College Top 25: April 6

Patrick Ebert

Jheremy Brown

Mike Rooney

Photo: LSU

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Louisiana State pushes itself back into the No. 1 spot after they flip-flopped 4-0 and 2-2 weeks with Texas Christian, who returns to the No. 2 spot. The Nos. 4-5 and 8-10 teams all move up a spot, with Louisville jumping two, as Florida endured a mid-week loss to Florida State and lost their three-game series against Missouri. The Gators fell to the 10th spot in the rankings as a result.

It was a good week to have a rough week in the middle of the pack, as most of the teams that faltered past Florida were ranked in the teens, which prevented a drastic upheaval in the overall rankings. North Carolina and South Carolina are definitely on watch as they continue to struggle in conference play, and the same is true for Houston.

Missouri was one of the teams considered for Top 25 inclusion, but they lost mid-week to Illinois, giving them a 2-2 record since last week's rankings; but at 22-11 they're definitely knocking at the door. At 26-6 Nevada continues to draw strong consideration, while Rice and San Diego State are also in the conversation.

The last spot in this week's rankings came down to 23-8 Coastal Carolina and 21-7 Iowa, with Iowa given the nod due to the superior RPI (43 to 23). The Big Ten in general has been very impressive this season, as four teams (Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska and Iowa) are now ranked.

Rk	Prev	Team	Overall record	Weekly record
1	2	Louisiana State	27-5	4-0
2	1	Texas Christian	23-6	2-2
3	4	Vanderbilt	27-6	5-0
4	5	Texas A&M	30-2	3-0
5	7	Louisville	24-7	3-0
6	6	UCLA	23-6	2-1
7	8	Florida State	25-8	3-1
8	9	Arziona State	21-8	3-1
9	10	Miami	24-9	4-0
10	3	Florida	24-9	1-3
11	13	UC Santa Barbara	23-7	4-0
12	16	Southern California	25-6	3-0
13	20	Illinois	24-6-1	5-0
14	11	Virginia	19-11	1-3
15	14	Oregon State	22-9	1-2
16	23	Florida Atlantic	26-6	4-0
17	12	UCF	23-10	1-3
18	17	Dallas Baptist	24-5	2-2
19	NR	Oklahoma State	22-9	3-1
20	NR	Maryland	22-7	4-0
21	15	South Carolina	21-11	2-2
22	18	North Carolina	18-14	2-2
23	21	Nebraska	23-10	2-3
24	19	Houston	21-11	2-2
25	NR	Iowa	21-7	3-1