College Top 25: May 25

UC Irvine ends the regular season No. 1

Staff Report
May 25, 2009

UC Irvine held fast at the top of the Baseball America Top 25 rankings, as the Anteaters took two out of three at UC Santa Barbara to remain perfect in weekend series and earn the No. 1 ranking for the sixth consecutive week.

UC Irvine, Louisiana State, Arizona State, Cal State Fullerton and Texas, the top five teams in the rankings, all stayed put after having winning weeks, but the back of the top 10 was rearranged. Virginia was the biggest mover, climbing nine spots to No. 7 after going 4-0 in the ACC tournament, with three of its wins coming against ranked teams. The Cavaliers are followed by North Carolina, Oklahoma and Florida State, which all fell in their respective conference tournaments but will still host regionals next weekend.

Louisville paired a Big East tournament title with its regular-season title and jumped up five spots in the rankings, reaching the No. 15 spot. Meanwhile, Kansas State went 2-1 in Big 12 tournament pool play and moved up to No. 14, as the Wildcats reached the 40-win plateau for the first time in school history.
Gonzaga slotted back into the rankings at No. 19 after a sweep of Loyola Marymount in the West Coast Conference championship series. Coastal Carolina and Middle Tennessee State joined the Zags in the rankings, as the Chanticleers and Blue Raiders won the Big South and Sun Belt conference tournament titles, respectively.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of May 24 and do not include ties.

Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	UC Irvine	43-13	3-1	1
2.	Louisiana State	46-16	5-1	2
3.	Arizona State	44-12	3-1	3
4.	Cal State Fullerton	42-14	4-0	4
5.	Texas	41-13	3-1	5
6.	Rice	39-15	4-0	11
7.	Virginia	43-12	4-0	16
8.	North Carolina	42-16	1-2	6
9.	Oklahoma	41-18	1-2	8
10.	Florida State	42-16	2-2	12
11.	Florida	39-20	1-2	9
12.	Mississippi	40-17	0-2	7
13.	Texas Christian	36-16	1-2	10
14.	Kansas State	41-16	2-1	17
15.	Louisville	44-15	4-1	20
16.	Clemson	40-19	1-2	13
17.	Georgia Tech	35-17	1-2	14
18.	East Carolina	42-17	1-2	15
19.	Gonzaga	35-16	4-0	NR
20.	Alabama	37-19	0-2	18
21.	Minnesota	38-17	3-2	21
22.	Elon	40-16	3-2	22
23.	Missouri	34-24	2-2	24
24.	Coastal Carolina	46-14	4-1	NR
25.	Middle Tennessee State	43-16	5-1	NR
Dropped Out: Cal Poly (19), Miami (23), South Carolina (25)