Aggies Keep Climbing

Miami remains No. 1, Texas A&M joins Top 10

Staff Report
April 28, 2008

Miami swept conference foe Virginia to remain on top of the Baseball America Top 25 rankings for the fourth consecutive week, but there was plenty of shuffling elsewhere in the new rankings.

The top two spots in the rankings stayed the same, as No. 2 North Carolina won its series against then-No. 3 Florida State. The Seminoles, having lost consecutive series to Miami and North Carolina, dropped to No. 5. Stanford and Arizona State each moved into the Top 5. Arizona State split a pair of midweek games with Cal State Fullerton and swept California over the weekend, while Stanford won its ninth straight weekend series to move up to No. 3.

A pair of Big 12 teams made big moves to break into the Top 10 this week. Oklahoma State swept its weekend series with Kansas to move up to No. 9, and Texas A&M swept then-No. 4 Missouri, giving the Aggies wins in 20 of their last 21 games, to move up from No. 18 to No. 10. Meanwhile, the Tigers took the hardest fall of the week, dropping all the way to No. 15.

Two teams moved into the rankings this week. Two-time defending national champion Oregon State returned to the rankings at No. 23 after defeating Arizona over the weekend, and St. John's moved into the rankings for the first time this season after winning its series on the road against Big East foe Notre Dame.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of April 27 and do not include ties.

COLLEGE TOP 25
Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	Miami	36-5	3-1	1
2.	North Carolina	38-8	4-1	2
3.	Stanford	25-13	4-1	5
4.	Arizona State	35-7	4-1	6
5.	Florida State	35-7	1-2	3
6.	Nebraska	32-8	4-1	8
7.	Rice	34-11	3-1	9
8.	San Diego	35-11	4-0	11
9.	Oklahoma State	32-11	5-0	13
10.	Texas A&M	37-7	4-0	18
11.	Georgia	29-14	2-2	10
12.	Cal State Fullerton	26-15	3-2	15
13.	UC Irvine	28-10	4-1	16
14.	Wichita State	33-9	3-2	14
15.	Missouri	29-14	1-4	4
16.	California	27-13	1-3	7
17.	South Carolina	31-14	2-3	12
18.	Kentucky	33-11	3-2	22
19.	North Carolina State	30-13	3-1	24
20.	Coastal Carolina	36-9	3-2	20
21.	Michigan	30-10	2-2	19
22.	Vanderbilt	31-13	3-1	17
23.	Oregon State	20-14	2-1	NR
24.	St. John's	31-10	3-1	NR
25.	Long Beach State	26-15	3-1	25
Dropped Out: Mississippi (21), Arizona (23).