| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Florida | Florida took two of three from Cal State Fullerton over the opening weekend and remain the team to beat. | 1 |
| 2 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina swept VMI without too much trouble. Elon should not give the Gamecocks much trouble either. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Texas | Texas looked pretty good against Duke, but we will learn a lot more about the Longhorns against Stanford. | 3 |
| 4 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels are not starting out the season with too many tough games, so they should pile on some wins. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State's bats were popping right out of the gate. The Sun Devils scored 40 runs in three games against WMU. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies had no problem with Illinois-Chicago during the opening weekend. They won't against Holy Cross either. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Stanford | Stanford looked like a top ten team against Vanderbilt. A big early series versus Texas will be interesting. | 16 |
| 8 |  | Florida State | FSU swept Hofstra, but the slate of games this weekend should be slightly more challenging for the Seminoles. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Cal State Fullerton | Fullerton nabbed one game away from top ranked Florida in their three game series. TCU won't be much easier. | 6 |
| 10 |  | LSU | LSU had no trouble winning the first LSU Tournament. The second time around the competition gets tougher. | 10 |
| 11 |  | TCU | TCU split with Ole Miss in a shortened series. The schedule gets tougher with a trip to Fullerton. | 11 |
| 12 |  | UC Irvine | UC Irvine swept Texas Southern and will look to do the same to Washington this weekend. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Rice | Rice got the sweep over FIU, but a weekend series versus Dallas Baptist should prove more difficult. | 12 |
| 14 |  | Oregon State | OSU took three out of four versus UCSB. They'll move further south to San Diego for a tournament this week. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Georgia Tech | The Yellow Jackets had a solid showing at the Coca-Cola Classic in Rock Hill, South Carolina. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Vanderbilt | Vandy got swept by Stanford over the weekend and it will be interesting to see how they'll fare against the Ducks. | 8 |
| 17 |  | Miami | Miami got a nice sweep over Rutgers and will head to FGCU before hosting Albany this weekend. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Arkansas | Arkansas slaughtered Villanova in all three games over the weekend. Northwestern State is next. | 24 |
| 19 |  | Virginia | After mixed results at the Caravelle Resort Tournament, the Cavs go to Charlottesville for a long homestand. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Mississippi State | MSU took two out of two out of three against Washington State. This week they host Kansas and MVSU. | 21 |
| 21 |  | Arizona | Arizona got the best of North Dakota State, taking two of three. Auburn will provide a tougher test. | 22 |
| 22 |  | UCLA | UCLA had some trouble against Maryland and host Baylor this weekend after a quick stop in the Valley. | 19 |
| 23 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma struggled against Pepperdine, but they'll get some wins before the schedule toughens up. | 17 |
| 24 |  | California | California got the sweep over Pacific. This weekend they will hit the road to face Long Beach State. | NR |
| 25 |  | Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina's pitching struggled over the weekend, but the schedule is tough even if it is in Conway. | 23 |
2/20 Baseball Top 25
Mon, 02/20/2012
