| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | North Carolina | Landon Lassiter leads charge to the top as Tar Heels sweep Seton Hall to start season. | 3 |
| 2 |  | Oregon | Ducks charge out of gate with three wins over Hawaii, led by bats of Aaron Payne and Ryon Healy. | 5 |
| 3 |  | Vanderbilt | Two strong wins over Long Beach State followed by surprising loss, enough to knock Commodores out of No. 1. | 1 |
| 4 |  | Arkansas | Trent Daniel rocked for six runs in uncharacteristic loss to Western Illinois. | 2 |
| 5 |  | UCLA | Nick Vander Tuig helped Bruins dig out of hole with four-hit, six-inning shutout in 14-0 win over Minnesota. | 4 |
| 6 |  | South Carolina | Two narrow wins over Liberty followed by close loss. Not the way Gamecocks wanted to begin season. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Arizona | Rough pitching performances in three wins over Coppin State, but the bats saved the day. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Florida | Zach Powers delivers solid nine-RBI performance in win over Duke. | 10 |
| 9 |  | North Carolina State | Carlos Rodon struck out eight Appalachian State hitters, but five earned runs resulted in loss. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Florida State | D.J. Stewart's 10th-inning homer helped save the day in Seminoles' Sunday sweep of Rhode Island. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Stanford | Austin Barr prevented a no-hitter in opening weekend of season, but Cardinal stumble to 1-2. They will improve. | 7 |
| 12 |  | Kentucky | Wildcat bats explode for 29 runs in two games in season-opening tournament. | 12 |
| 13 |  | LSU | Aaron Nola's nine-strikeout effort got season off to strong start in 1-0 win over Maryland. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Mississippi State | Four big victories over Portland help Mississippi State to season-opening success. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Oregon State | Andy Peterson had success at top of lineup for Beavers, who are off to 3-0 start. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Rice | John Simms' one-hitter win over Stanford proves Owls have solid pitching to start the year. | 15 |
| 17 |  | Cal State Fullerton | Look out for Fullerton, which topped Nebraska in two games and USC once. Smaller school, bigger bats. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Mississippi | Stuart Turner drove in four runs to help Ole Miss sweep TCU in season-opening series. | 20 |
| 19 |  | Southern Miss | Jay Myrick's relief effort saved the day as Missouri collapsed and propelled Southern Miss to 3-0 start. | 25 |
| 20 |  | Clemson | Surprise loss to William and Mary sandwiched between two big victories. | 21 |
| 21 |  | Louisville | Big East/Big Ten challenge proved challenging with loss to Indiana. Not the way Cardinals wanted to open up. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Texas A&M | Shortstop Mikey Reynolds had three hits to help A&M improve to 2-1 overall, but Illinois-Chicago opening loss hurt. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Oklahoma | Four wins over Hofstra to open season, including extra-inning victory. | NR |
| 24 |  | Pepperdine | Austin Davidson's bat gets Waves off to strong 4-0 start with sweep of Western Michigan. | NR |
| 25 |  | Texas | Dillon Peters had strong pitching against Sacramento State, but it wasn't enough to prevent 2-1 start. | NR |
2/18 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/18/2013
