FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas fell to No. 2 in the USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll on Monday following a 2-1 series loss at Georgia.
The Razorbacks (32-5, 12-3 SEC) lost by 7-6 scores Saturday and Sunday following a 13-3 victory over the Bulldogs on Friday. Georgia moved from No. 6 to No. 5 in this week’s poll.
Texas replaced Arkansas as this week’s No. 1 team. The Longhorns received 23 first-place votes and the Razorbacks received 5. Third-ranked Tennessee and Georgia received 1 first-place vote apiece.
The SEC has 10 teams ranked this week. In addition to the teams in the top 5, LSU (7), Auburn (9), Ole Miss (11), Alabama (15), Oklahoma (16) and Vanderbilt (17) are also ranked.
Arkansas is scheduled to host Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday before a Thursday-Friday-Saturday series against Texas A&M at Baum-Walker Stadium. The Aggies were ranked No. 1 in the preseason, but fell from the poll following a subpar start to the season.
The Razorbacks have been ranked by coaches for 118 consecutive weeks since 2017, which is the longest active streak in college baseball. Arkansas has been included in the top 10 for 69 of the past 72 weeks.
In other polls updated Monday, the Razorbacks are ranked second by D1Baseball and fourth by Baseball America and Perfect Game. The coaches poll is the poll of record for WholeHogSports.
USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll, April 14
1. Texas (29-5)
2. Arkansas (32-5)
3. Tennessee (31-5)
4. Clemson (33-6)
5. Georgia (32-6)
6. Oregon State (26-7)
7. LSU (31-6)
8. Florida State (28-7)
9. Auburn (26-10)
10. North Carolina (28-8)
11. Ole Miss (27-9)
12. UCLA (28-7)
13. Georgia Tech (29-7)
14. UC Irvine (25-8)
15. Alabama (29-8)
16. Oklahoma (25-10)
17. Vanderbilt (26-10)
18. Oregon (24-10)
19. Louisville (26-9)
20. West Virginia (30-4)
21. Coastal Carolina (27-9)
22. Arizona (25-10)
T23. TCU (28-9)
T23. Troy (26-11)
25. Western Kentucky (31-5)
Dropped Out: Wake Forest (20), Kansas (22), Southern Miss (24)
