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The Top 25 NCAA Division I Rankings were released on May 6 from D1 Baseball.com, with the University of Tennessee taking over the No.1 spot.
Tennessee (39-9) took the top spot, moving up two spots from No. 3. They went 2-2, taking two out of three against Florida in Gainesville and losing against Lipscomb.
Clemson (36-10) took over the No.2 spot. They went 2-1, winning two out of three against Georgia Tech in Clemson.
Texas A&M (40-8) last week’s No.1 fell two spots to No.3 after going 2-2. They beat Tarleton and lost two out of three to LSU in Baton Rouge.
The University of Kentucky (35-10) moved up four spots from No.8 to No.4. They went 2-1, taking two out of three against last week’s No.2 Arkansas (40-9) in Lexington. Arkansas dropped two three spots to No.5.
The University of Virginia (35-12) moved into the top 10 and went up one spot from No.11. They went 2-0, beating VCU and Navy.
The University of Georgia (35-12) had the most significant rise in the rankings, moving four spots from No.19 to No.15. They went 4-0, beating Kennesaw State and sweeping a three-game series against last week’s No.17 Vanderbilt in Athens.
Georgia’s first baseman, Charlie Condon, hit a home run in every game last week and has a home run in seven straight games. He leads NCAA Division I with 33 home runs.
UC Irvine (34-10) had the biggest fall, dropping nine spots from No.9 to No.16. They went 2-2, beating San Diego State and winning one out of three against Cal Poly in Irvine.
After not being ranked last week, Troy (34-15) is at No. 21, the University of Oregon (32-15) is at No. 24, and UC Santa Barbara (31-12) is at No. 25.
The three teams that dropped out of the Top 25 NCAA Division I Rankings are Vanderbilt (32-16), which was previously No.17, Alabama (29-18), which was previously No.23, and Utah (30-15), which was previously No.25.
Oregon State (36-12) is at No.7, and they beat Gonzaga 20-13 on May 6. Infielder Travis Bazzana hit two home runs against Gonzaga. He has 26 home runs on the season, the most in a single season for Oregon State.
There are five top-25 matchups this week, including a matchup with top ten teams.
No.6 East Carolina will play in Greensville against No.9 Duke.
The ACC and SEC each have two top-25 matchups.
No.2 Clemson will travel to No.12 Wake Forest in Winston-Salem for a three-game series on May 10.
No.23 NC State will travel to No. 10 Virginia in Charlottesville for a three-game set this weekend.
No. 5 Arkansas will play at home in Fayetteville against No.14 Mississippi State for a three-game series on May 10.
No. 15 Georgia will travel to No.13 South Carolina for a three-game series in Columbia beginning on May 9.
Each of these games can be found on the WatchESPN app.
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Last Week Record |
Previous Rank |
| 1 |
Tennessee |
39-9 |
2-2 |
3 |
| 2 |
Clemson |
36-10 |
2-1 |
4 |
| 3 |
Texas A&M |
38-6 |
2-2 |
1 |
| 4 |
Kentucky |
35-10 |
2-1 |
8 |
| 5 |
Arkansas |
40-9 |
3-2 |
2 |
| 6 |
East Carolina |
37-9 |
2-1 |
5 |
| 7 |
Oregon State |
36-12 |
2-2 |
6 |
| 8 |
Florida State |
35-10 |
1-1 |
7 |
| 9 |
Duke |
32-14 |
2-0 |
10 |
| 10 |
Virginia |
35-12 |
2-0 |
11 |
| 11 |
North Carolina |
35-11 |
2-0 |
12 |
| 12 |
Wake Forest |
32-16 |
5-0 |
13 |
| 13 |
South Carolina |
32-15 |
3-1 |
15 |
| 14 |
Mississippi State |
32-16 |
3-1 |
16 |
| 15 |
Georgia |
35-12 |
4-0 |
19 |
| 16 |
UC Irvine |
34-10 |
2-2 |
9 |
| 17 |
Arizona |
29-17 |
3-1 |
21 |
| 18 |
Oklahoma |
29-17 |
3-2 |
22 |
| 19 |
Oklahoma State |
32-16 |
2-2 |
14 |
| 20 |
Indiana State |
34-10 |
3-1 |
24 |
| 21 |
Troy |
34-15 |
3-1 |
NR |
| 22 |
Louisiana |
34-15 |
1-2 |
18 |
| 23 |
NC State |
26-18 |
1-2 |
20 |
| 24 |
Oregon |
32-15 |
3-1 |
NR |
| 25 |
UC Santa Barbara |
31-12 |
3-1 |
NR |
