Florida baseball completed an undefeated Week 6 on Sunday with a three-game weekend sweep of the Ole Miss Rebels on the road, which followed a single-game midweek matchup in Tallahassee that the Gators emerged victoriously on Tuesday. With the season record now 22-4 with a 5-1 mark in Southeastern Conference play, the Orange and Blue have earned their No. 3 ranking in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll — the same ranking it held last week.
The Gators are joined by fellow Southeastern Conference schools LSU (No. 1), Vanderbilt (No. 4), Arkansas (No. 6), South Carolina (No. 8), Tennessee (No. 9), Kentucky (No. 17) and Ole Miss (No. 25), which is three fewer than last week as a trio of SEC teams fell out of the top 25.
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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