The top team in the USA TODAY Sports baseball top 25 remains the same after a busy week on the diamond in college baseball.
No. 1 UCLA (13-2) is still the No. 1 team, going 4-0 over the past week since the most recent rankings dropped. That’s more than can be said for LSU, which opened the season at No. 1 and went a dismal 1-4 over its past five games, dropping from No. 2 in the country all the way to No. 13. The Tigers fell to Northeastern, Louisiana-Lafayette and lost a three-game series vs. Sacramento State.
At least the Tigers aren’t alone; another team fell out of the top 10 alongside them, as North Carolina (No. 6 to 14) and Florida (No. 8 to 18) also had sizeable drops.
Here’s a look at the updated baseball top 25 rankings from USA TODAY Sports, D1Baseball and Baseball America:
College baseball rankings (March 9)
First-place votes in parentheses
USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
UCLA (22)
Texas (7)
Mississippi State
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Arkansas
Southern Mississippi
Georgia
Clemson
North Carolina State
Oklahoma
Wake Forest
LSU
North Carolina
Florida State
Virginia
Oregon State
Florida
Southern California
Texas A&M
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas Christian
Mississippi
Coastal Carolina
Others receiving votes: Oregon 97; UTSA 90; West Virginia 32; UC Santa Barbara 30; Oklahoma State 26; Alabama 18; Miami (FL) 15; Louisville 9; Arizona State 8; California Baptist 3; Mercer 2; California 2; Minnesota 1; Cincinnati 1.
D1Baseball.com
UCLA
Texas
Mississippi State
Georgia Tech
Arkansas
Auburn
Southern Miss
Georgia
Oklahoma
NC State
Clemson
Wake Forest
LSU
Virginia
North Carolina
Coastal Carolina
TCU
Oregon State
Tennessee
Florida State
Kentucky
Texas A&M
Florida
UTSA
USC
Baseball America
UCLA
Mississippi State
Texas
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Georgia
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Virginia
Southern Miss
North Carolina
Clemson
LSU
TCU
NC State
Ole Miss
Florida State
Wake Forest
Texas A&M
USC
Tennessee
West Virginia
Oregon State
UTSA
Florida
