Florida and Vanderbilt have been pillars of consistency this season but everyone behind them is still searching for their identity. Our new #3 Virginia will stake their claim as one of the nation's top teams following their series win against then #4 Florida State. Arizona State joins the top 5 for the first time this season, though NCAA sanctions will keep them out of post season play. Texas has been in and out of the top 5 a few times as the Horns have fluctuated anywhere from 4-8 throughout the season.
Next Weekend's Key Matchups:
#2 Vanderbilt @ Arkansas
#15 Arizona @ #4 Arizona State
#6 South Carolina @ #1 Florida
| Rank | Team | W-L | Last Week | Previous | Comments |
| 1. | Florida | 18-2 | 1-0 v. Florida State, 3-0 v. LSU | 1 | Gators couldn't have had a better week beating FSU midweek and sweeping LSU on the road. |
| 2. | Vanderbilt | 19-2 | 1-0 v. Purdue, 2-1 v. Mississippi St. | 2 | Rare blown save by Navery Moore on Sunday cost the Dores a perfect week. |
| 3. | Virginia | 19-2 | 1-0 v. James Madison, 2-1 v. Florida State | 5 | Sunday's loss to Florida State snapped 13 game winning streak. |
| 4. | Arizona State | 15-4 | 2-0 v. Oklahoma, 2-1 v. Oral Roberts | 7 | Took 2 midweek games from then #3 Oklahoma, where Ace Jake Barrett had his best start of the year (6IP 6H 3ER 2BB 11K). |
| 5. | Texas | 15-5 | 1-0 v. Texas St., 3-0 v. Kansas St. | 8 | Texas has so much pitching depth that they posted a perfect week without LHP Sam Stafford. |
| 6. | South Carolina | 14-4 | 0-1 v. Furman, 1-0 v. Wofford, 2-1 v. Georgia | 6 | True test will come next weekend when they travel to Gainesville to take on #1 Florida. |
| 7. | Florida State | 16-4 | 0-1 at Florida, 1-2 at Virginia | 4 | A 1-3 week is never good but all games were against the #1 and #3 teams in the nation and all 4 games went into extra innings. |
| 8. | Texas A&M | 15-5 | 1-0 v. Cal State Fullerton, 2-1 @ Oklahoma | 16 | Friday's loss was a 1-0 pitching duel between John Stilson and Michael Rocha. |
| 9. | Oklahoma | 17-5 | 0-2 at ASU, 1-2 v. Texas A&M | 3 | Like Florida State, the Sooners had a rough week against quality opponents. |
| 10. | Georgia Tech | 17-4 | 2-0 v. Georgia Southern, 3-0 v. NC State | 15 | Mark Pope is throwing as well as any starter in the nation and Jed Bradley will be a first round pick in June. Jackets have won 12 straight. |
| 11. | Cal State Fullerton | 11-7 | 0-1 @ Texas A&M, 3-0 v. Washington | 14 | Strong bounce back after being swept by LSU last weekend. |
| 12. | Stanford | 6-5 | Did Not Play | 13 | After taking a week off for finals and rain ruined another, the Cardinal haven't played since March 6th. |
| 13. | TCU | 12-7 | 0-1 v. UT Arlington, 2-1 at UNLV | 9 | Do the Horned Frogs miss Bryan Holoday that much? |
| 14. | LSU | 16-4 | 1-0 at Nicholls State, 0-3 v. Florida | 10 | Getting swept at home stinks but Florida would sweep most teams on the planet. |
| 15. | Arizona | 15-5 | 0-2 @ Wichita St., 2-0 v. San Francisco | 11 | Two midweek starts - followed by two weekend starts - two weeks in a row for ace Kurt Heyer. Give him a break! |
| 16. | UCLA | 8-6 | Did Not Play | 12 | Is it fair for me to drop them 4 spots when they didn't play? Yes. Had they played it might have ridded that ugly taste the Nebraska series left. |
| 17. | UC Irvine | 14-2 | 2-1 v. Loyola Marymount | 17 | Anteaters winning with strong pitching as they have a team ERA of 2.62. |
| 18. | Fresno St. | 14-2 | 3-0 v. Washington St. | NR | This is the best squad Fresno has had since their national championship team of 2008. |
| 19. | Clemson | 10-7 | 0-1 v. Presbyterian, 3-0 v. Duke | 18 | Clemson sweeps Duke after tough series losses to #6 South Carolina and #3 Virginia. |
| 20. | North Carolina | 18-3 | 1-0 v. Prinston, 3-0 at Virginia Tech | 22 | Surprising Tar Heels back on track after series loss to Wake Forest last weekend. |
| 21. | California | 12-5 | 0-1 v. San Francisco, 2-0 v. Ohio State | 23 | Justin Jones and Dixon Anderson were great against the Buckeyes. |
| 22. | Tulane | 16-4 | 1-0 v. SE Louisiana, 1-0 v. Alcorn St, 3-0 v. New Orleans. | NR | Green Wave hasn't been this good since Shooter Hunt was taking the hill. |
| 23. | Rice | 13-9 | 0-1 v. Dallas Baptist, 3-0 v. Louisiana Tech | 20 | Freshman Austin Kubitza has become the ace the Owls have needed. |
| 24. | Oregon | 11-7 | 3-0 @ San Diego | 19 | San Diego falls to 4-14. |
| 25. | Auburn | 14-6 | 1-0 v. Alabama, 2-1 v. Arkansas | NR | After a series loss to Arizona State dropped Auburn out of the top 25, they rebound this week with a strong win against Arkanas. |
Dropped out: Arkansas (21), Louisville (24), Connecticut (25)
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