d1baseball.com | May 1, 2017 Oregon State still leads pack, Louisville in hot pursuit Oregon State remained No. 1 in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings for the seventh consecutive week. Share Oregon State remained No. 1 in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings for the seventh consecutive week after winning its ninth straight Pac-12 series, dating back to last season. The Beavers took two of three from Southern California to win their seventh conference series this year, improving them to 34-4 overall and 18-3 in the Pac-12. Louisville stayed at No. 2 after a 5-0 week against nonconference competition, and fellow ACC power North Carolina moved up a spot to No. 3 following a big sweep of Clemson, which fell from No. 3 to No. 8. The Tar Heels came from behind to win the final two games of the series in the late innings. D1B TOP 25: @BeaverBaseball remains 1, @TexasBaseball @LMLionsBaseball @USFBaseball enter the rankings! Top 25https://t.co/4rHyJ67eBY pic.twitter.com/j7CcjLhmPF — D1Baseball.com (@d1baseball) May 1, 2017 SEC upstarts Kentucky and Auburn moved up two spots apiece to No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, after winning tough road series. The Wildcats took two of three at South Carolina, while the Tigers won two out of three at Mississippi State, which slipped just one spot to No. 11 after a 2-2 week that included a midweek victory against Ole Miss. Kentucky, Auburn and Mississippi State are now locked in a three-way tie atop the SEC’s overall standings at 14-7, one game ahead of No. 7 Florida, No. 12 LSU, No. 15 Texas A&M and No. 18 Arkansas. The surging Aggies have won 17 of their last 21 games, and they jumped up four spots in the rankings this week after sweeping Missouri on the road. The other big climber this week was Stanford, which vaulted from No. 20 to No. 14 after sweeping Arizona at home. The Wildcats tumbled seven spots to No. 19 after getting swept for the second consecutive weekend. MORE TOP 25: @UKBaseball @AuburnBaseball enter the Top Five, @StanfordBSB vaults six spots. Top 25https://t.co/4rHyJ67eBY pic.twitter.com/TQ8VBss9KA — D1Baseball.com (@d1baseball) May 1, 2017 Three teams joined the rankings this week. Loyola Marymount (No. 23) and South Florida (No. 25) made their season debuts in the rankings after winning big conference series against San Diego and Houston, respectively. The Lions have yet to lose a weekend series this season. Texas re-entered the rankings at No. 24 after sweeping a rain-shortened two-game series at Oklahoma State. Maryland, Houston and UL Lafayette fell out of the rankings after losing conference road series. The top NCAA tournament performances through the Elite Eight, ranked March Madness correspondent Andy Katz ranked his top 10 NCAA tournament performances so far. READ MORE Dan Hodge Trophy: History, winners, and how it works Here's the history of the Dan Hodge Trophy, named after one of the all-time greats and given annually to the top college wrestler every year since 1985. READ MORE Oregon State, picked for last in the Pac-12, is a game away from the Final Four Oregon State is one win away from being the first No. 12 seed to advance to the Final Four. READ MORE