As conference races tighten up and the regular season winds down, the May 12 edition of the USA TODAY Sports College Baseball Coaches Poll has seen many changes from this past week’s action, including a major shakeup at the top of the rankings.
LSU moved up three spots to the top national position as the Tigers took two out of three games against Arkansas. The Tigers replace Texas, which slipped to No. 3 after losing two out of three games against Florida.
Florida State rose one spot to No. 2 following a series win over California, and Arkansas dipped three spots to No. 5.
The largest jump in this week’s poll belonged to the Gators, who soared 11 spots from unranked to the No. 21 position. Duke‘s leap in the polls was not too far behind as the Blue Devils moved nine spots to No. 24 thanks to a series win over now-No. 13 Clemson.
Inversely, Oklahoma suffered the largest fall in the polls as the Sooners dropped completely out of the Top 25 from No. 16 after being swept by Kentucky.
For the Big Ten, Oregon remained at No. 7 with a series sweep of Washington, while UCLA rose two spots to No. 15 after sweeping Illinois.
Following a series loss against now-No. 10 Oregon State that included a rare tie on Sunday, Iowa baseball (37-17-1, 21-6) dropped further the receiving votes category as the Hawkeyes now only hold six votes compared to their 19 from last week.
Iowa will have its best opportunity of the season to jump into the Top 25 this week as they host No. 7 Oregon for a three-game series from Duane Banks Field on Thursday. If the Hawkeyes win at least two games over the Ducks, Iowa will clinch their first conference regular-season title since 1990.
Iowa is amongst 18 other programs also vying for recognition, so a series victory over Oregon coupled with a Big Ten regular-season crown could possibly be enough to vault the Hawkeyes into the Top 25.
Below is how the full USA TODAY Sports College Baseball Coaches Poll appears for the week of May 12-19:
| Rank | Team | Record | Change |
| 1 | LSU | 40-12 | +3 |
| 2 | Florida State | 36-11 | +1 |
| 3 | Texas | 40-10 | -2 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 37-11 | +1 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 41-11 | -3 |
| 6 | Auburn | 36-15 | +2 |
| 7 | Oregon | 38-13 | — |
| 8 | Georgia | 40-13 | -2 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | 36-16 | +1 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 37-12-1 | +1 |
| 11 | Coastal Carolina | 41-11 | +3 |
| 12 | UC Irvine | 38-11 | +3 |
| 13 | Clemson | 38-15 | -4 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 39-13 | -2 |
| 15 | UCLA | 37-14 | +2 |
| 16 | Alabama | 39-13 | +4 |
| 17 | West Virginia | 40-10 | -4 |
| 18 | NC State | 32-16 | +1 |
| 19 | Southern Miss. | 38-13 | +2 |
| 20 | Troy | 37-16 | -2 |
| 21 | Florida | 35-18 | +11 |
| 22 | Dallas Baptist | 36-13 | +3 |
| 23 | Louisville | 34-17 | +1 |
| 24 | Duke | 35-16 | +9 |
| 25 | Ole Miss. | 34-17 | +3 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 16 Oklahoma; No. 23 Arizona;
Others Receiving Votes
Georgia Tech 59; Northeastern 54; Oklahoma 42; TCU 36; UTSA 33; Arizona State 15; Arizona 14; Miami (FL) 11; Virginia 8; Western Kentucky 6; Kansas 6; Iowa 6; Austin Peay 4; Kentucky 2; Wake Forest 1; USC 1; Lamar 1; Kansas State 1; Connecticut 1;
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