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Baseball America College Top 25
Presented by DeMarini Sports
March 27, 2006
• Chat Wrap: Will Kimmey talked college baseball
• Top 25 Tracker
• Three Strikes: Quick impressions on the weekend in college baseball
• Last Week's Top 25
| Team |
W-L |
Last Week |
Previous |
| 1. Mississippi State |
19-1 |
4-1 |
1 |
| 2. Cal State Fullerton |
20-7 |
3-1 |
4 |
| 3. Georgia Tech |
20-4 |
2-1 |
5 |
| 4. Florida State |
25-2 |
4-0 |
6 |
| 5. South Carolina |
22-3 |
5-0 |
7 |
| 6. Rice |
20-8 |
2-2 |
2 |
| 7. North Carolina |
20-5 |
3-2 |
3 |
| 8. Nebraska |
17-3 |
2-1 |
8 |
| 9. Clemson |
16-6 |
5-0 |
10 |
| 10. Texas |
19-10 |
4-0 |
18 |
| 11. Tulane |
17-9 |
3-1 |
14 |
| 12. Oregon State |
15-7 |
3-0 |
16 |
| 13. Arkansas |
20-5 |
3-2 |
11 |
| 14. Arizona State |
21-7 |
3-0 |
19 |
| 15. Florida |
17-11 |
0-4 |
9 |
| 16. Louisiana State |
19-7 |
2-2 |
15 |
| 17. Wichita State |
21-5 |
1-2 |
13 |
| 18. Oklahoma |
20-6 |
2-1 |
23 |
| 19. Pepperdine |
18-11 |
4-0 |
21 |
| 20. Kentucky |
20-5 |
4-1 |
NR |
| 21. Tennessee |
17-7 |
3-2 |
12 |
| 22. Georgia |
17-5 |
3-1 |
25 |
| 23. Virginia |
22-5 |
3-1 |
24 |
| 24. Winthrop |
21-5 |
3-0 |
NR |
| 25. Miami |
23-7 |
2-1 |
NR |
| Dropped Out: Stanford (17), North Carolina State (20), Baylor (22). |
DURHAM, N.C.--Mississippi State lost its first game of the season but remained atop Baseball America's weekly college baseball rankings. The 19-1 Bulldogs have held the No. 1 spot for two weeks.
Florida State and South Carolina moved into the Top 5 for the first time this season. The Seminoles are 25-2 and ranked fourth, while the Gamecocks are ranked fifth at 22-3 after a three-game sweep of Florida. The Gators slid to No. 15 following their fourth straight loss.
Texas beat Rice for the third time this year and then swept Oklahoma State for its 10th win in 12 games to move back into the Top 10. The Longhorns were the preseason No. 1 team.
Kentucky is 4-2 in the Southeastern Conference, its best league start since 1996, and 20-5 overall as it checks in at No. 20. It marks the first ranking for the Wildcats since March 2000. Winthrop, winner of six straight games, moves back into the rankings at No. 24. Miami, which has won 17 of 18 since starting the year 6-6, makes its 2006 debut at No. 25.
The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of March 26 and do not include ties.
