College baseball rankings for Week 13: Updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches poll, top 25 polls

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College baseball rankings for Week 13: Updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches poll, top 25 polls

The penultimate week of the college baseball regular season has arrived, and the top five remain in the top 25 polls remain unscathed.

UCLA remains the top-ranked team in the country in all three of the major college baseball polls — including USA TODAY Sports College Baseball Coaches Poll — after going a perfect 4-0 on the week, headlined by a series sweep over Michigan State that helped the Bruins clinch a share of the Big Ten Conference title and remain unbeaten in Big Ten play. 

North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Texas and Georgia stay put in Nos. 2-5 in the Coaches Poll, with the Tar Heels scoring six runs in the first inning to defeat Tobacco Road rival Duke in a premiere ACC matchup. Macon Winslow went 3-for-4 at the plate with a career-high five RBIs and three runs scored in the Tar Heels' 13-0, run-rule win.

Where the top 25 polls differ from last week's is the movement among teams in the middle of the pack, which could impact seeding and/or the bubble for the NCAA Baseball Tournament in a few weeks.

Boston College wasn't able to carry its momentum from its series opener win vs. Clemson, as the Eagles dropped the final two games of the three-game road series. Those losses featured an 11-run first inning in Game 2 on Saturday. The series loss to the Tigers — Clemson's first ACC series win since the start of April — dropped the Eagles from No. 19 to No. 22 in the Coaches Poll.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Ole Miss all finished with losing records in Week 12. Arkansas' Christian Turner hit a two-run, walk-off home run against the Rebels on Sunday to give the Razorbacks the series win.

Here's how last week's action was reflected in the updated USA TODAY Sports, D1Baseball and Baseball America polls:

Updated College Baseball rankings for Week 12

First place votes in parentheses

USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

  1. UCLA (30)
  2. North Carolina
  3. Georgia Tech
  4. Texas
  5. Georgia
  6. Auburn
  7. Texas A&M
  8. Oregon State
  9. Kansas
  10. Coastal Carolina
  11. Mississippi State
  12. Florida State
  13. Southern Miss
  14. Oregon
  15. West Virginia
  16. USC
  17. Arizona State
  18. Arkansas
  19. Alabama
  20. Florida
  21. Oklahoma
  22. Boston College
  23. Ole Miss
  24. Nebraska
  25. Virginia

D1Baseball Poll

This section will be updated when the newest D1Baseball Poll is released.

Baseball America

  1. UCLA
  2. North Carolina
  3. Texas Tech
  4. Georgia Tech
  5. Auburn
  6. Georgia
  7. Oregon State
  8. Coastal Carolina
  9. Kansas
  10. Mississippi State
  11. Texas A&M
  12. Southern Miss
  13. Florida
  14. Arkansas
  15. Florida State
  16. Oklahoma
  17. USC
  18. West Virginia
  19. Arizona State
  20. Cincinnati
  21. Boston College
  22. Alabama Crimson Tide
  23. Oregon
  24. Jacksonville State
  25. Oklahoma State

College Baseball RPI rankings

Through May 3 games

  1. UCLA
  2. Georgia Tech
  3. Texas
  4. Auburn
  5. Alabama
  6. North Carolina
  7. Florida State
  8. Texas A&M
  9. Mississippi State
  10. USC
  11. Southern Miss
  12. Florida
  13. Ole Miss
  14. Kansas
  15. Oregon State
  16. Georgia
  17. Coastal Carolina
  18. Nebraska
  19. Oklahoma
  20. Virginia
  21. Wake Forest
  22. Cincinnati
  23. Missouri State
  24. Boston College
  25. West Virginia

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College baseball rankings: Updated Coaches Poll, D1Baseball, Baseball America top 25

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