Baseball America top 25 rankings: Ole Miss ranked No. 1, SEC has 9 teams in updated poll
Baseball America has put out a pair of top 25 rankings so far this college baseball season and each time a team from the Southeastern Conference has ranked No. 1 in the poll.
Florida opened the season as the No. 1 team but dropped to No. 7 this week after opening the season 1-2 following an opening weekend series with Miami.
With the Gators struggling out of the gate, Ole Miss has seized the new No. 1 spot as the Rebels are 2-0 after beating TCU and Texas Tech, which are both ranked in the top 12 of the poll.
In total, there are nine SEC teams ranked in the new top 25 rankings from Baseball America.
Here is a complete look at the updated top 25 released on Monday by Baseball America:
#1 Ole Miss
#2 Virginia
#3 Miami
#4 Vanderbilt
#5 Louisville
#6 Arkansas
#7 Florida
#8 Mississippi State
#9 Florida State
#10 TCU
#11 Duke
#12 Texas Tech
#13 LSU
#14 UCLA
#15 NC State
#16 South Carolina
#17 Tennessee
#18 Texas
#19 UC Santa Barbara
#20 Michigan
#21 Georgia Tech
#22 Alabama
#23 Arizona
#24 ECU
#25 Oklahoma
Cover image credit: Ole Miss Baseball
I’m not saying this poll doesn’t matter but SEC coaches say they go by the D1 Baseball Poll more than less.
D1baseball poll out too, Ole Miss #1, Arkansas #2, Vandy #3.
Congratulations on dominant performance this weekend.
Only thing tougher in DI than SEC football is SEC baseball. Of the Top 25, the SEC has 9 ranked. Now we go beat each other up so other weaker conferences will have hope for consideration for regionals.
Agreed! I do think the SEC gauntlet, however, prepares SEC teams for the NCAA Tournament and College World Series. The SEC has had a lot of champions; 12 in the past 30 years:
Vanderbilt
Florida
South Carolina
LSU
Georgia
Auburn fans prefer the NCAA poll that has Tigers ranked 21st.
They’ll do fine this year as long as they don’t host another regional with Tennessee Tech again.
Ole miss and Arkansas played the same schedule with the same results… why isn’t Arkansas number 2 if ole miss number 1?