Sooners among 6 SEC teams in top 10 of USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
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The Oklahoma Sooners dropped one spot in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll this week despite their series win over the LSU Tigers. Oklahoma switched spots with Florida State after the Seminoles pulled off a series win over then No. 10 NC State.
The Sooners are among six SEC teams in the top 10. Oklahoma's next opponent, the Texas Longhorns, sit at No. 2 in the nation. This year's Red River Series will take place in Austin. If the Sooners can pull off the series win, they'll get a huge boost in the rankings.
Elsewhere in the SEC, Mississippi State is No. 4, Auburn is No. 5, and Arkansas is No. 6, and the Georgia Bulldogs come in at No. 7. Including Oklahoma at No. 9, there are 12 SEC teams in the top 25 in this week's coaches poll.
UCLA is in the No. 1 spot, taking 29 of a possible 30 first-place votes and No. 10 USC garnering the other first-place vote.
Full Week 6 USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA Bruins | 21-2 | 748 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas Longhorns | 20-3 | 711 | 2 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 19-5 | 650 | 3 |
| 4 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 20-4 | 629 | 6 |
| 5 | Auburn Tigers | 19-4 | 604 | 4 |
| 6 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 18-7 | 590 | 7 |
| 7 | Georgia Bulldogs | 20-5 | 578 | 5 |
| 8 | Florida State Seminoles | 19-4 | 509 | 9 |
| 9 | Oklahoma Sooners | 19-5 | 491 | 8 |
| 10 | USC Trojans | 24-1 | 477 | 11 |
| 11 | Virginia Cavaliers | 20-5 | 469 | 12 |
| 12 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 20-4 | 456 | 10 |
| 13 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles | 19-5 | 367 | 15 |
| 14 | Oregon State Beavers | 17-5 | 362 | 16 |
| 15 | North Carolina State Wolfpack | 18-6 | 312 | 13 |
| 16 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 16-4 | 267 | 22 |
| 17 | Oregon Ducks | 19-4 | 239 | 19 |
| 18 | Ole Miss Rebels | 19-6 | 218 | 24 |
| 18 | Kentucky Wildcats | 19-4 | 218 | 18 |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 16-7 | 201 | 20 |
| 21 | Tennessee Volunteers | 17-7 | 158 | 23 |
| 22 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 17-6 | 98 | NR |
| 23 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 18-7 | 73 | NR |
| 24 | Texas A&M Aggies | 18-5 | 71 | 21 |
| 25 | Florida Gators | 19-6 | 67 | 14 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 17 Clemson; No. 25 Wake Forest;
Others Receiving Votes
Notre Dame 36; Clemson 29; Nebraska 24; Wake Forest 18; Cincinnati 16; Jacksonville State 15; Louisville 8; California Baptist 8; South Florida 7; Missouri State 6; Mercer 5; UTSA 4; UCF 4; Oklahoma State 3; UC Santa Barbara 2; LSU 2;
List Of Voters
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 30 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2026 season: Mik Aoki, Richmond; Blake Beemer, Butler; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Jim Chester, Gardner-Webb; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Ryan Coe, Kennesaw State; Terry Davis, Western Illinois; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Craig Gibson, Mercer; Justin Haire, Ohio State; Brian Hamm, Yale; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC Wilmington; Todd Interdonato, Boston College; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross; Ryan Klosterman, Bryant; Geoff Loomis, Portland; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Matt Mazurek, Canisius; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Evan Porter, Nebraska-Omaha; Sherman Reed, Coppin State; Jake Sabol, Central Michigan; Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina; Dan Skirka, Murray State; Alex Sogard, Wright State; Stan Stolte, UNLV; Butch Thompson, Auburn.
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