| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | TCU | TCU fared well at Dodger Stadium, falling to USC and then beating Vanderbilt and UCLA. | 2 |
| 2 |  | Virginia | UVA took two of three from Pitt during their opening ACC series. This weekend it is off to Virginia Tech. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Florida | Florida split with UCF during the week, which is a good enough result, and followed it up with a sweep of Maine. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt had a tough week by their standards. They beat UCLA, but then lost to both USC and TCU. | 1 |
| 5 |  | LSU | LSU had a huge week in Houston thanks to solid pitching. They knocked off the Cougars, Baylor and Nebraska. | 6 |
| 6 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina begins SEC action with a three game series at home against Kentucky this weekend. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Texas A&M | Like SEC foe LSU, Texas A&M also beat Houston, Baylor and Nebraska at the Houston College Classic. | 11 |
| 8 |  | Rice
| Rice should begin their domination of Conference USA this weekend against Louisiana Tech at Reckling Park. | 10 |
| 9 |  | UCLA
| The Bruins were the big loser at Dodger Stadium. They lost all three contests, but at least they beat CSUN earlier. | 5 |
| 10 |  | North Carolina | UNC got the best of Duke on the opening weekend of ACC play. A trip to Pitt should result in a couple more wins. | 16 |
| 11 |  | Louisville | Louisville's offense looked good in a series win over Miami. They host Ole Miss and begin ACC play this week. | 14 |
| 12 |  | Oregon | Oregon heads to Berkeley this weekend to get Pac-12 action started. San Francisco comes to town mid-week. | 17 |
| 13 |  | UCF | The Knights split their two game series with Florida. The big games this week are at Florida State on 3/9 and 3/10. | 13 |
| 14 | 
| Mississippi State | Mississippi State hosts Alabama in their SEC opener and hope to get moving in the right direction first against WKU. | 9 |
| 15 |  | USC
| The Trojans had a great weekend at the Dodger Stadium Classic, beating TCU, Vanderbilt and UCLA. | NR |
| 16 |  | Texas Tech
| Texas Tech fell victim to a Cal State Fullerton team that is finally hitting their stride. A trip to SDSU awaits. | 8 |
| 17 |  | Oregon State
| Oregon State has boosted their winning streak to nine games. Portland and Arizona State will look to end it. | 23 |
| 18 |  | Florida State
| FSU barely had to break a sweat during their 5-0 week. UCF comes to town for an interesting two game series. | 24 |
| 19 |  | Texas | Texas lost their first two games at Stanford, but turned things around on Saturday and Sunday and tied up the series. | 15 |
| 20 |  | Oklahoma State
| The Cowboys have been up and down so far this season, but in the end losing a series to Illinois may not be that bad. | 12 |
| 21 |  | Miami (FL)
| Miami is starting ACC play in the hole after losing two of three against Louisville. They should do better at home. | 18 |
| 22 |  | UC Santa Barbara
| Led by Dillon Tate's superb outing on the mound Friday night, UCSB took two of three at Sacramento State. | 25 |
| 23 |  | Maryland | The pitching staff needs get past their poor showing at UNC Wilmington if Maryland is going to win a Big Ten title. | 19 |
| 24 |  | Florida Atlantic
| Florida Atlantic dropped 40 runs on Rutgers in a three game series and are now 14-2 overall. | NR |
| 25 |  | Houston
| The tough schedule propelled Houston up the rankings early in the year, but it is catching up to them now. | 20 |
