Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | LSU | Stayed undefeated by beating SELA in a tough midweek game and won their own tournament over the weekend. | 1 | |
2 | Florida State | Beat Georgia twice and Jacksonville once. Luke Weaver turned in another solid performance on the mound. | 5 | |
3 | Virginia | Swept a dangerous ECU team over the weekend. Brandon Downes hit 2 home runs off top prospect Jeff Hoffman. | 6 | |
4 | North Carolina State | Rebounded from Canisius loss to go 6-0 on the week. Carlos Rodon pitched better, throwing 8 innings in Friday's win. | 7 | |
5 | Oregon | Improved to 7-0 with weekend series win against Loyola Marymount. Have showdown with Cal State Fullerton. | 8 | |
6 | Vanderbilt | Went 4-0 on the week. Swept Illinois-Chicago, allowing just two runs over the three games, while scoring 28. | 9 | |
7 | Oregon State | Lost games to Nebraska and MSU to open the weekend, but rebounded to knock off Indiana in the weekend finale. | 2 | |
8 | Cal State Fullerton | Lost midweek game to USC and a 19 inning affair with San Francisco on Friday, but won the final two of the weekend. | 3 | |
9 | South Carolina | Went 4-0 on the week. Great start to the season, as the Gamecocks haven't allowed a run in the last 51 innings. | 13 | |
10 | Louisville | Beat EKU in a midweek game and won weekend series with Western Michigan. Cole Sturgeon had 6 RBIs in Friday win. | 10 | |
11 | Rice | Lost a midweek game to Houston, but came back to score 35 runs in weekend sweep of Purdue, including 23 on Sunday. | 15 | |
12 | Clemson | Swept their weekend series with Maine. Scored 9 runs in 2 innings on Scott Heath, who was dominant vs Miami. | 18 | |
13 | Oklahoma State | Went 5-1 on the week, taking three of four from Oakland. Zach Fish and Donnie Walton are both hitting over .400. | 14 | |
14 | Miami (FL) | Took series against Florida. Got solid starts staff and freshman Zack Collins broke out of slump with a 3-run homer. | 22 | |
15 | Cal Poly | Added on to great start by beating UCLA in weekend series. Freshman Slater Lee threw complete game 2 hitter. | 24 | |
16 | Florida | Lost weekend series to Miami, but beat UNF and UCF in midweek games. Pitching staff work in progress. | 11 | |
17 | Mississippi State | Bad week. Lost midweek game to Memphis and split weekend series with Holy Cross. Pitching staff needs to improve. | 4 | |
18 | North Carolina | Disappointing start. Lost series to Charleston on Monday, but salvaged series against Xavier by winning final two. | 12 | |
19 | UC Santa Barbara | Opened season a week later than expected due to weather, but went 3-1 and took the weekend series from SJSU. | 21 | |
20 | Mississippi | Won their midweek game with UT-Martin and took 2 of 3 from Georgia State. Chris Ellis threw a complete game shutout. | 23 | |
21 | UCLA | Lost their weekend series to Cal Poly. James Kaprelian was great in the one weekend win, allowing only 1 ER over 7 IP. | 17 | |
22 | Indiana | Really struggling early this season. Went 1-2 at on the weekend, losing to Oregon State and Utah. A lot of talent though. | 16 | |
23 | Oklahoma | Lost two at the UCF Tournament to host UCF and Ohio State, but did win a pair of week games and beat Citadel. | 20 | |
24 | Kentucky | Lost midweek game to USC-Upstate, but swept St. Johns. Also have victories over Virginia and UNC-Wilmington. | NR | |
25 | Texas | Rebounded from season opening split with California to win their series with a quality Stanford team. | NR |
2/24 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/24/2014