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College  | Rankings | 5/23/2016

College Top 25: May 23

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For as long as Florida has dominated the rankings this year they finally stumble, at one of the worst possible times. While they are still likely to secure a Top 8 National Seed they have less bragging rights among their SEC competitors heading into the tournament, although as the No. 4 seed that may just give the Gators enough fuel to go on a run.

(And it should be noted that they entered last year's SEC Tournament as the No. 4 seed before winning it.)

The decision for the new No. 1 team came down to two programs: Texas A&M and Mississippi State. Without a doubt the Aggies had the tougher draw this weekend, hosting previously sixth-ranked Ole Miss, and under "normal" circumstances they would have emerged as the top team since they were next in line. However, Mississippi State swept Arkansas and therefore claimed the SEC outright and enter the SEC Tournament as the No. 1 seed. Therefore, the Bulldogs are Perfect Game's new No. 1 team in the nation.

Four new teams enter the Top 25 this week; Louisiana-Lafayette, Kent State, UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State.

The rankings will be updated one last time, next Monday, at the conclusions of the conference tournaments heading into the beginning of Regional play.

Speaking of Regional play, congratulations to Alabama State who won their first SWAC championship and join the Ivy League champs, Princeton, as the first teams to be awarded an automatic bid with their conference championship. The MEAC and Patriot League champions will be decided later today.

And further congratulations to the following teams for winning their respective regular season conference championships and as a result will play as the No. 1 seed this coming week:

Conference Team Conference Team
America East Binghamton MAC Kent State
American Tulane Missouri Valley Dallas Baptist
Atlantic 10 Rhode Island Mountain West Fresno State
ACC Miami Northeast Bryant
Atlantic Sun Kennesaw State Ohio Valley Southeast Missouri
Big 12 Texas Tech SEC Mississippi State
Big East Xavier SoCon Mercer
Big South Coastal Carolina Southland Sam Houston State
Big Ten Minnesota Summit Oral Roberts
Colonial UNC Wilmington Sun Belt UL Lafayette/South Alabama*
C-USA Florida Atlantic West Coast St. Mary's/BYU/Gonzaga*
Horizon Wright State WAC Seattle
MAAC Fairfield

*Shared regular season conference title; Louisiana-Lafayette named No. 1 seed for Sun Belt Championship, Saint Mary's named No. 1 seed for West Coast Conference Championship.

Don't forget to tune in to Perfect Game College Baseball this evening from 7-9 p.m. ET on SiriusXM College Sports Nation, channel 84, with hosts Daron Sutton and Mike Rooney, as they recap an exciting weekend of baseball while looking ahead to a busy week of conference tournaments.


Also considered:
 BYU, East Carolina, Gonzaga, Dallas Baptist, Ohio State.



Rk Prev Team Overall record Weekly record
1 3
Mississippi State
40-14-1 3-0
2 2
Texas A&M
41-13 2-2
3 4
Miami            
43-10 3-1
4 5
Louisville
46-10 4-0
5 1
Florida
44-11 1-2
6 7
Texas Tech
40-14 2-1
7 8
South Carolina
42-13 4-0
8 9
Louisiana State
39-17 3-1
9 11
Vanderbilt
41-15 4-0
10 6
Mississippi
40-16 1-3
11 12
Oklahoma State
35-18 3-1
12 14
Virginia
36-18 3-0
13 10
Tulane
37-17 2-2
14 15
Texas Christian
38-14 4-0
15 16
Bryant
44-10 5-0
16 13
UNC Wilmington
37-15 2-2
17 20
Coastal Carolina
40-15 4-0
18 21
Florida Atlantic
37-15 3-0
19 19
NC State
34-18 2-1
20 23
Clemson
38-18 4-0
21 17
Florida State
34-19 1-2
22 NR
Louisiana-Lafayette
37-19 4-0
23 NR
Kent State
41-12 2-1
24 NR
UC Santa Barbara
35-16-1 3-1
25 NR
Long Beach State
35-18 4-0

Dropped Out: Southern Miss (18), Rice (22), Cal State Fullerton (24), Minnesota (25).

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