn't start the year ranked so high. | 11 | |
23 | South Carolina | South Carolina continues to struggle in SEC action, most recently losing two of three at Mississippi State. | 14 | |
24 | Texas Tech | Texas Tech only got one win last week, but at least they were able to avoid a sweep against TCU. | 17 | |
25 | Nevada | Nevada swept UNLV, scoring 28 runs in the three game series. This is a tough team to contain. | NR |