Another week of baseball at the collegiate level and at the top three teams remain at the top in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
The No. 1 LSU Tigers were able to take two of their three games against the Arkansas Razorbacks. In their two wins, the Tigers scored 26 runs on a doubleheader Saturday. The loss sent the Hogs down three spots in this week’s rankings.
The big movers this week were the Iowa Hawkeyes (+6) and Texas Tech Red Raiders (-7). Iowa played three games against Western Michigan where they scored 43 runs to increase their win streak to nine games. The Red Raiders were coming off a sweep of Oklahoma State but they were swept by the Texas Longhorns in Austin. This helped Texas jump into the rankings for the first time this season.
A look at the full Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports:
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
1 | LSU Tigers | 21-3 | 770 (28) | – |
2 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 22-3 | 717 (2) | – |
3 | Florida Gators | 22-4 | 707 | – |
4 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 19-5 | 676 | +1 |
5 | Virginia Cavaliers | 22-2 | 642 | +2 |
6 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 20-4 | 611 | -3 |
7 | Stanford Cardinal | 15-5 | 546 | +2 |
8 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 23-2 | 529 (1) | +3 |
9 | Tennessee Volunteers | 19-6 | 517 | +3 |
10 | East Carolina Pirates | 19-5 | 491 | – |
11 | Louisville Cardinals | 19-4 | 458 | -5 |
12 | UCLA Bruins | 16-5 | 403 | -4 |
13 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 20-5 | 372 | +2 |
14 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 18-6 | 327 | +2 |
15 | Campbell Fighting Camels | 19-3 | 323 | +4 |
16 | Boston College Eagles | 17-5 | 309 | +1 |
17 | Kentucky Wildcats | 21-3 | 305 | +5 |
18 | Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | 21-4 | 230 | +5 |
19 | Texas Longhorns | 18-7 | 130 | NR |
20 | Connecticut Huskies | 16-5 | 128 | NR |
21 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 18-7 | 110 | -7 |
22 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 19-3 | 91 | +6 |
23 | Miami Hurricanes | 15-9 | 88 | -3 |
24 | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | 16-4 | 86 | +3 |
25 | Ole Miss Rebels | 15-9 | 85 | -12 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 18 Texas A&M; No. 21 Missouri; No. 24 North Carolina State; No. 25 Alabama
Others Receiving Votes
Coastal Carolina 59; Missouri 53; North Carolina State 52; Texas A&M 47; West Virginia 46; Alabama 30; Texas San Antonio 22; Old Dominion 21; Texas Christian 15; Virginia Tech 14; Auburn 13; Indiana 12; Washington 10; Northeastern 7; Kansas State 5; Dallas Baptist 4; Arizona State 4; UC San Diego 3; Oregon 3; Wofford 1; USC 1; Southern Miss 1; Oregon State 1
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