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College Top 25

May 8, 2006

Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	Rice	39-9	0-0	1
2.	North Carolina	39-8	0-0	2
3.	Cal State Fullerton	35-12	2-1	4
4.	Oregon State	34-11	2-1	5
5.	Nebraska	36-8	0-2	3
6.	Texas	36-15	5-0	7
7.	Clemson	33-13	0-0	8
8.	Kentucky	37-11	3-0	11
9.	Oklahoma	37-13	2-2	9
10.	Arkansas	34-15	3-1	14
11.	Notre Dame	37-11	2-2	10
12.	Alabama	34-16	0-3	6
13.	Virginia	39-10	1-0	13
14.	Houston	34-17	3-1	15
15.	Georgia Tech	36-12	3-0	16
16.	Georgia	31-16	3-0	NR
17.	Florida State	37-12	2-1	17
18.	Arizona State	30-16	1-0	20
19.	South Carolina	32-16	0-4	12
20.	Pepperdine	33-17	3-1	21
21.	College of Charleston	33-11	0-1	19
22.	Mississippi	31-18	1-3	18
23.	Miami	32-16	3-0	24
24.	Oklahoma State	33-13	2-0	NR
25.	Old Dominion	37-9	2-1	25
Dropped Out: Washington (22), Vanderbilt (23)

DURHAM, N.C.--Rice and North Carolina took the week off for final exams and remained in the top two spots in Baseball America's weekly Top 25 college baseball rankings.

Nebraska wasn't as lucky. The Cornhuskers dropped both of their games at Oklahoma State to fall from third to fifth in the rankings. The Cowboys made their 2006 debut in the rankings at No. 24 by becoming the first team to win a series against Nebraska this season.

Kentucky rose to No. 8 with its sweep of Mississippi, which entered the series with 11 consecutive victories. That gave the Wildcats nine Southeastern Conference wins in 10 games and moved them into first place overall in the conference. Elsewhere in the SEC, Georgia swept South Carolina to enter the rankings at No. 16. South Carolina fell from No. 12 to No. 19.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of May 8 and do not include ties.