SEC baseball owns the top 5 spots in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll

The latest USA Today Coaches Poll is out and the SEC dominates these baseball rankings, as expected.

There are only two undefeated teams ranked in the new poll and both hail from the SEC as Arkansas holds firm at No. 1 and South Carolina reaching the top 10 as the Gamecocks are No. 8 following a 10-0 start to the season.

The entire top 5 of the poll belongs to the nation’s best conference this week as Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Florida are all found at the top of the poll.

By next week, there could be 10 SEC teams ranked as Georgia is the first team listed among the “others receiving votes” category.

Here is the latest USA Today Coaches Poll:

#1 Arkansas

#2 Vanderbilt

#3 Ole Miss

#4 Mississippi State

#5 Florida

#6 UCLA

#7 Texas Tech

#8 South Carolina

#9 Oklahoma State

#10 Georgia Tech

#11 TCU

#12 Louisville

#13 Miami

#14 Tennessee

#15 ECU

#16 Oregon State

#17 Arizona

#18 Boston College

#19 (tie) Virginia Tech

#19 (tie) LSU

#21 (tie) Texas

#22 (tie) FAU

#23 Alabama

#24 UC Santa Barbara

#25 Notre Dame

Others receiving votes

Georgia 59; Oregon 40; Stanford 33; Arizona State 31; Virginia 28; North Carolina 27; Coastal Carolina 24; Southern Illinois 22; West Virginia 21; Pittsburgh 14; USC Upstate 13; Dallas Baptist 11; Michigan 8; Auburn 8; Clemson 6; UNC-Greensboro 5; Southern Miss 5; North Carolina State 4; Louisiana-Lafayette 4; Florida Gulf Coast 3; UNC Wilmington 2; St. John’s 2; Ball State 2; Washington State 1; Ohio State 1; Lamar 1.

SDS Staff

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