The college basketball season ends on Monday night and all eyes shift to the chase for Omaha. Once again it is the SEC that is reigning supreme in the top 25 rankings with the Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas A&M Aggies replacing last year’s CWS title game participants, the LSU Tigers and Florida Gators.
In the top 10, the Hogs and Ags are joined by the Tennessee Volunteers, Vanderbilt Commodores, and Kentucky Wildcats. The aforementioned Gators landed at No. 18 and the Tigers fell out of the rankings completely.
Kentucky and the UCF Knights are two big winners jumping eight spots in the poll. The Wildcats checked in at No. 8 overall while UCF jumped into the rankings at No. 19. The biggest winner of the week is Louisiana, who is No. 24 after being ranked No. 36.
The Gators were among the big losers after falling nine spots to No. 18. Last week’s No. 18 team, the LSU Tigers, dropped off completely. Florida was swept by unranked Missouri while No. 6 Vanderbilt took two of three from the Bayou Bengals.
Check out the full coaches poll that was released on Monday.
USA TODAY Sports College Baseball Coaches poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas | 27-3 | 775 (31) | – |
| 2 | Clemson | 28-3 | 735 | – |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 28-4 | 716 | – |
| 4 | Tennessee | 26-6 | 656 | – |
| 5 | Oregon State | 26-4 | 655 | – |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 25-7 | 609 | – |
| 7 | Duke | 24-8 | 580 | +3 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 27-4 | 503 | +8 |
| 9 | Florida State | 26-5 | 498 | +3 |
| 10 | Virginia | 25-7 | 490 | +1 |
| 11 | East Carolina | 23-7 | 440 | +2 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 26-6 | 432 | -5 |
| 13 | Dallas Baptist | 25-6 | 405 | -5 |
| 14 | UC Irvine | 24-4 | 397 | +3 |
| 15 | Wake Forest | 21-10 | 284 | +7 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 21-8 | 216 | -1 |
| 17 | Alabama | 22-10 | 192 | -3 |
| 18 | Florida | 17-14 | 187 | -9 |
| 19 | UCF | 21-8 | 186 | +8 |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina | 22-9 | 166 | +1 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 22-7 | 142 | +2 |
| 22 | Oregon | 22-8 | 128 | +7 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | 21-12 | 114 | +3 |
| 24 | Louisiana | 24-8 | 109 | +12 |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | 21-11 | 94 | +7 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 18 LSU; No. 19 South Carolina; No. 20 North Carolina State; No. 24 Georgia; No. 25 TCU
Other Receiving Votes
South Carolina 67; Indiana State 59; LSU 54; Georgia 45; Texas Tech 26; Creighton 23; Northeastern 14; TCU 12; North Carolina State 11; Lamar 11; Campbell 11; West Virginia 8; St. John’s 7; Ole Miss 4; Kansas State 4; Oklahoma 3; UC Santa Barbara 2; Southern Miss 2; Louisiana Tech 2; Utah 1
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