College Top 25: May 9

Vincent Cervino

Craig Cozart

Photo: Carter Campbell (Oklahoma Athletics)

Tennessee suffered its first series loss of the year and though they dropped two games this week, they remain at No. 1 due to their present body of work. The gap between Tennessee and the rest of the country closed a bit, but the Volunteers are still No. 1 in terms of RPI, ELO, along with leading the country in ERA by about a full run and are top-five in scoring. Oregon State is the only other team we legitimately considered at No. 1, as the Beavers finished off a 4-0 week over in-state rival Oregon. Sitting at 38-9, the Beavers have a legitimate claim for No. 1 and lead the country in fielding and are in the top-10 in terms of ERA.

The rest of the top-7 remains mostly unchanged as all the teams in that range took care of business, along with Arkansas winning a tough-fought SEC series despite a 2-2 record on the week. Louisville jumps to No. 8 after a wet weekend, weather across the country was crazy, and following the Cardinals are LSU at No. 9 and Texas A&M at No. 10.

New teams this week include Oklahoma at No. 21, Texas State at No. 24, and East Carolina at No. 25. The Sooners look like a legitimate threat to the Big 12 as they knocked off TCU this weekend and continue what is a strong postseason resume they’re building. Texas State rejoins the rankings and they sit atop a contentious Sun Belt that will likely fight for multiple postseason bids, while ECU has righted the ship from their early season struggles, hasn’t lost a conference series yet, and sits at 14-4 in AAC play, good for first place in the conference.

Rank	Team		Prev. Rank	Period Rec.	Overall Rec.
1		Tennessee	1	(2-2)	(42-6)
2		Oregon State	2	(4-0)	(38-9)
3		Virginia Tech	3	(2-0)	(33-10)
4		Oklahoma State	4	(3-0)	(34-13)
5		Miami	6	(3-0)	(35-12)
6		Arkansas	5	(2-2)	(36-12)
7		UCONN	7	(3-0)	(40-8)
8		Louisville	11	(2-1-1)	(33-13-1)
9		LSU	14	(3-1)	(32-15)
10		Texas A&M	16	(3-1)	(30-16)
11		Florida State	10	(2-2)	(28-17)
12		Gonzaga	12	(1-0)	(29-13)
13		Notre Dame	13	(0-0)	(28-10)
14		Southern Miss	8	(2-2)	(36-12)
15		Texas Tech	15	(1-0)	(32-16)
16		Texas	20	(3-1)	(34-17)
17		Stanford	22	(4-0)	(29-14)
18		Virginia	18	(1-0)	(34-12)
19		UC Santa Barbara	23	(3-1)	(33-11)
20		Grand Canyon	24	(3-1)	(33-16)
21		Oklahoma	NR	(2-2)	(29-17)
22		Auburn	19	(1-2)	(32-16)
23		UCLA	9	(0-4)	(30-17)
24		Texas State	NR	(4-0)	(38-11)
25		East Carolina	NR	(3-0)	(30-18)