College Top 25: June 2

UC Irvine's reign as No. 1 ends

Staff Report
June 2, 2009

UC Irvine was finally knocked off its six-week perch atop the Baseball America rankings, as the Anteaters lost twice to Virginia in the nation's toughest regional. Louisiana State assumed the No. 1 spot in the rankings.

After Irvine, the next seven teams in last week's rankings won their regionals. Overall, 13 of the top 16 teams in last week's rankings won regionals. Just two teams outside the rankings—Arkansas and Southern Mississippi—advanced to super regionals, and the Razorbacks and Golden Eagles each moved into the rankings at No. 16 and No. 19, respectively.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of June 1 and do not include ties.

Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	Louisiana State	49-16	3-0	2
2.	Arizona State	47-12	3-0	3
3.	Cal State Fullerton	45-14	3-0	4
4.	Texas	44-13	3-0	5
5.	Virginia	46-12	3-0	7
6.	Rice	43-16	4-1	6
7.	North Carolina	45-16	3-0	8
8.	Florida State	45-16	3-0	10
9.	UC Irvine	45-15	2-2	1
10.	Florida	42-20	3-0	11
11.	Mississippi	43-18	3-1	12
12.	Texas Christian	39-16	3-0	13
13.	Louisville	47-16	3-1	15
14.	Clemson	44-20	4-1	16
15.	East Carolina	46-18	4-1	18
16.	Arkansas	37-22	3-0	NR
17.	Oklahoma	43-20	2-2	9
18.	Kansas State	43-18	2-2	14
19.	Southern Mississippi	38-24	3-1	NR
20.	Georgia Tech	38-19	3-2	17
21.	Minnesota	40-19	2-2	21
22.	Gonzaga	36-18	1-2	19
23.	Western Kentucky	42-20	3-2	NR
24.	Elon	41-18	1-2	22
25.	South Carolina	40-23	2-2	NR
Dropped Out: Alabama (20), Missouri (23), Coastal Carolina (24), Middle Tennessee State (25).