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College Top 25: April 23

Staff Report
April 23, 2007

DURHAM, N.C.--Despite a pair of midweek losses to local rivals Lipscomb and Middle Tennessee State, Vanderbilt recovered to sweep league foe and rival Tennessee and remained atop Baseball America's Top 25 college baseball rankings. It's the fourth consecutive week the Commodores have held the top spot.

COLLEGE TOP 25
Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	Vanderbilt	35-8	3-2	1
2.	Florida State	37-6	2-2	3
3.	Virginia	34-9	3-1	6
4.	Rice	33-11	4-0	7
5.	Texas	33-12	2-2	5
6.	North Carolina	33-9	1-3	2
7.	Arkansas	32-11	3-1	9
8.	Oregon State	31-8	3-0	8
9.	South Carolina	31-10	3-2	4
10.	Wichita State	34-9	4-1	10
11.	Arizona State	32-10	3-0	11
12.	Oklahoma State	31-10	5-1	15
13.	Pepperdine	30-13	2-2	13
14.	Arizona	31-9	1-2	12
15.	Cal State Fullerton	26-12	3-0	17
16.	UC Irvine	28-11	3-1	18
17.	San Diego	32-14	3-1	19
18.	Texas A&M	32-10	2-2	16
19.	Clemson	26-13	1-3	14
20.	Michigan	26-8	4-2	22
21.	Coastal Carolina	33-8	3-1	21
22.	Mississippi State	25-10	2-2	20
23.	Mississippi	27-15	2-2	24
24.	Georgia Tech	26-14	4-0	NR
25.	UCLA	22-16	4-0	NR
Dropped Out: Tulane (23), North Carolina State (25).

Other teams in the top 10, however, were on the move, with Florida State moving up to No. 2 after winning a series against North Carolina. The Tar Heels moved down from No. 2 to No. 6, making way for Virginia, Rice and Texas. South Carolina, ranked No. 4 entering the week, lost a weekend series at Mississippi, falling to a modest 10-8 in the Southeastern Conference, and fell behind league leader Arkansas (13-5 SEC) in the rankings. The Razorbacks won a series at Georgia to move up to No. 7, with the Gamecocks falling to No. 9.

Two preseason top 15 tams moved back into the Top 25 after extended absences. Georgia Tech, 13-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, earned the No. 24 spot with a sweep of North Carolina State. UCLA swept Cal State Northridge and is now ranked 25th.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of April 22 and do not include ties.