College Top 25: May 30

Staff Report
May 30, 2011


DURHAM, N.C.—Preseason No. 1 Florida enters the NCAA tournament back atop Baseball America's Top 25 rankings after winning the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The Gators lost two series during the regular season but went 4-1 in Hoover, Ala., including a victory against Vanderbilt, to claim the SEC championship and to reclaim the No. 1 spot. Virginia, which won the Atlantic Coast Conference's regular-season and tournament titles, ranks second, followed by Vanderbilt and last week's No. 1, reigning national champion South Carolina.

Texas A&M and Rice both tied for their conference regular-season crowns and won their tournaments to move up the rankings. The Aggies swept the Big 12 tournament despite the loss to injury of ace John Stilson and moved up to No. 7, while Rice won the Conference USA event despite a loss and moved up seven spots to No. 9.

The other big mover this week was UCLA. The Bruins, ranked second in the preseason, won the Pacific-10 Conference title (regular season; the league has no tournament) by winning a series at Arizona State while Oregon State was swept by Civil War rival Oregon. The Bruins moved up to No. 17, a six-spot jump, while the Beavers fell nine spots to No. 15. Fellow Pac-10 team Stanford moved back into the rankings at No. 24 with a series win at California.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of May 29 and do not include ties.

Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	Florida	45-16	4-1	3
2.	Virginia	49-9	4-0	5
3.	Vanderbilt	47-10	3-1	4
4.	South Carolina	45-14	1-2	1
5.	Texas	43-15	3-2	2
6.	Florida State	42-17	2-2	7
7.	Texas A&M	42-18	4-0	13
8.	Cal State Fullerton	40-15	3-1	9
9.	Rice	41-19	3-1	16
10.	Arizona State	39-16	1-2	8
11.	Texas Christian	42-17	2-2	10
12.	Georgia Tech	40-17	1-2	11
13.	North Carolina	45-14	1-2	12
14.	Clemson	41-18	2-1	14
15.	Oregon State	38-17	0-3	6
16.	Miami	36-21	2-1	17
17.	UCLA	33-22	2-2	23
18.	Connecticut	41-17	2-2	15
19.	Arkansas	38-20	2-2	20
20.	Florida International	40-18	3-1	22
21.	Troy	42-17	2-1	21
22.	Oklahoma	41-17	1-2	18
23.	East Carolina	39-19	2-1	25
24.	Stanford	32-20	2-1	NR
25.	Southern Mississippi	39-17	1-2	19
Dropped Out: UC Irvine (24).