Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Virginia | Big series victory over Florida State cements Virginia's place at the top of the rankings. | 1 | |
2 | Oregon State | OSU moved within a half game of Washington with a sweep over instate rival Oregon. | 4 | |
3 | Louisiana | The Ragin' Cajuns improved to 39-6 with a series win over Texas State and a midweek win over McNeese State. | 3 | |
4 | Cal Poly | Lost their first weekend series this season to Long Beach State, but are still 36-7. | 2 | |
5 | Florida State | Dropped a hard fought series with Virginia, but remain the leaders in the ACC Atlantic Division with a 33-11 record. | 5 | |
6 | Washington | After dropping the first game, the Huskies won the last two games of their series with instate rival WSU. | 6 | |
7 | South Carolina | Big series win over Alabama helps the Gamecocks jump up in the rankings. Also beat a very good Davidson team. | 10 | |
8 | LSU | Took care of business against Tennessee, taking 2 of 3 from the struggling ball club. | 7 | |
9 | Miami | Swept Clemson last weekend and moved a game ahead of Virginia in the ACC Coastal Division. | 14 | |
10 | Mississippi | Had a big weekend, putting up 39 runs in a three game sweep of Kentucky. | 18 | |
11 | Alabama | Went 1-3 last week, losing to Southern Miss in a midweek game and losing 2 of 3 to South Carolina on the weekend. | 8 | |
12 | Indiana | Took 2 of 3 on the road at second place Illinois to maintain their dominance in Big Ten play. | 16 | |
13 | Florida | Swept last place Missouri, but lost a pair of midweek games, one to Florida A&M and one to Jacksonville. | 9 | |
14 | Louisville | Went 5-0 last week, sweeping Connecticut and adding a pair of midweek victories over WKU and Morehead State. | 19 | |
15 | Pepperdine | The Waves were off last week, but the team is 30-9 and leads the WCC with a 14-4 record. | 15 | |
16 | Vanderbilt | Got back on track with a 4-0 week, sweeping Georgia and beating Memphis in a midweek game. | 22 | |
17 | Oklahoma State | The Cowboys are still the leaders of the Big 12 after taking 2 of 3 from Texas last weekend. | 11 | |
18 | Oregon | Got swept by instate rivals Oregon State, but the team is still 31-13 on the year. | 12 | |
19 | Texas | Dropped their second straight weekend series, this time to Oklahoma State, falling to 10-8 in Big 12 play. | 24 | |
20 | Clemson | Team has hit a rough patch, losing 5 of their past 6. Lost to Liberty in a midweek game and then were swept by Miami. | 13 | |
21 | Rice | Rice took 2 of 3 from Southern Miss to stay atop of C-USA. The Owls have a 2.5 game lead over second place. | 21 | |
22 | Houston | The Cougars went 5-6 in their past 11 games after a strong start. Took 2 of 3 from last place Cincy over the weekend. | 17 | |
23 | TCU | The Horned Frogs have won 15 of their last 16 and are now in second place in the Big 12. | NR | |
24 | Liberty | Enter the Top 25 with a 35-10 record, including 19-1 in conference play. Beat Clemson and swept Asheville last week. | NR | |
25 | Texas Tech | The Red Raiders enter the Top 25 after going 3-1 last week, including a sweep of Oklahoma. | NR |
4/28 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 04/28/2014