Florida moves up to No. 6 in Week 6 D1Baseball rankings

Florida’s series win over the LSU Tigers led to a two-spot jump in the latest top-25 update from D1Baseball.

Florida appeared destined to drop this week in the national rankings after a Tuesday loss to Jacksonville, but the Gators rallied over the weekend to take two out of three from the LSU Tigers, resulting in a two-spot jump to No. 6  on the Week 6 D1Baseball rankings.

The Gators have held top-10 status for the entire year, but shaky weekend results had them down to the No. 8 spot last week. The Gators face a week filled with top-25 opponents. UF plays No. 17 FSU in Jacksonville on Tuesday and then hosts No. 21 Mississippi State over the weekend.

Looking at the rest of the SEC, Arkansas is still at No. 1 despite a loss this week, Texas A&M moved back up to No. 4 and Tennessee rounds out the top 5. Vanderbilt and LSU in the Nos. 7 and 8 spots, respectively, make it five SEC teams in a row.

Alabama is ranked No. 16 this week, and Kentucky is finally ranked at No. 24 (at the expense of Auburn).

Week 6 D1Baseball Rankings

Here is a look at the complete Week 6 rankings from D1Baseball.

Rank Team Overall Last Week Previous Rank
1 Arkansas 19-3 2-1 1
2 Oregon State 21-2 4-0 2
3 Clemson 22-2 5-0 4
4 Texas A&M 21-3 3-1 7
5 Tennessee 21-4 3-1 8
6 Florida 14-9 2-2 6
7 Vanderbilt 19-6 1-3 3
8 LSU 19-6 2-2 5
9 Virginia 20-4 4-0 14
10 Dallas Baptist 19-4 3-1 15
11 Duke 17-7 2-2 9
12 Wake Forest 16-7 3-1 16
13 Virginia Tech 18-4 4-0 19
14 North Carolina 21-4 4-0 20
15 East Carolina 16-6 2-2 10
16 Alabama 18-6 1-3 11
17 Florida State 19-3 1-3 12
18 South Carolina 19-5 4-0 NR
19 Coastal Carolina 18-6 1-3 13
20 UC Irvine 17-3 2-0 24
21 Mississippi State 17-8 2-2 21
22 NC State 15-7 3-1 NR
23 Kansas State 17-6 4-0 NR
24 Kentucky 20-4 3-1 NR
25 Oklahoma 14-9 1-3 17

Dropped Out

No. 18 TCU, No. 22 Campbell, No. 23 Auburn and No. 25 UC Santa Barbara

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Texas A&M baseball rises in D1baseball’s Top 25 for Week 6

D1Baseball drops their Week 6 ranking updates and Texas A&M moves back into the Top 5

After a rough outing to start SEC play, Texas A&M (21-3, 3-3 SEC) had a nice bounce back, going 3-1 in the last four games. They started the week by beating a determined Prairie View team 11-9 and then winning their first SEC series, going 2-1 against Mississippi State. Aggie left-hander Justin Lamkin pitched well enough in game three of the series to hold the Bulldogs to a single run and earn SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week.

The Aggies have come back down to earth a little bit now that the level of competition has been elevated. Even with that, A&M still looks like one of the best teams in the nation, and if the pitching can start to find its groove in conference play, this team lives in that top-five ranking throughout the season.

Texas A&M will host HCU at Blue Bell Park on March 26 at 6 p.m. It can be watched on SEC Network +.

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Duke drops from top 10 in D1Baseball rankings after second straight series loss

The Blue Devils have now lost four of their last seven after back-to-back series losses to Clemson and NC State.

After back-to-back series losses in conference play, the Duke Blue Devils are no longer within the top 10 of D1Baseball’s rankings.

The site released an updated top 25 on Monday morning, and Duke slipped two spots down to 11th.

The Blue Devils defeated NC State on Sunday, a 13-2 mercy-rule victory in just seven innings, but losses on Friday and Saturday still handed the Wolfpack the series. Duke lost both previous games by a single run, dropping a 4-3 game on Friday before a 9-8 loss on Saturday.

The loss comes after Clemson took two of three from the Blue Devils in Durham the weekend before, taking Saturday before an extra-inning victory on Sunday for the upset.

After a 14-3 start to the season that features a series win over then-No. 1 Wake Forest to start the conference slate, the Blue Devils have now lost four of their past seven games.

Arkansas remained atop the rankings, followed by Oregon State in second and Clemson in third. Five straight SEC teams took the next five spots (Texas A&M, Tennessee, Florida, Vanderbilt, and LSU, in order) before Virginia took the ninth spot and Dallas Baptist jumped above Duke into 10th.

The Blue Devils are the third of eight ACC teams in the ranking. Wake Forest comes in one spot behind them in 12th, followed immediately by Virginia Tech in 13th and North Carolina in 14th. Florida State finished 17th, and NC State vaulted up to 22nd after the upset.

Despite rough week, Oklahoma remains in D1Baseball’s Top 25

Oklahoma remains in D1Baseball’s Top 25 despite bad week on the diamond.

Last week was challenging for an Oklahoma team that had begun to find its way. The Sooners posted a 1-3 record, and the lone win was a combined no-hitter Friday night against West Virginia courtesy of juniors [autotag]Braden Davis[/autotag] and [autotag]Reid Hensley[/autotag].

Outside of that, it was a drag for Skip Johnson’s ball team. D1Baseball didn’t hold it against Oklahoma too much, though. Despite their three losses, the Sooners remained in the Top 25 at exactly No. 25 in the latest poll.

Arkansas remains the cream of the crop, coming in at No. 1. Oregon State is number two, while Clemson moved from four to three. Former Big 12 foe Texas A&M is No. 4, while Tennessee vaults from eighth to fifth.

The Big 12 only has one other representative in this week’s poll, as Kansas State has joined the mix at No. 23. TCU, previously No. 18, dropped out after a 2-2 week.

Oklahoma will have the chance to pick itself up off the mat this week as it returns to action Tuesday at home against in-state foe Oral Roberts. The first pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and can be seen via SoonerVision on ESPN+. After that, the Sooners host a Thursday-Saturday series with Lamar.

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After massive sweep of No. 18 TCU, OU baseball lands in D1Baseball’s top 25 at No. 17

Oklahoma lands in D1Baseball’s Top 25 for the first time this season after sweeping No.18 TCU.

This OU baseball team has been playing some inspired baseball recently. The Sooners have now reeled off back-to-back conference sweeps to start the 2024 conference schedule.

Despite a midweek loss to their Bedlam rivals Oklahoma State, the Sooners went 4-1 last week. Their conquest of the TCU Horned Frogs in Fort Worth raised plenty of eyebrows and was more than enough for the Sooners to go from unranked to No. 17 in the latest D1Baseball Top 25.

TCU was No. 12 in the country when the Sooners played this weekend, and now they are 18th, directly behind the Sooners. With Oklahoma’s inclusion into the mix, the Big 12 has two teams in the top 25. Texas and Texas Tech both fell out in this latest update after each team lost two games last week.

At the top, Arkansas remains the nation’s number-one team. Oregon State is behind them, followed by perennial powerhouse Vanderbilt at three—Clemson, LSU, and Florida slot in at four, five, and six. Texas A&M, Tennessee, Duke, and ECU round out the top 10.

The Sooners also were ranked 14th by Baseball America and 18th by Perfect Game USA.

After four straight wins against teams from the state of Texas, Oklahoma will look to keep it going on Tuesday at L. Dale Mitchell Park for a midweek matchup vs. No. 15 Dallas Baptist on Tuesday night. Dallas Baptist beat Oklahoma earlier this season, 11-7, when the two met in Dallas for a midweek affair.

 

Duke slides in latest D1Baseball rankings after series loss to Clemson; remains in top 10

Duke lost its first series of the year, an ACC matchup with Clemson, and slid down three spots to ninth in latest D1Baseball poll.

The Duke Blue Devils have lost a series for the first time all season. It wasn’t as if they lost a team to be ashamed of, but this is the first series loss Chris Pollard and his team will have to bounce back from.

The Clemson Tigers came to Durham for Duke’s home ACC opening weekend, and the Tigers spoiled it, taking the Saturday and Sunday games to claim the series. With that series loss, the Blue Devils have slid in the latest D1Baseball rankings. Duke remains a top-10 team, but they are now ninth after their three-spot slide.

Arkansas continues to cruise atop the rankings, while Oregon State and Vanderbilt round out the top three. The Commodores jumped six spots.

Clemson shot up six spots to fourth, now the highest-ranked ACC team in the poll. A slew of SEC teams follow with LSU and Florida at fifth and sixth, respectively, and Texas A&M and Tennessee rounding out the teams in front of Duke.

Fellow North Carolina-based team ECU officially cracked the top 10 for the first time this season.

Florida State debuted at 12, joining the ranks of ACC teams inside the top 25. The Seminoles have reeled off 18 straight wins to start the season and are the only undefeated team in the poll.

Virginia is 14th after taking a series from Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons continue to slide after their second straight series loss. They are now 16th after holding the seventh spot last week.

Virginia Tech also enters the poll after being unranked last week. They are 19th, one place ahead of UNC at 20. After a week that saw them go winless, getting swept by Georgia Tech, the NC State Wolfpack are officially out of the poll.

Duke will end its six-game homestand on Tuesday when it hosts Towson at Jack Coombs Field. The first pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Florida drops four spots in Week 4 D1Baseball rankings update

Florida’s early season struggles have finally forced the to slide down the D1Baseball rankings, and the schedule is only getting tougher.

Florida remains inside the D1Baseball top 10 for now, but a 2-2 week on the diamond has the Gators down four spots to No. 8 overall in the country.

Wake Forest lost its No. 1 ranking after a series loss to Duke this weekend. Arkansas is the new top dog, followed by LSU, Oregon State, Texas A&M and Tennessee. The Blue Devils are now in the No. 6 spot and the Demon Deacons have dropped to No. 7 overall.

Florida is the only five-loss team inside the top 20, which says a lot about how highly this team is thought of. Beating Miami was big, and Florida hasn’t come out of a weekend as a series loser yet — Mother Nature won the St. John’s series. The Gators will face a big test facing No. 4 Texas A&M this weekend.

Looking at the rest of the SEC, Vanderbilt stayed put at No. 9, Alabama is up one spot to No. 14 and Auburn climbed to No. 18. Surprisingly, Florida’s midweek opponent, FSU, is nowhere to be found on D1’s rankings.

Here is a look at the complete Week 4 rankings from D1Baseball.

Rank Team Overall Last Week Previous Rank
1 Arkansas 13-2 4-0 2
2 LSU 14-2 3-1 3
3 Oregon State 15-1 4-0 6
4 Texas A&M 16-0 5-0 7
5 Tennessee 16-1 5-0 8
6 Duke 13-2 3-1 12
7 Wake Forest 12-3 2-2 1
8 Florida 10-5 2-2 4
9 Vanderbilt 14-3 4-0 9
10 Clemson 13-1 4-0 10
11 East Carolina 10-4 3-0 11
12 TCU 14-2 2-2 5
13 NC State 12-2 3-0 14
14 Alabama 15-1 4-0 15
15 North Carolina 14-2 4-0 16
16 Coastal Carolina 14-2 5-0 18
17 Virginia 13-3 3-2 13
18 Auburn 12-3 3-1 19
19 Dallas Baptist 13-2 3-1 20
20 South Carolina 13-3 5-0 21
21 Campbell 11-4 3-1 22
22 UC Irvine 13-1 4-1 23
23 Texas 9-6 2-2 24
24 Texas Tech 11-4 2-2 17
25 UC Santa Barbara 9-5 4-0 25

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Duke now top ACC team at No. 6 in latest D1Baseball poll, the highest rank in school history

Duke ascends to No. 6 in latest D1Baseball poll after a series victory over top-ranked Wake Forest, the highest ranking in program history.

Duke’s series win over the then-No. 1 Wake Forest Demon Deacons sent some pretty sizable ripples through the rest of the collegiate baseball landscape.

The series win vindicated Duke as a team that everyone should be cognizant of going forward, and it also sent a message to the rest of the ACC that things will not be a breeze for Wake Forest to just coast to a regular-season title.

Duke made the trip from Durham, NC, to Winston-Salem this past weekend and took two of three from the previously top-ranked Demon Deacons. That win had a massive effect on the latest D1Baseball poll.

Duke is now the highest-ranked ACC team in the country, having leaped from 12th to 6th, which marks the highest ranking in program history by D1Baseball.

Duke had a 3-1 week in total, which started with a 28-2 dismantling of the Appalachian State Mountaineers in the middle of the week before they made their trip to take on Wake Forest to open ACC play.

Arkansas is now the No. 1-ranked team in the country. Wake Forest dropped six spots to seventh.

Elsewhere in the ACC, Clemson remains steady at 10th after another undefeated week of action. NC State moved up one spot to No. 13 in the newest poll. UNC also moved up one place, going from 16th to 15th. Virginia suffered two losses to the Miami Hurricanes last week and fell four spots from 13th to 17th.

In their latest rankings, Baseball America ranked Duke No. 3, and Perfect Game ranked the Blue Devils No. 5.

The Blue Devils will continue its journey to ascend into the top five with two midweek games against Rider starting Tuesday. They follow that up with another top-10 matchup as Clemson gets set to come to town to start a three-game set on Friday.

Florida baseball stays at No. 4 after beating Miami Hurricanes

The top 14 on the list remain the same as last week with Wake Forest, Arkansas, LSU, Florida and TCU leading the college baseball world.

After winning the Miami series with an 8-4 Sunday victory over the Hurricanes, the Florida Gators remain at No. 4 in the latest college baseball poll from D1Baseball.

The top 14 on the list remain the same as last week with Wake Forest, Arkansas, LSU, Florida and TCU leading the college baseball world. Texas A&M, Tennessee and Vanderbilt are all in the top 10 as well, but that’s expected from the best conference in the sport.

Alabama is the first mover on the list, jumping up a spot into the top 15. Auburn started the season unranked and is now up to No. 19, and No. 21 South Carolina is holding on to a spot on the list despite a 1-2 week.

“There are no significant changes in the rankings until you get in the 15-20 range,” the site reads. “Alabama, North Carolina and Texas Tech each moved up a spot, while Coastal Carolina, Auburn and Dallas Baptist moved into the Top 20 after having excellent weeks.”

Indiana is the only program that dropped off the list this week. Texas is on the hot seat, though after falling nine spots to No. 24.

Here is a look at the complete post-Week 3 rankings from D1Baseball.

Rank Team Overall Last Week Previous Rank
1 Wake Forest 10-1 4-0 1
2 Arkansas 9-2 4-0 2
3 LSU 11-1 4-0 3
4 Florida 8-3 3-2 4
5 TCU 12-0 5-0 5
6 Oregon State 11-1 4-0 6
7 Texas A&M 11-0 4-0 7
8 Tennessee 11-1 4-0 8
9 Vanderbilt 10-3 5-0 9
10 Clemson 9-1 3-0 10
11 East Carolina 7-4 2-2 11
12 Duke  10-1  3-1 12
13 Virginia 10-1 3-1 13
14 NC State 9-2 5-0 14
15 Alabama 11-1  3-1 16
16 North Carolina 10-2 5-0 17
17 Texas Tech 9-2 3-0 18
18 Coastal Carolina 9-2 4-0 22
19 Auburn 9-2 3-1 23
20 Iowa 10-1 3-1 25
21 South Carolina 8-3 1-2 19
22 UCLA 8-3 2-2 21
23 Northeastern 49-0 3-0 NR
24 Texas 7-4 1-3 15
25 UC Santa Barbara  5-5  2-2  24

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After series win over Akron, Duke remains steady at No.12 in D1Baseball Top 25

Duke remains at No. 12 in D1Baseball ahead of week that features five games. Three of those games are against top ranked Wake Forest.

Despite losing its first game this past weekend, Chris Pollard’s baseball team is a crisp 10-1 and remains the no. 12 team in the latest D1Baseball poll released Monday morning.

D1Baseball released its top 25 this week, with no movement at the top as every team in the top 14 remained the same from last week’s poll. There are still six ACC schools in. the top 25, with Wake Forest pacing the country at number one. Clemson is still the 10th-ranked team in the country after they went 3-0 last week with two big wins over their biggest rivals, the South Carolina Gamecocks. Much like Duke, Virginia suffered its first loss last week, yet they remain at 13. NC State went an impressive 5-0 and remains steady at 14. The Tarheels of North Carolina were the only ACC team to slide as they fell one spot to 17th despite going 5-0 last week themselves.

Duke has two mid-week games this week against Appalachian State and Georgetown before the Blue Devils make their first proper road trip this upcoming weekend to Winston-Salem to take on the top-ranked Demon Deacons to kickstart off conference play.

Duke was 1-2 in their home series versus Wake Forest last year, with both losses to Wake Forest being by two runs apiece, sandwiched between an 8-1 win.