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Christian Moore named National Player of the Week

Tennessee’s Christian Moore named National Player of the Week after winning series at Kentucky.

Tennessee junior Christian Moore was named National Player of the Week by Perfect Game and D1Baseball on Monday.

He was also named SEC Player of the Week after the Vols’ series win at Kentucky.

Moore recorded at least one hit and one RBI in all three games against the Wildcats. He went 8-for-11, recording four home runs, eight RBIs and five runs.

Moore totaled four hits, tying a career high on Saturday and Sunday. He hit three home runs and recorded six RBIs on Sunday to help Tennessee win the series, Kentucky’s first conference series loss of the 2024 season.

READ: Tennessee baseball career home run tracker

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

Oklahoma rejoins D1Baseball top 25 at No. 18 after undefeated week

OU is riding a seven game winning streak and went from being unranked to the highest ranked Big 12 team in this week’s D1Baseball poll.

Oklahoma took its first and last trip to Provo as Big 12 baseball members and walked away with a sweep. It was the Sooners’ fourth sweep in conference play and helped push OU back into the D1Baseball Top 25.

The Sooners went from unranked to No. 18 in the latest D1Baseball poll after their showing against the Cougars. Their performance cemented their first-place spot in the Big 12 and extended their win streak to seven straight games.

Oklahoma has been on a heater as they pushed out to a 14-4 Big 12 record, three games clear of three teams tied for second place.

The Sooners are one of two Big 12 teams in the Top 25, along with their in-state foes, Oklahoma State. Texas A&M, Arkansas, and Tennessee are the top three in that order. Kentucky, Clemson, and Duke round out the top six. East Carolina, Wake Forest, Oregon State, and the Florida State Seminoles round out the top 10.

 

Oklahoma State is just three spots back of Oklahoma at No. 19. The Cowboys dropped four spots after a 1-3 week on the diamond.

Oklahoma is ranked 16th by Baseball America, while Perfect Game has the Sooners ranked 23rd in their latest rankings.

The Sooners will continue its pursuit of the Big 12 regular season title and the top seed in the Big 12 tournament as it hosts Wichita State for a midweek game on Tuesday and will host Red River rivals Texas for a weekend series.

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Four Florida freshmen on Perfect Game’s 2026 Draft Board

Florida’s freshman class has a ton of talent, and four players are getting draft mentions early on in their collegiate careers.

The college baseball season is in full swing, which means scouts are getting in-game looks at the guys who will make up the bulk of the 2026 MLB draft.

Four Florida freshmen are standing out so far and made Perfect Game’s first in-season 2026 Draft Board.

Saturday starter Liam Peterson is looking like a first-round pick and checks in at No. 6 on this list. He’s considered the top college arm in the class, with Arkansas’ Gabe Gaeckle and LSU’s Cameron Johnson close behind. Peterson has struggled lately, but he’s still a freshman facing SEC lineups. That kind of experience is invaluable for a talented arm.

At No. 28 on the list is left-handed reliever Frank Menendez. Although his numbers haven’t been good through five appearances (20.25 ERA over 1.1 innings pitched), he’s flashed some good stuff as he finds his footing on a college mound. The Gators have used him in high-leverage and matchup situations mostly.

Right-hander Luke McNeillie is at No. 47 on the list. He started the season as a potential midweek starter for Florida, but he’s looked better in relief situations. There’s closer potential in him, but he’s got starter stuff, similar to Brandon Neely.

Rounding out the quarter of Gators on this list is outfielder Hayden Yost at No. 65 overall. Yost has appeared in more than half of Florida’s games so far, including two midweek starts against Bethune-Cookman and UCF. Yost’s glove will play at the college level, perhaps in center field, and he’s figuring things out at the plate.

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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 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 drops in rankings after opening weekend

Opening weekend did not go as planned for Florida baseball, and the Gators have dropped in the rankings as a result.

The college baseball season began this weekend, and now the world has an idea of what each team in the country has to offer. As a result, the various rankings across college baseball have received an update, and Florida’s 0-1 series loss to St. John’s has the Gators moving down those lists.

D1Baseball dropped Florida from No. 2 overall to No. 4, Baseball America dropped UF from No. 4 to No. 5 and Perfect Game moved Florida from No. 2 to No. 6, according to a graphic posted on social media.

It’s only natural for Florida to take a dip in these rankings after a rough opening weekend. The Gators lost on opening night, 9-5, and the other two games in the series were canceled due to weather.

Florida has a chance to get back to .500 quickly with a Tuesday matchup with a home-and-home series against North Florida on Tuesday and Wednesday. Then, the Gators host Columbia — an NCAA Tournament team from a year ago — for a bit of a test.

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Which Florida baseball players are among the best in their class?

Perfect Game released four lists, ranking the best players in college baseball by class, and several Gators made the cut.

Perfect Game, the world’s largest and most comprehensive scouting organization, recently released a series ranking the best college baseball players in each class.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, several Florida Gators made it onto those various lists, but that’s merely a testament to the quality of program Kevin O’Sullivan has built in Gainesville. Florida baseball should be prosperous for years to come if these rankings are anywhere near accurate.

Let’s take a look at each Gator that made a list.

Three LSU Freshmen make Perfect Game’s Top-75 Freshmen list

There are three LSU Tigers on that list and one of them is No. 1.

[autotag]Perfect Game[/autotag] recently released a list of who they view as the top-75 college baseball freshmen as we head into the 2024 season. There are three LSU Tigers on that list and one of them is No. 1.

[autotag]Cam Johnson[/autotag], [autotag]Jake Brown[/autotag], and [autotag]Steven Milam[/autotag] are the three Tigers that made the list and all of them have a chance to play a big role for LSU this spring.

Johnson was the prize of the 2023 recruiting class. He is a left-handed pitcher who was rated as the No. 42 overall prospect in the 2023 MLB draft. Instead of starting his MLB journey with the St. Louis Cardinals, he chose to go to Baton Rouge. He was ranked as the No. 1 incoming freshman by Perfect Game.

Brown was the No. 1 high school baseball player in the state of Louisiana and he brings multiple skills to the table. In high school, he played in the outfield and was a pitcher. He was selected by the Texas Rangers in the MLB Draft but chose to go to LSU instead.

Milam was the No. 1 overall player from the state of New Mexico. He won the 2023 Gatorade Player of the Year in New Mexico after batting .627 with 52 hits, 50 RBI and 65 runs. All three of these guys are names you should learn as we get ready for the 2024 season.

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Florida baseball No. 4 in Perfect Game Preseason Rankings

The national experts are expecting another big year from Florida’s baseball team. Perfect Game has the Gators in its preseason top five.

After finishing as the runner-up in the 2023 College World Series, the Florida Gators opened the 2024 season as the No. 4 team in the country.

Perfect Game, “the world’s largest most comprehensive scouting organization,” ranked Florida behind Wake Forest, Arkansas and LSU on the preseason list.

The Tigers beat the Gators in the CWS finals, and the Demon Deacons also made it to Omaha in 2023. The Razorbacks have reloaded after coming up short in the Fayetteville Regional last year. Florida will face both SEC teams ranked above it on the road this season — Mar. 22-24 at LSU and April 26-28 at Arkansas.

Florida returns a good amount of talent from its dominant 2023 club, but some of the biggest pieces on both sides of the ball have moved on. If the transfers and freshmen can step into those roles somewhat seamlessly, Florida has a chance to finish the year ranked in one of the three spots ahead of its preseason placement.

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Where does LSU rank in Perfect Game’s preseason top 25?

Jay Johnson and the LSU Tigers are getting ready to defend their national title.

College baseball season is right around the corner, and [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers are getting ready to defend their national title.

Perfect Game has released their preseason top 25 before the season gets here. Where do the reigning national champs land on the poll?

LSU will start off the 2024 season as the No. 3 team in the country according to Perfect Game. The Tigers find themselves behind two teams that they beat in 2023. Wake Forest, whom LSU beat in the College World Series, and Arkansas, whom LSU won a series against during the season, are No. 1 and No. 2 on Perfect Game’s poll.

On Friday, Perfect Game named [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and [autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag] as Preseason All-Americans. Those two players will be pivotal to LSU’s success this year. [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] returns to the team as well as some new faces straight out of high school in what could be another great season at Alex Box Stadium.

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