The latest Baseball America Top 25 poll is out and Kevin Gausman's LSU Tigers climbed back up the rankings to No. 12 following its three-game sweep of the then No. 3 Arkansas Razorbacks (who fell to No. 13). Gausman, a Colorado native, allowed five runs over 6.2 innings, but he struck out a career-high 12 batters in Friday's 10-6 victory. Former Colorado Rockies draftee Ryan Eades led the Tigers to victory on Saturday with one run allowed in 7.1 innings while striking out 10.
The Florida Gators remain the No. 1 team in the nation even after a 2-2 weekend, but the Stanford Cardinal went 1-4 last week, dropping from No. 2 to No. 6. The No. 2 Florida St. Seminoles, like Florida, stand at 24-4 entering April. Unsigned 2011 16th round Colorado Rockies draft pick Preston Tucker committed a throwing error in the ninth inning of Sunday's game, allowing the winning run to score.
Texas A&M stayed at No. 7 in the poll, but Rockies' unsigned ninth round draft pick Ross Stripling took his first loss on Saturday. He dropped the middle game of the series, 4-3, after allowing four runs over 7.2 innings.
Team | W-L | Last Week | Prev. | |
1. | Florida | 24-4 | 2-2 | 1 |
2. | Florida State | 24-4 | 3-1 | 4 |
3. | North Carolina | 22-6 | 4-1 | 5 |
4. | Arizona | 21-7 | 3-0 | 8 |
5. | UCLA | 20-5 | 3-1 | 6 |
6. | Stanford | 16-6 | 1-4 | 2 |
7. | Texas A&M | 22-6 | 3-1 | 7 |
8. | Kentucky | 27-2 | 3-1 | 10 |
9. | Rice | 21-9 | 3-1 | 9 |
10. | Mississippi | 20-8 | 3-1 | 16 |
11. | South Carolina | 20-8 | 3-1 | 11 |
12. | Louisiana State | 22-6 | 4-0 | 15 |
13. | Arkansas | 22-6 | 0-3 | 3 |
14. | Cal State Fullerton | 17-10 | 3-2 | 13 |
15. | Central Florida | 23-6 | 4-0 | 17 |
16. | Baylor | 22-7 | 4-0 | 21 |
17. | N.C. State | 19-7 | 3-2 | 20 |
18. | Miami | 21-7 | 2-2 | 12 |
19. | Purdue | 20-5 | 4-1 | 19 |
20. | Oregon State | 17-8 | 2-1 | 22 |
21. | San Diego | 23-7 | 3-1 | 24 |
22. | Oregon | 18-8 | 3-2 | 23 |
23. | Auburn | 17-11 | 2-2 | NR |
24. | Arizona State | 16-12 | 1-4 | 14 |
25. | Texas | 15-11 | 2-2 | 18 |
Dropped out: Georgia (25).
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