| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Rice | Collapse of top powers above the Owls catapults Rice to the top spot in the nation. | 4 |
| 2 |  | Florida | Moves up three spots despite one loss to Mississippi State, thanks to Baylor and LSU falling apart. | 5 |
| 3 |  | LSU | Tigers squander a golden opportunity to move up in the standings thanks to losses against Vanderbilt. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Three straight losses to Oklahoma take the Bears down several notches entering the season's last week. | 1 |
| 5 |  | Florida State | Losses to Stetson and Clemson cost Florida State a valuable chance to move up in the standings. | 2 |
| 6 |  | North Carolina | Three-game sweep of Duke puts Tar Heels in great spot to win ACC Coastal championship. | 7 |
| 7 |  | South Carolina | Missed opportunities, part 3: Gamecocks hold because of a conference loss to Arkansas. | 6 |
| 8 |  | Arizona | Sweep of California puts the Wildcats right behind Oregon by one game for Pac-12 championship. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Stanford | Just like Arizona, Stanford swept its opponent (Washington State) and kept a high tournament seed in sight. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Cal State Fullerton | Despite weekend loss to UC-Santa Barbara, Fullerton still has Big West Conference lead. | 8 |
| 11 |  | Texas A&M | No-hitter by Ross Stripling aids A&M in sweep of San Diego State and tighter grip on second place in Big 12. | 11 |
| 12 |  | UCLA | Thanks to a sweep of Washington, the Bruins are two games back of first with California up next. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Oregon | Wins over Oregon State and Southern California have the Ducks on top of the Pac-12, but it's crowded. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Kentucky | Thanks to wins over Alabama and Indiana, Kentucky has five-game winning streak and lead in SEC. | 18 |
| 15 |  | Arizona State | Vaulting upward in standings thanks to sweeps of Utah and Gonzaga, with Arizona and Washington remaining. | 20 |
| 16 |  | Miami | Has won five of its last six; a 7-2 loss to Wake Forest doesn't hurt as much because Wake Forest has 28 wins. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Oregon State | Extra-inning loss to Utah balanced by extra-inning win; still, struggles knock Beavers down a couple spots. | 15 |
| 18 |  | North Carolina State | Loss to Virginia Tech knocks Wolfpack down one spot, but NC State has strong record and should be in NCAA field. | 17 |
| 19 |  | Arkansas | Has lost four of last six games, including defeats against South Carolina and Auburn. That hurts big time. | 13 |
| 20 |  | Virginia | One bad inning away from an 11-game winning streak. Georgia Tech loss was a close one. | 21 |
| 21 |  | Purdue | Lost to Michigan on Sunday 4-3, but Boilermakers still won the Big 10 title and they're celebrating in Lafayette. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Oklahoma | For winning three straight over Baylor, Oklahoma deserves to move up slightly in the standings. | 23 |
| 23 |  | UCF | Yes, it's a big six-spot drop, but that's what you get when you lose to last-place Marshall. | 17 |
| 24 |  | Texas | Won two games over the weekend with a big season-ending series looming against Baylor. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Mississippi | Swept Tennessee in weekend series to stay in hunt for good seeding, but Vanderbilt will be tough. | NR |
5/14 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 05/14/2012
