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It’s always nice to sweep one of your rivals on the diamond and the Oregon Ducks baseball team was rewarded for their efforts.
With the Ducks’ handling of the Washington Huskies this past weekend at PK Park, Oregon moved up into the Top 10 of the USA Today Coaches Poll on Monday.
Oregon is now the No. 9 team in the nation, moving up four spots from last week, with its 30-11 overall record and 14-7 in Pac-12 play. The Ducks remain 1.5 games behind Arizona for first place in the conference as the Wildcats are 16-8.
Despite being in second place, Oregon is still the highest-ranked Pac-12 team. Arizona (12), Stanford (13), and UCLA (22) are the other conference teams who are still in the poll.
Not only are the Ducks battling for a possible Pac-12 title, but they are hoping for enough wins in order to host at least a Regional and maybe a Super Regional if their seeding allows for one. The top eight seeds are lined up to host a Super Regional before advancing to the College World Series.
But there’s still a lot of baseball to be played. Oregon has 10 games left in the regular season, nine of those conference games. The Ducks travel to Utah this weekend for a weekend set with the Utes, who are struggling with a 5-16 conference mark and 12-26 overall.