College Top 25: March 19

Kentucky makes big jump into rankings

Staff Report
March 19, 2012


Florida continued its run at No. 1 in the Baseball America College Top 25 rankings after a midweek win against rival Florida State and a weekend series sweep of Vanderbilt, but another Southeastern Conference squad was the week's biggest story.

Kentucky remains the nation's lone unbeaten team, but the Wildcats were unranked until this week due to a soft early-season schedule. The Wildcats stayed undefeated by sweeping then-No. 3 South Carolina this weekend, propelling them into the rankings at No. 16.

South Carolina's fall shook up the top of the rankings for the first time this season, as the Gamecocks dropped five spots to No. 8. Arkansas slid up to No. 3, followed by North Carolina, Arizona and Florida State. UCLA also jumped up two spots to No. 7 after winning a series against Arizona State, which slid three spots to No. 14.

Along with Kentucky, Texas re-joined the rankings at No. 22. The Longhorns swept Big 12 Conference rival Oklahoma on the road over the weekend, knocking the Sooners out of the rankings in the process.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records do not include ties.

Rk.	Team	W-L	Last Week	Prev.
1.	Florida	19-1	4-0	1
2.	Stanford	13-2	0-0	2
3.	Arkansas	19-2	5-0	4
4.	North Carolina	16-4	3-2	5
5.	Arizona	16-4	3-2	6
6.	Florida State	16-2	2-1	7
7.	UCLA	15-4	3-1	9
8.	South Carolina	15-4	2-3	3
9.	Rice	15-6	2-2	8
10.	Texas A&M	16-5	3-2	10
11.	Louisiana State	16-4	3-1	13
12.	Miami	16-4	4-1	14
13.	Cal State Fullerton	12-7	2-2	15
14.	Arizona State	12-7	2-3	11
15.	Georgia Tech	14-6	3-1	16
16.	Kentucky	21-0	5-0	NR
17.	Mississippi	15-5	2-3	12
18.	Georgia	15-6	4-1	18
19.	Oregon State	14-5	3-0	25
20.	North Carolina State	15-3	4-0	23
21.	Central Florida	16-5	3-1	19
22.	Texas	10-8	4-0	NR
23.	Texas State	13-6	2-2	20
24.	Oregon	13-5	1-2	17
25.	Purdue	14-3	3-2	24
Dropped out: Mississippi State (21), Oklahoma (22).