Auburn baseball climbs to No. 4 in USA TODAY Coaches Poll
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Auburn baseball swept its first SEC series of the season and has moved up in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll ahead of its most crucial week of the season to this point.
Auburn baseball is up to No. 4 in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll released Monday, which will ensure four top-five battles this week with No. 3 Georgia Tech on Tuesday and a three-game series at home against No. 2 Texas beginning Friday evening.
Auburn baseball secured its SEC-opening series by winning close games in its first two games of the series on the road at Missouri before winning in blowout fashion in game three of the series to nail down the sweep. Georgia Tech took two of three from Clemson last weekend on the road, while Texas handled Ole Miss by taking two of three from the visiting Rebels.
The UCLA Bruins earn the top spot in this week’s poll, followed by Texas, Georgia Tech, Auburn, and Georgia in the top five. Six of the top 10 teams in this week’s rankings hail from the SEC, with 11 total teams from the conference earning a spot. One team not included in the mix is LSU, which dropped two of three games on the road to Vanderbilt over the weekend and has lost 6 of its last 10 games. Due to its rough spell, LSU fell out of the top 25 after ranking No. 13 in last week’s poll.
Here is the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll, released Monday, March 16.
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA Bruins | 17-2 | 746 | 26 | 1 | – | 1/2 |
| 2 | Texas Longhorns | 18-1 | 720 | 4 | 2 | – | 2/3 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 17-3 | 687 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3/5 |
| 4 | Auburn Tigers | 17-2 | 644 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4/9 |
| 5 | Georgia Bulldogs | 17-4 | 564 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5/13 |
| 6 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 16-4 | 556 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3/6 |
| 7 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 14-6 | 540 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5/9 |
| 8 | Oklahoma Sooners | 17-3 | 501 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8/NR |
| 9 | Florida State Seminoles | 16-3 | 455 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9/17 |
| 10 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 17-3 | 409 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6/14 |
| 11 | USC Trojans | 19-1 | 400 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11/NR |
| 12 | Virginia Cavaliers | 16-4 | 399 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12/NR |
| 13 | North Carolina State Wolfpack | 16-4 | 394 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10/19 |
| 14 | Florida Gators | 18-3 | 351 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 8/18 |
| 15 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles | 16-4 | 340 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7/20 |
| 16 | Oregon State Beavers | 14-4 | 327 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 12/18 |
| 17 | Clemson Tigers | 16-4 | 305 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 9/17 |
| 18 | Kentucky Wildcats | 18-2 | 295 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Oregon Ducks | 17-3 | 187 | 0 | NR | 7 | 19/NR |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 13-6 | 133 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 7/25 |
| 21 | Texas A&M Aggies | 16-3 | 125 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 20/NR |
| 22 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 13-4 | 115 | 0 | NR | 6 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Tennessee Volunteers | 14-6 | 112 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 15/23 |
| 24 | Ole Miss Rebels | 16-5 | 89 | 0 | 24 | – | 21/NR |
| 25 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 15-5 | 87 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 12/25 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 13 LSU; No. 23 TCU;
Others Receiving Votes
LSU 70; Alabama 48; Arizona State 36; Vanderbilt 21; Louisiana 18; Louisville 13; UC Santa Barbara 12; TCU 10; Kansas State 9; Arkansas State 6; South Florida 5; Jacksonville State 5; California Baptist 5; Nebraska 3; Mercer 3; Cincinnati 2; UTSA 1; Texas Tech 1; Cal Poly 1;
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