| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Vanderbilt | Lost to Alabama in regular-season finale, but the Commodores still have 26 wins in tough SEC. | 1 |
| 2 |  | LSU | The SEC may very well be the cream of the crop in baseball as well as football. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | Solid all season, but in the end a beaver proved to be a better animal than a duck. | 2 |
| 4 |  | Virginia | Cavaliers tied with North Carolina for ACC Coastal championship. | 5 |
| 5 |  | North Carolina | Still finished regular season with 48 wins, and that's quite an impressive performance. | 4 |
| 6 |  | Cal State Fullerton | Finishes regular season with three games against CS-Northridge; has Big West title locked up. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Oregon State | Deserves to move up for taking two of three from determined Oregon squad. | 9 |
| 8 |  | Louisville | One of hottest teams in the country; enters Big East tourney on 16-game winning streak. | 10 |
| 9 |  | Florida State | Won the ACC Atlantic regular-season title by a hair over NC State. | 7 |
| 10 |  | North Carolina State | Swept Duke to close out ACC regular season on a strong note. | 8 |
| 11 |  | Indiana | Still won the Big Ten despite late losses to Northwestern and Ohio State. | 11 |
| 12 |  | UCLA | Big weekend for Bruins with USC sweep and coach John Savage's 400th career win. | 14 |
| 13 |  | Rice | Tied Southern Mississippi for C-USA title with strong finish to regular season. | 16 |
| 14 |  | Campbell | How this team will fare against bigger competition is unknown, but 46 wins and Big South title can't be ignored. | 17 |
| 15 |  | Arkansas | Losses to Auburn may have hurt Razorbacks entering conference tournament. | 12 |
| 16 |  | South Carolina | Finished the regular season with two losses to Mississippi State. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Pittsburgh | Even though Louisville swept the regular-season finale, Panthers move up thanks to other team's stumbles. | 21 |
| 18 |  | Oklahoma | Slumped at the wrong time, but there are a lot of heavy hearts in Oklahoma right now. | 15 |
| 19 |  | Mississippi State | Could be a spoiler team in the SEC tournament. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Mississippi | Closed the regular season on a down note, but two losses in a 1-4 stretch were against LSU. | 19 |
| 21 |  | Clemson | Dropped final series of season to Florida State, but the Tigers appear to have stabilized. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Saint Louis | Won five of its last six to finish in a three-way tie for Atlantic 10 championship. | 25 |
| 23 |  | South Florida | Appear to have stabilized somewhat after a slow fall from the top. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Georgia Tech | Miami proved to be a stinger for the Yellowjackets. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Stanford | This team may not be around long come tournament time. | 20 |
5/20 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
Tue, 05/21/2013
