College Top 25: June 26

LSU is No. 1 in our final poll

Staff Report
June 26, 2009

Louisiana State entered the postseason ranked No. 1, then dominated the College World Series to win its sixth national championship and finish the season ranked No. 1 in the Baseball America Top 25 college baseball rankings.

LSU was ranked second in the preseason, and four of BA's top five preseason teams reached Omaha. North Carolina, the preseason No. 3 team, finished sixth, while preseason No. 4 Texas was the CWS runner-up and finished ranked second. Cal State Fullerton, which opened the year ranked fifth, finished fourth.

The other teams that reached Omaha finished fifth (Virginia), seventh (Arkansas) and 11th (Southern Mississippi) in the final rankings.

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

Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	Louisiana State	56-17	5-1	1
2.	Texas	50-16	4-2	4
3.	Arizona State	51-14	2-2	2
4.	Cal State Fullerton	47-16	0-2	3
5.	Virginia	49-15	1-2	5
6.	North Carolina	48-18	1-2	6
7.	Arkansas	41-24	2-2	8
8.	Rice	43-18	0-0	7
9.	Florida State	45-18	0-0	9
10.	UC Irvine	45-15	0-0	10
11.	Southern Mississippi	40-26	0-0	11
12.	Florida	42-22	0-0	12
13.	Mississippi	44-20	0-0	13
14.	Texas Christian	40-18	0-0	14
15.	Louisville	47-18	0-0	15
16.	Clemson	44-22	0-0	16
17.	East Carolina	46-20	0-0	17
18.	Oklahoma	43-20	0-0	18
19.	Kansas State	43-18	0-0	19
20.	Georgia Tech	38-19	0-0	20
21.	Minnesota	40-19	0-0	21
22.	Gonzaga	36-18	0-0	22
23.	Western Kentucky	42-20	0-0	23
24.	Elon	41-18	0-0	24
25.	South Carolina	40-23	0-0	25
Dropped Out: None.