D1 baseball staff | April 4, 2022 Miami surges into top 10, three teams enter D1Baseball top 25 rankings Top college baseball freshmen in 2022, so far Share Fresh off its first No. 1 ranking in program history, Tennessee didn’t disappoint in a weekend series against rival Vanderbilt, outscoring the Commodores 16-4 on the way to a series sweep. For that reason, the Volunteers remain in the top spot in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings. Vandy, which has now lost two of its last three series, dropped from the top 10 to No. 16, while Arkansas, Virginia, Texas Tech and Oregon State round out the top five. The Hogs won a home series over Mississippi State, Virginia won two of three at home from Georgia Tech, Texas Tech took care of business against Kansas on the road and the Beavers dropped a tight series at home against Stanford. Miami made a sizable jump in the latest rankings, vaulting from No. 17 to No. 8 after winning yet another ACC series, while Texas State, which swept another series and improved to 23-6 overall, moved from No. 20 to the Top 10 for the first time in program history. Georgia also made a sizable jump, going from No. 23 to No. 14 following a home series sweep over rival Florida. Three new teams entered the latest Top 25 Rankings — UCLA, Southern Miss and NC State. UCLA pitched at an extremely high level in a series sweep over Oregon this past weekend, Southern Miss took a crucial home series against C-USA rival Louisiana Tech and NC State took a key road series from Clemson. Florida, Oregon and Georgia Tech dropped out of the latest rankings. D1Baseball editors and national writers determine the Top 25 rankings. Through games on April 3, 2022. Rank Team Overall Record Previous Rank 1 Tennessee 27-1 1 2 Arkansas 21-5 2 3 Virginia 25-3 4 4 Texas Tech 24-6 7 5 Oregon State 20-7 3 6 Oklahoma State 20-8 6 7 Texas 21-9 8 8 Miami 21-6 17 9 Ole Miss 19-8 10 10 Texas State 23-6 20 11 Arizona 21-7 15 12 Louisville 21-7 11 13 Notre Dame 16-5 16 14 Georgia 22-6 23 15 UCLA 19-8 NR 16 Vanderbilt 20-7 9 17 Gonzaga 18-7 24 18 Southern Miss 19-8 NR 19 LSU 19-9 13 20 Florida State 16-11 5 21 NC State 18-9 NR 22 North Carolina 20-8 18 23 TCU 19-9 12 24 Dallas Baptist 17-10 19 25 Connecticut 19-7 25 Dropped out: Florida, Oregon, Georgia Tech MORE FROM D1BASEBALL.COM 📊 POLLS: D1Baseball Top 25 | RPI 2022 PREVIEW: Fall reports from throughout the country Offseason transfer tracker FOLLOW ALONG: Scoreboard | Season stats 🎧Podcast NCAA Video Vault: The hidden-ball trick you have to see twice Miami pulled off one of the all-time great hidden-ball tricks in the 1982 Men's College World Series. READ MORE Here's how many people correctly picked the Elite 8 in the 2022 NCAA men's basketball tournament Not a single Bracket Challenge Game entry correctly picked the Elite Eight field. READ MORE From 12 combined wins to the Sweet 16, how Miami and Iowa State matched in unlikely meeting Since 1985, only five of 576 teams in the Sweet 16 won 10 or fewer games the season before. Two are in this game. READ MORE