TCU retained the No. 1 spot in the D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings for the third straight week.
TCU retained the No. 1 spot in the D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings for the third straight week after going 3-0 in the loaded Shriners College Classic. The Horned Frogs followed up a midweek win against Rice with three victories against ranked opponents in Houston: LSU, Texas A&M and Ole Miss.
Florida and Florida State held steady at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, after notching four wins on the week. Oregon State moved up three spots to No. 4 and Louisville jumped four places to No. 5. The Beavers and Cardinals are a combined 22-1 after three weeks.
Texas Tech also jumped four spots to No. 6 after a 3-1 week that included wins against Ole Miss and LSU in Houston. The Tigers fell three spots to No. 7 after their 1-2 showing at Minute Maid Park, while the Rebels slid five spots to No. 16 after going 0-4 on the week.
Two new teams entered the top 10: No. 9 Arizona and No. 10 Virginia. Stanford vaulted seven spots to No. 12 after taking three out of four from then-No. 21 Texas, which fell out of the rankings. Clemson also made a sizable jump after winning a thrilling series against rival South Carolina. The Tigers climbed six spots to No. 14, while the Gamecocks fell three spots to No. 8.
D1BASEBALL TOP 25: Also noteworthy this week, @ArizonaBaseball and @UVABaseball enter the Top 10, more moves.
— D1Baseball.com (@d1baseball) March 6, 2017
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Two preseason top 10 teams tumbled in the rankings. NC State fell 14 spots to No. 20 after losing to Charlotte, Rhode Island and Maryland at the USA Baseball-Irish Classic. And Vanderbilt dropped eight more spots to No. 25 after losing its second straight home series to an unranked opponent — Cal State Northridge.
Two teams entered the rankings: No. 22 Baylor and No. 24 Michigan. The Bears might be the nation’s biggest surprise after three weeks of play, getting off to an 11-1 start that includes a sweep of talented South Alabama and wins against Ole Miss and Texas A&M this weekend in Houston. The Wolverines, meanwhile, improved to 9-3 with wins over Southern California and San Diego in the Dodgertown Classic. Texas and Arkansas dropped out of the rankings.
