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College Baseball Rankings: Virginia Moves To No. 1 While Vanderbilt Falls

The Virginia Cavaliers are the new No. 1 team in Baseball America's latest top 25 results. The Cavaliers swept Duke in a three-game series, outscoring the Blue Devils, 31-6. Lefty ace Danny Hultzen continued his dominance this season with seven innings of four-hit, no-run ball. He struck out nine batters. The Cavs won midweek games against Georgetown and Coastal Carolina, as well.

Previously No. 1, Vanderbilt dropped two of three games to now-No.2 South Carolina. The Commodores dropped to No. 4. Oregon State jumped six spots to No. 3 following their three-game sweep of Stanford, the Cardinal dropping out of the top 25.

The North Carolina Tar Heels fell from No. 7 all the way to No. 14. The Tar Heels dropped a three-game series over the weekend to in-state rival North Carolina State.

In the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Virginia stayed at No. 1, while Vanderbilt dropped to No. 3 behind South Carolina. TCU is ranked No. 10 in BA's poll and No. 11 in the CBN, but there are some concerns cropping up over starter Matt Purke, who experienced a drop in velocity over the weekend.

Here is BA's top 25:

Rk.     Team     W-L    Prev.
1 Virginia     36-3 2
2 South Carolina    28-7 3
3 Oregon State  27-7 9
4 Vanderbilt 32-5 1
5 Florida 28-9 4
6 Texas A&M 26-10 5
7 Texas 27-9 6
8 Cal State Fullerton  27-9 8
9 Arizona State    25-9 10
10 Florida State    26-10 11
11 TCU  25-11 12
12 Fresno State    25-5 13
13 Georgia Tech    27-10 15
14 North Carolina 30-8 7
15 California     23-9 16
16 Oklahoma State  26-10 19
17 Oklahoma 26-10 14
18 Stetson  29-7 21
19 Southern Mississippi    27-8 22
20 UCLA  19-12 23
21 Arkansas  26-9 25
22 Rice 26-14 NR
23 Arizona 23-13 20
24 Gonzaga 21-11 NR
25 Miami 24-12 NR

Dropped out: Stanford (17), Troy (18), Alabama (24)