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College | Rankings | 4/18/2016

College Top 25: April 18

Patrick Ebert

Mike Rooney Jheremy Brown

Photo: Texas A&M

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Saturday Recap: Cate leads UConn to series win
Sunday Recap: Hill, Michigan sweep Nebraska

After the season started somewhat quiet, with several weeks in which there was a relative lack of activity, this week sees four new teams introduced to the rankings, one week after three new teams were welcomed. All four come in order, from No. 21 to No. 24. Michigan re-joins the Top 25 after sweeping Nebraska in Ann Arbor while Michigan State, Rice and Dallas Baptist join the rankings for the first time this season.

Those four teams replace the teams previously ranked 22nd through 25th. Southern Miss, Clemson, Missouri State and Houston all lost their respective weekend series. As did No. 21 Kentucky, who went 1-3 this week, but they were spared as a handful of factors played in their favor. First of all, they were a handful of outs away from a series win over Vanderbilt on Saturday before the Commodores scored a pair of runs late to win that game 3-2. Second, they swapped 3-0 games with Vanderbilt on Friday and Sunday. Third, even though they lost their midweek game it was against Louisville, now ranked seventh, in Louisville where the Cardinals are nearly flawless. Finally, they're 9-6 in the SEC and have played a stiff schedule admirably.

In a similar sense it was decided not to penalize Mississippi State too much despite the fact that they were swept at home by Texas A&M given how well they had played leading up to this weekend. Speaking of the Aggies, they went 4-0 on the week scoring 10 runs in every game they played. Nick Banks was particularly locked in, going 10-for-19 in the last week raising his batting average by nearly 40 points. As a result, Texas A&M re-claims the third spot in the rankings, which is where they debuted to open the 2016 season.

Miami and Florida stay in the top two spots for the second straight week.

Don't forget to tune in to Perfect Game College Baseball this evening on SiriusXM College Sports Nation, channel 84, with hosts Daron Sutton and Patrick Ebert, as they recap an exciting weekend of baseball while looking ahead to what's next.

Also considered: Bryant, Cal State Fullerton, East Carolina, Oklahoma State, UNC Wilmington.

Rk	Prev	Team	Overall record	Weekly record
1	1	Miami	29-5	4-1
2	2	Florida	33-5	4-0
3	4	Texas A&M	29-7	4-0
4	5	Texas Christian	27-8	3-1
5	3	Mississippi State	24-12-1	1-3
6	7	Vanderbilt	28-8	3-1
7	10	Louisville	29-7	5-0
8	6	Florida State	23-11	1-3
9	12	NC State	26-10	5-1
10	14	Texas Tech	29-9	5-0
11	8	South Carolina	29-8	1-3
12	9	Oregon State	23-9	1-2
13	17	Louisiana State	25-11	4-1
14	11	Mississippi	26-10	1-3
15	13	North Carolina	25-11	2-2
16	19	Coastal Carolina	27-10	4-0
17	20	UC Santa Barbara	24-7-1	3-0
18	15	California	21-11	2-2
19	18	Florida Atlantic	25-8	2-2
20	16	BYU	27-7	1-2
21	NR	Michigan State	25-7	4-1
22	NR	Michigan	25-9	4-1
23	NR	Rice	24-11	4-0
24	NR	Dallas Baptist	23-11	3-1
25	21	Kentucky	23-12	1-3