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College Top 25: March 5

Staff Report
March 5, 2007

DURHAM, N.C.-- For the third consecutive week, North Carolina holds onto the No. 1 spot in the Baseball America Top 25 Rankings. The Tar Heels lost their first game of the season on Saturday (3-2 in extra innings to Penn State) but won their other four games last week.

At 14-0 Vanderbilt jumps to No. 2. Sophomore third baseman Pedro Alvarez hit his sixth and seventh home runs over the weekend, combining with junior lefthanded pitcher David Price to get the Commodores off to their best start in school history.

Sweeping their annual home-and-home series against Clemson, South Carolina moves up from No. 4 to No. 3.

Florida State, the other undefeated team in the Top 25, moved up from No. 8 to No. 5. The 17-0 Seminoles are off to their best start in school history.

Arkansas fell from No. 5 to No. 10 after losing two of its three games in the Dairy Queen Classic (Minneapolis). With Nebraska, UC Riverside, and North Carolina State dropping out of the rankings, No. 20 Southern California and No. 24 Auburn makes their 2007 Top 25 debuts.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of March 4 and do not include ties.

Baseball America College Top 25 Rankings
Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Previous
1.	North Carolina	11-1	4-1	1
2.	Vanderbilt	14-0	4-0	3
3.	South Carolina	10-1	2-0	4
4.	Virginia	14-1	4-0	7
5.	Florida State	17-0	4-0	8
6.	Clemson	7-3	1-2	2
7.	Cal State Fullerton	12-5	3-1	10
8.	Rice	11-6	2-2	6
9.	Oregon State	13-3	2-1	9
10.	Arkansas	10-4	1-2	5
11.	Miami	9-5	3-0	12
12.	Texas	12-6	3-0	13
13.	Pepperdine	13-4	3-1	17
14.	Wichita State	10-4	2-2	11
15.	Arizona State	12-5	2-2	14
16.	Oklahoma State	10-3	4-0	21
17.	Coastal Carolina	12-2	3-1	22
18.	Texas A&M	15-1	4-0	25
19.	Long Beach State	8-4	0-0	19
20.	Southern California	13-7	4-0	NR
21.	Georgia Tech	8-6	2-2	15
22.	San Diego	12-8	1-3	16
23.	UCLA	7-7	0-0	23
24.	Auburn	13-2	4-0	NR
25.	Evansville	8-4	4-0	NR
Dropped Out: Nebraska (18), UC Riverside (20), North Carolina State (24)