Florida and Vanderbilt have been pillars of consistency this season but everyone behind them is still searching for their identity. Our new #3 Virginia will stake their claim as one of the nation’s top teams following their series win against then #4 Florida State. Arizona State joins the top 5 for the first time this season, though NCAA sanctions will keep them out of post season play. Texas has been in and out of the top 5 a few times as the Horns have fluctuated anywhere from 4-8 throughout the season.
Next Weekend’s Key Matchups:
#2 Vanderbilt @ Arkansas
#15 Arizona @ #4 Arizona State
#6 South Carolina @ #1 Florida
Rank |
Team |
W-L |
Last Week |
Previous |
Comments |
1. |
Florida |
18-2 |
1-0 v. Florida State, 3-0 v. LSU |
1 |
Gators couldn’t have had a better week beating FSU midweek and sweeping LSU on the road. |
2. |
Vanderbilt |
19-2 |
1-0 v. Purdue, 2-1 v. Mississippi St. |
2 |
Rare blown save by Navery Moore on Sunday cost the Dores a perfect week. |
3. |
Virginia |
19-2 |
1-0 v. James Madison, 2-1 v. Florida State |
5 |
Sunday’s loss to Florida State snapped 13 game winning streak. |
4. |
Arizona State |
15-4 |
2-0 v. Oklahoma, 2-1 v. Oral Roberts |
7 |
Took 2 midweek games from then #3 Oklahoma, where Ace Jake Barrett had his best start of the year (6IP 6H 3ER 2BB 11K). |
5. |
Texas |
15-5 |
1-0 v. Texas St., 3-0 v. Kansas St. |
8 |
Texas has so much pitching depth that they posted a perfect week without LHP Sam Stafford. |
6. |
South Carolina |
14-4 |
0-1 v. Furman, 1-0 v. Wofford, 2-1 v. Georgia |
6 |
True test will come next weekend when they travel to Gainesville to take on #1 Florida. |
7. |
Florida State |
16-4 |
0-1 at Florida, 1-2 at Virginia |
4 |
A 1-3 week is never good but all games were against the #1 and #3 teams in the nation and all 4 games went into extra innings. |
8. |
Texas A&M |
15-5 |
1-0 v. Cal State Fullerton, 2-1 @ Oklahoma |
16 |
Friday’s loss was a 1-0 pitching duel between John Stilson and Michael Rocha. |
9. |
Oklahoma |
17-5 |
0-2 at ASU, 1-2 v. Texas A&M |
3 |
Like Florida State, the Sooners had a rough week against quality opponents. |
10. |
Georgia Tech |
17-4 |
2-0 v. Georgia Southern, 3-0 v. NC State |
15 |
Mark Pope is throwing as well as any starter in the nation and Jed Bradley will be a first round pick in June. Jackets have won 12 straight. |
11. |
Cal State Fullerton |
11-7 |
0-1 @ Texas A&M, 3-0 v. Washington |
14 |
Strong bounce back after being swept by LSU last weekend. |
12. |
Stanford |
6-5 |
Did Not Play |
13 |
After taking a week off for finals and rain ruined another, the Cardinal haven’t played since March 6th. |
13. |
TCU |
12-7 |
0-1 v. UT Arlington, 2-1 at UNLV |
9 |
Do the Horned Frogs miss Bryan Holoday that much? |
14. |
LSU |
16-4 |
1-0 at Nicholls State, 0-3 v. Florida |
10 |
Getting swept at home stinks but Florida would sweep most teams on the planet. |
15. |
Arizona |
15-5 |
0-2 @ Wichita St., 2-0 v. San Francisco |
11 |
Two midweek starts – followed by two weekend starts – two weeks in a row for ace Kurt Heyer. Give him a break! |
16. |
UCLA |
8-6 |
Did Not Play |
12 |
Is it fair for me to drop them 4 spots when they didn’t play? Yes. Had they played it might have ridded that ugly taste the Nebraska series left. |
17. |
UC Irvine |
14-2 |
2-1 v. Loyola Marymount |
17 |
Anteaters winning with strong pitching as they have a team ERA of 2.62. |
18. |
Fresno St. |
14-2 |
3-0 v. Washington St. |
NR |
This is the best squad Fresno has had since their national championship team of 2008. |
19. |
Clemson |
10-7 |
0-1 v. Presbyterian, 3-0 v. Duke |
18 |
Clemson sweeps Duke after tough series losses to #6 South Carolina and #3 Virginia. |
20. |
North Carolina |
18-3 |
1-0 v. Prinston, 3-0 at Virginia Tech |
22 |
Surprising Tar Heels back on track after series loss to Wake Forest last weekend. |
21. |
California |
12-5 |
0-1 v. San Francisco, 2-0 v. Ohio State |
23 |
Justin Jones and Dixon Anderson were great against the Buckeyes. |
22. |
Tulane |
16-4 |
1-0 v. SE Louisiana, 1-0 v. Alcorn St, 3-0 v. New Orleans. |
NR |
Green Wave hasn’t been this good since Shooter Hunt was taking the hill. |
23. |
Rice |
13-9 |
0-1 v. Dallas Baptist, 3-0 v. Louisiana Tech |
20 |
Freshman Austin Kubitza has become the ace the Owls have needed. |
24. |
Oregon |
11-7 |
3-0 @ San Diego |
19 |
San Diego falls to 4-14. |
25. |
Auburn |
14-6 |
1-0 v. Alabama, 2-1 v. Arkansas |
NR |
After a series loss to Arizona State dropped Auburn out of the top 25, they rebound this week with a strong win against Arkanas. |
Dropped out: Arkansas (21), Louisville (24), Connecticut (25)