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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