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College | Rankings | 4/27/2015

College Top 25: April 27

Patrick Ebert

Mike Rooney Jheremy Brown

Photo: Illinois

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No. 1 Louisiana State emerged victorious in their much anticipated matchup against No. 2 Texas A&M in Baton Rouge that lived up to the hype. The series had everything a college baseball fan could ask for, with big hits, big pitching performances and numerous highlight reel defensive plays. Both teams remain at their respective rankings firmly believing the two are appropriately ranked as the top two teams in the nation, although recognizing that Texas A&M has now lost two consecutive SEC weekend series.

Illinois continues to surge toward the top riding a 17-game win streak and a 36-6-1 overall record. after sweeping Penn State. Now ranked sixth in the nation, they will face two more tough Big Ten opponents in the next three weeks to close out the regular season, traveling to now No. 24 Ohio State next weekend before hosting Nebraska May 14-16.

Speaking of Ohio State, they and the College of Charleston join the Top 25 after Missouri and Nebraska were swept by Vanderbilt and Iowa respective this weekend. Missouri also lost to No. 20 Missouri State midweek and went winless (0-4) since the last rankings update. Charleston and Ohio State are two of the hottest teams in the nation, and both went 5-0 this past week. The Cougars have won 18 of their last 20, while Ohio State was even more impressive a week ago after taking their series against Nebraska and a midweek contest over Louisville.

Arkansas, who claimed their fifth consecutive SEC series this past weekend, also received strong consideration.

Don't forget to tune into This Week in College Baseball with Perfect Game this evening with Mike Ferrin and Mike Rooney serving as the radio hosts. The program will go from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. eastern time on SiriusXM channel 91, SiriusXM College Sports Nation.

Also considered: Arkansas, Auburn, Coastal Carolina, Houston, Rice.

Rk	Prev	Team	Overall record	Weekly record
1	1	Louisiana State	37-7	3-1
2	2	Texas A&M	37-7	2-2
3	3	Louisville	34-10	4-1
4	4	UCLA	31-9	3-1
5	6	Texas Christian	34-8	4-0
6	9	Illinois	36-6-1	4-0
7	7	Arizona State	28-12	3-1
8	5	Florida	33-12	2-2
9	10	Florida State	33-13	3-1
10	11	UC Santa Barbara	31-10	3-1
11	13	Vanderbilt	33-12	4-0
12	8	Miami	31-12	1-2
13	15	Dallas Baptist	32-9	3-1
14	14	Florida Atlantic	33-10	2-1
15	12	Southern California	30-12	1-2
16	17	Oklahoma State	29-14	4-1
17	18	North Carolina	29-15	5-0
18	19	Oregon State	27-13	2-1
19	21	Missouri State	30-10	3-1
20	24	Iowa	30-11	4-0
21	20	Maryland	30-13	3-2
22	16	Virginia	27-17	3-2
23	NR	College of Charleston	32-9	5-0
24	NR	Ohio State	31-10	5-0
25	22	Nevada	33-11	2-2