D1Baseball Top 25: Tennessee Clings To No. 1, Three Teams Enter
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Despite losing its first weekend series of the year on the road at Kentucky, Tennessee held onto the No. 1 spot in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings. At 42-6, the Volunteers still have college baseball’s best record and No. 1 RPI ranking, and their 20-4 mark in SEC play is still seven games better than the No. 2 team in their division, and four games better than SEC West leader Arkansas. No. 2 Oregon State swept Oregon to improve to 5-0 on the season against the rival Ducks, but Tennessee still has more high-end wins against regional-caliber opposition, headlined by road sweeps of Florida and Vanderbilt, a home sweep of Georgia Southern, a home series win against Auburn and a 2-1 showing against Big 12 opponents at the Shriners College Classic.
The top six teams remained the same, with the second-ranked Beavers followed by No. 3 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Arkansas, No. 5 Virginia Tech and No. 6 Miami. Louisville jumped three spots to No. 7 following a 2-1-1 week on the road against solid competition, with a midweek win at Vanderbilt and a 1-1-1 series at Wake Forest. Stanford also climbed three places to No. 8 after a 4-0 week punctuated by a sweep of rival California. Texas Tech held steady at No. 9, and Texas A&M moved up three spots to No. 10 after a series win against South Carolina.
Big West power UC Santa Barbara made the week’s biggest jump, up six spots to No. 19 after a 3-1 week that included a road series win at UC Irvine. Southern Miss (down seven to No. 14 after its second straight series loss) and UCLA (down 15 places to No. 23 after a rough 0-4 week against teams with losing records) were the week’s biggest fallers.
Three teams entered the Top 25 this week. Preseason No. 1 Texas returned to the rankings at No. 22 after winning a road series at West Virginia. Another preseason top-five team, Vanderbilt, re-joined the rankings at No. 24 on the heels of a road series win at then-No. 22 Georgia, which fell out of the Top 25. And Grand Canyon made its season debut in the rankings at No. 25 after a 3-1 week that included a midweek win against Arizona.
Georgia Tech, Georgia and TCU dropped out of the Top 25.
D1Baseball editors and national writers determine the Top 25 rankings.
| Rank | Team | Overall Record | Record Last Week | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tennessee |
42-6 | 2-2 | 1 |
| 2 |  Oregon State |
38-9 | 4-0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Oklahoma State |
34-13 | 3-0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Arkansas |
36-12 | 2-2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Virginia Tech |
33-10 | 2-0 | 5 |
| 6 |  Miami |
35-12 | 3-0 | 6 |
| 7 |  Louisville |
33-13-1 | 2-1 | 10 |
| 8 |  Stanford |
29-14 | 4-0 | 11 |
| 9 |  Texas Tech |
32-16 | 1-0 | 9 |
| 10 |  Texas A&M |
30-16 | 3-1 | 13 |
| 11 |  Gonzaga |
29-13 | 1-0 | 12 |
| 12 |  Virginia |
34-12 | 1-0 | 14 |
| 13 |  Connecticut |
40-8 | 3-0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Southern Miss |
36-12 | 2-2 | 7 |
| 15 |  Texas State |
38-11 | 4-0 | 17 |
| 16 |  Notre Dame |
28-10 | 0-0 | 16 |
| 17 |  LSU |
32-15 | 3-1 | 20 |
| 18 |  Maryland |
37-10 | 2-1 | 18 |
| 19 |  UC Santa Barbara |
33-11 | 3-1 | 25 |
| 20 |  Auburn |
32-16 | 1-2 | 19 |
| 21 |  Florida State |
28-17 | 2-2 | 23 |
| 22 |  Texas |
34-17 | 3-1 | NR |
| 23 |  UCLA |
30-17 | 0-4 | 8 |
| 24 |  Vanderbilt |
31-15 | 2-2 | NR |
| 25 |  Grand Canyon |
33-16 | 3-1 | NR |
| Dropped Out | ||||
 Georgia Tech |
27-21 | 0-3 | 21 | |
 Georgia |
32-16 | 2-2 | 22 | |
 TCU |
28-18 | 1-2 | 24 | |