Two losses at USC might have cost Oregon more than its ranking

Oregon’s two losses in Los Angeles hurt the Ducks in many more ways than just their Top 25 ranking.

Losing three of four games last week dropped the Oregon Ducks baseball team out of the USA TODAY Coaches poll.

The Ducks were ranked 19th in the country, but a loss at Oregon State and two defeats at USC were enough to cost Oregon their top-25 ranking.

Coach Mark Wasikowski’s team still holds fourth place in the Pac-12 with a 14-10 conference mark and 31-16 overall. But the two losses to the Trojans might have severely hurt the Ducks’ chances at possibly hosting an NCAA regional. They have an RPI of 26, which fell four spots from No. 22.

The top 16 teams host regionals.

Oregon plays its final home series this weekend before ending the regular season at Utah and then the conference tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Rank Team Record Points Change
1 Wake Forest 39-7 771 (27) +1
2 LSU 37-10 738 (4) -1
3 Arkansas 36-12 683 +3
4 Vanderbilt 34-13 645 +1
5 Florida 37-12 635 -2
6 Stanford 31-13 612 +1
7 South Carolina 36-11 590 -3
8 Duke 32-13 496 +2
9 Coastal Carolina 30-16 470 -1
10 Connecticut 35-11 453 -1
11 West Virginia 36-12 391 +3
11 Campbell 36-10 391 +2
13 Miami 31-16 371 -2
14 Virginia 37-11 354 -2
15 East Carolina 34-14 323 –
16 Kentucky 33-13 322 +5
17 Boston College 30-16 236 –
18 Oregon State 33-14 229 +2
18 Dallas Baptist 36-12 229 –
20 Tennessee 32-16 193 -4
21 Clemson 31-17 187 +11
22 Oklahoma State 33-14 140 +1
23 Maryland 33-16 125 +4
24 Texas San Antonio 36-12 82 +2
25 Texas Tech 32-16 64 -1
25 Indiana State 32-13 64 +6

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