D1 baseball staff | April 30, 2018

Florida, Stanford stay in top two; Oklahoma State continues rise

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Florida and Stanford remained No. 1 and No. 2 in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings for the fifth week in a row. The Gators, who have yet to lose a weekend series this year, took two of three from Auburn while the Cardinal won two out of three against rival California.

Oregon State, Ole Miss and Arkansas moved up two spots apiece to round out the top five. North Carolina was the biggest climber in the top half of the rankings, jumping four spots to No. 6 after sweeping NC State on the road. The Wolfpack fell from No. 3 to No. 8.

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PREVIOUS RANK
1	Florida	36-10	1
2	Stanford	33-6	2
3	Oregon State	32-7	5
4	Ole Miss	34-11	6
5	Arkansas	32-13	7
6	North Carolina	31-13	10
7	UCLA	29-10	9
8	NC State	31-11	3
9	Texas Tech	33-12	4
10	Clemson	34-11	12
11	Southern Miss	32-11	11
12	East Carolina	30-12	8
13	Duke	33-11	13
14	Kentucky	29-15	14
15	Indiana	31-10	15
16	Florida State	31-14	16
17	Oklahoma State	27-14-1	23
18	Coastal Carolina	31-14	18
19	Connecticut	25-13-1	20
20	Minnesota	28-12	21
21	Texas A&M	32-12	22
22	South Florida	29-15	24
23	Vanderbilt	25-18	17
24	Texas	30-17	19
25	Tennessee Tech	37-6	25

Surging UCLA climbed two more spots to No. 7 after sweeping Cal Poly. Texas Tech fell five spots to No. 9 after a 1-3 week that included a home series loss to TCU. And Clemson climbed two spots to return to the top 10 after winning a road series at Virginia.

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The biggest mover of the week was Oklahoma State, which vaulted six spots to No. 17 after sweeping Oklahoma. The Cowboys remain in first place in the Big 12 with a 15-3 conference record. Vanderbilt fell six spots to No. 23, and Texas fell five places to No. 24, but no team fell out of the rankings this week.

D1Baseball editors Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers determine the Top 25 rankings. Records are through games of April 30.