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College Top 25




Rk.
Team
W-L
Last Week
Prev.

1.
Cal State Fullerton26-8
2-1
1

2.
Rice28-8
4-0
4

3.
North Carolina
27-7
4-1
5

4.
Florida State
31-4
4-0
6

5.
Clemson
24-8
4-1
7

6.
Nebraska24-5
4-0
8

7.
South Carolina
27-6
1-3
2

8.
Texas24-11
3-0
9

9.
Alabama25-10
3-1
14

10.
Mississippi State
25-6
3-3
3

11.
Oregon State21-9
2-1
11

12.
Arkansas25-8
2-2
12

13.
Arizona State25-10
2-1
13

14.
Georgia Tech
25-8
3-2
10

15.
Old Dominion31-4
2-1
15

16.
North Carolina State
27-9
2-1
17

17.
Oklahoma24-10
3-1
19

18.
Vanderbilt21-11
2-2
16

19.
Kentucky25-8
3-1
23

20.
Southern California
20-14
3-1
NR

21.
College of Charleston
27-6
4-0
NR

22.
Creighton20-8
2-2
21

23.
San Diego
21-12
2-1
NR

24.
Baylor22-11
3-1
NR

25.
Winthrop26-9
3-2
24

Dropped Out: Tulane (18), Wake Forest (20), Pepperdine (22), Kansas (24).
DURHAM, N.C.--Cal State Fullerton maintained its hold on the No 1 spot in Baseball America's weekly college baseball rankings. The Titans have won 17 of their last 19 games.

Alabama continued its surge in the rankings, rolling into the Top 10 at No. 9. The Crimson Tide won a series at South Carolina, which slipped from No. 2 to No. 7, to tie the Gamecocks for first place in the Southeastern Conference at 9-3. Alabama won a series against then-No. 1 Mississippi State the previous weekend.

Southern California re-entered the rankings at No. 20. The Trojans have won seven of their last 11 games and lead the Pacific-10 Conference at 7-2. College of Charleston enters the Top 25 at No. 21 after a 4-0 week that included a win against No. 25 Winthrop. The Cougars have won 15 of their last 17 games.

San Diego and Baylor each won conference series to move back into the rankings at No. 23 and 24.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of April 9 and do not include ties.