There is a new No. 1 team in college baseball.
The Tennessee Volunteers, largely untested as they cruised to an 8-0 record to start the season, flexed their muscles over the weekend by sweeping through the Astros Foundation College Classic in Houston with wins over Oklahoma State, Rice and Arizona by a combined score of 23-6.
The former No. 1 team, Texas A&M, stumbled through a 1-3 week, losing at home to Texas State before going 1-2 in Houston with losses to Arizona and Oklahoma State and a win over Rice.
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Wake Forest, not A&M, had the biggest tumble this week, dropping from No. 11 to No. 22. That might seem a bit harsh for a week in which the Deacons went 3-2, but Wake has only one win over a team with a winning record (Maryland, 6-5) and lost to previously winless Princeton over the weekend.
There are three new teams in the rankings this week: Ole Miss (No. 15), Auburn (No. 20) and Troy (No. 25).
| Rank | Team | Last Week | Overall Record | Prev Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Tennessee |
4-0 |
11-0 |
3 |
|
2 |
Arkansas |
4-0 |
10-1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Florida |
4-1 |
11-1 |
4 |
|
4 |
LSU |
5-0 |
11-1 |
5 |
|
5 |
Florida State |
4-0 |
11-0 |
6 |
|
6 |
Clemson |
4-0 |
10-1 |
7 |
|
7 |
North Carolina |
6-0 |
12-0 |
8 |
|
8 |
Georgia |
4-0 |
12-1 |
9 |
|
9 |
Texas |
4-0 |
9-1 |
15 |
|
10 |
Oregon State |
2-1 |
7-3 |
12 |
|
11 |
Texas A&M |
1-3 |
6-4 |
1 |
|
12 |
Oregon |
4-0 |
10-2 |
13 |
|
13 |
Virginia |
4-0 |
7-3 |
14 |
|
14 |
Oklahoma |
5-0 |
11-0 |
23 |
|
15 |
Ole Miss |
4-0 |
10-1 |
NR |
|
16 |
Oklahoma State |
4-1 |
6-4 |
20 |
|
17 |
Dallas Baptist |
2-2 |
8-3 |
16 |
|
18 |
Vanderbilt |
2-2 |
9-3 |
10 |
|
19 |
UCSB |
3-1 |
9-2 |
19 |
|
20 |
Auburn |
4-0 |
11-1 |
NR |
|
21 |
Southern Miss |
2-2 |
9-3 |
22 |
|
22 |
Wake Forest |
3-2 |
10-3 |
11 |
|
23 |
Louisville |
4-1 |
8-2 |
21 |
|
24 |
Stanford |
3-2 |
10-2 |
18 |
|
25 |
Troy |
5-0 |
11-1 |
NR |
Dropped out: Mississippi State, Duke, TCU.
(Photo of Liam Doyle courtesy of Tennessee Athletics)
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