College Top 25: April 9

Patrick Ebert

Mike Rooney

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Conference play has certainly given the Top 25 a new look the past couple of weeks, as two more college baseball juggernauts lost this weekend: Stanford and Ole Miss. Both teams lost to in-state, in-conference rivals, UCLA and Mississippi State, and both fall only one spot after strong overall weeks as each performed well during their mid-week contests. It's also important to remember that the series losses were the first for each team so far this year.

One team that has yet to lose a weekend series, NC State, moves up to the No. 2 spot, just behind top-ranked Florida, who have yet to be dethroned from their No. 1 ranking. NC State beat Louisville, in Louisville, to knock the Cardinals out of the rankings for the first time since Louisville joined the ACC. It was NC State's third straight ACC road series win as they now prepare for a stretch of 21 straight games in the state of North Carolina.

Louisville wasn't the only college baseball power to get booted from the Top 25 as TCU, who opened the year ranked third overall, was also ushered out after losing their series, at home in Fort Worth, to Oklahoma. Oklahoma has surged to the top of the Big 12 rankings with an 8-1 conference record and enjoy a three-spot jump up to No. 13 with their recent weekend series win.

Re-entering the Top 25 after falling out roughly a month ago is North Carolina, who is coming off of a road series win over Miami, the first time they've claimed a series against the Hurricanes in Coral Gables since 2008. Also joining the Top 25 is Florida Atlantic, a squad with a strong resume coming off of consecutive weekend sweeps of Marshall and Charlotte in Conference USA action.

Be sure to visit the College Player Database for updates from numerous locations, including Oklahoma/TCU, Stanford/UCLA, Kent State/Central Michigan, Florida State/Georgia Tech and Stetson. After taking a one-week break due to the college basketball national championship, Perfect Game College Baseball on ESPNU Radio SiriusXM channel 84 returns to the airwaves Monday night from 9-11 p.m. ET as Daron Sutton and Mike Rooney recap the week's action.

Also considered: Coastal Carolina, Texas, Louisiana Tech, Missouri State

Rk	Prev	Team	Record	Week
1	1	Florida	28-6	3-1
2	5	NC State	25-6	2-1
3	2	Stanford	23-5	3-2
4	3	Mississippi	27-6	2-2
5	6	Texas Tech	26-7	3-1
6	8	Arkansas	24-9	5-0
7	4	Oregon State	24-6	3-2
8	9	Clemson	25-7	3-1
9	10	Kentucky	22-10	3-1
10	11	Duke	27-6	3-1
11	12	Indiana	22-6	2-1
12	7	Florida State	24-9	2-2
13	16	Oklahoma	23-11	3-1
14	14	Southern Miss	22-9	3-2
15	15	Vanderbilt	19-13	2-2
16	17	East Carolina	24-7	4-1
17	21	UCLA	19-8	3-1
18	19	Texas A&M	23-9	2-1
19	NR	Florida Atlantic	24-8	4-0
20	NR	North Carolina	21-11	3-1
21	13	Auburn	23-10	1-3
22	18	Louisiana State	20-13	2-2
23	24	Sam Houston State	23-8	3-1
24	20	Missouri	23-9	2-2
25	25	Georgia	23-9	2-2