| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | North Carolina | Brian Holberton's three-hit effort against Rice part of a weekend sweep that made Tar Heels 10-0. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Vanderbilt | Sweep of Illinois-Chicago has Commodores on 10-game winning streak. | 2 |
| 3 |  | UCLA | Bruins won five in a row following a rare hiccup against Baylor. | 6 |
| 4 |  | North Carolina State | Two of three games decided by one run in sweep at Caravelle Resort Tournament. | 8 |
| 5 |  | Florida State | Scott Sitz's nine-strikeout effort keyed 7-0 shutout of Villanova, keeping Seminoles unbeaten. | 9 |
| 6 |  | Stanford | Sweeps of Fresno State and Texas making the Cardinal a team to watch in the early part of 2013. | 10 |
| 7 |  | Mississippi State | Watch out for this team, which is off to a 15-0 start and a darkhorse contender for national title if this keeps up. | 11 |
| 8 |  | Oregon | Dropped two of three to Cal State Fullerton, but Ducks are still a decent squad and one to watch. | 3 |
| 9 |  | Arkansas | Went flat at Coca-Cola Classic over the weekend with four straight losses. | 4 |
| 10 |  | South Carolina | Gamecocks have won six of their last seven, with one loss against Clemson. | 5 |
| 11 |  | Arizona | Losses to Utah Valley and San Francisco have sent the Sun Devils reeling a bit. | 7 |
| 12 |  | Oregon State | Beavers are 12-0 but have not seen very strong competition yet. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Cal State Fullerton | Deserve to hold ranking following a 2-1 series win over Oregon in weekend series. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Kentucky | A.J. Reed's homer power has Wildcats at 10-1 start; Jerad Grundy's 12-K effort against Akron worked as well. | 14 |
| 15 |  | LSU | Tigers swept their tournament over weekend with victories over Brown and Nicholls State. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Mississippi | Ole Miss found the going a bit rough against Memphis, but team is still off to 11-1 start. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Louisville | Nine-game winning streak broken by Kent State over the weekend. | 21 |
| 18 |  | Rice | Lost three in a row over weekend but competition was tough (North Carolina, A&M, Baylor) | 17 |
| 19 |  | Oklahoma | A 7-2 loss to Pepperdine is the only thing standing between Sooners and unbeaten season. | 24 |
| 20 |  | Florida | After six losses in a row the Gators' ship appears to have stabilized. | 18 |
| 21 |  | Virginia | Four of Cavaliers' 12 wins have been by shutout. | NR |
| 22 |  | San Diego | Toreros have won seven of eight since miserable 0-3 start. | NR |
| 23 |  | Clemson | Lost two of three to South Carolina in the annual in-season battle for state supremacy. | 19 |
| 24 |  | Pepperdine | Ran into tough competition against Baylor and Oklahoma. | 22 |
| 25 |  | Texas A&M | Aggies have lost to Pepperdine and North Carolina so 8-5 record is a bit misleading. | 23 |
3/4 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 03/04/2013
