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
- UCLA (30)
- North Carolina
- Georgia Tech
- Texas
- Georgia
- Auburn
- Texas A&M
- Oregon State
- Kansas
- Coastal Carolina
- Mississippi State
- Florida State
- Southern Miss
- Oregon
- West Virginia
- USC
- Arizona State
- Arkansas
- Alabama
- Florida
- Oklahoma
- Boston College
- Ole Miss
- Nebraska
- Virginia
D1Baseball Poll
This section will be updated when the newest D1Baseball Poll is released.
Baseball America
- UCLA
- North Carolina
- Texas Tech
- Georgia Tech
- Auburn
- Georgia
- Oregon State
- Coastal Carolina
- Kansas
- Mississippi State
- Texas A&M
- Southern Miss
- Florida
- Arkansas
- Florida State
- Oklahoma
- USC
- West Virginia
- Arizona State
- Cincinnati
- Boston College
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Oregon
- Jacksonville State
- Oklahoma State
College Baseball RPI rankings
Through May 3 games
- UCLA
- Georgia Tech
- Texas
- Auburn
- Alabama
- North Carolina
- Florida State
- Texas A&M
- Mississippi State
- USC
- Southern Miss
- Florida
- Ole Miss
- Kansas
- Oregon State
- Georgia
- Coastal Carolina
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma
- Virginia
- Wake Forest
- Cincinnati
- Missouri State
- Boston College
- 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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