Sunday’s top plays from around the SEC (1:07)SEC Now goes around the conference to highlight some of the best plays from the diamond and the hardwood. (1:07)
College baseball’s opening weekend brought us everything we could have dreamed of. From upsets of top teams — UCLA dropped a game to UC San Diego and Louisville dropped its series to Michigan State — to historic grand slams, this season is already packing a punch. And with that, we have a new top 25, but it maybe doesn’t have as many shakeups as you would think.
Despite the Bruins’ loss, they keep the No. 1 spot, and the five teams behind them remained steady. But Cardinals’ series loss sent them down the rankings from No. 8 to No. 15. Elsewhere, Vanderbilt and Arizona fell out of the rankings, making room for Oklahoma and West Virginia.
Here are how the entire top 25 rankings look as of Feb. 16, plus our favorite plays and what we’re watching in the week to come.
Tyce Armstrong did the unthinkable in Baylor’s opening weekend game and hit not one, not two, but THREE grand slams for the Bears! He is just the second player ever to accomplish such a feat, the first being Louisville’s Jim LaFountain on March 24, 1976. With a start like this, what else will the senior have in store for the rest of the season?
Grand slams were aplenty the past few days, and of course one was bound to happen from the Box. This one was courtesy of LSU’s Jake Brown, which helped the Tigers win 21-7 (7 innings).
Previous rank: 10 Record: 2-1 Next game: vs. UT Arlington, 8 p.m. on Tuesday (Amegy Bank College Baseball Series in Arlington, Texas)
Previous rank: 7 Record: 2-1 Next game: vs. Tarleton State, 3 p.m. on Monday (Amegy Bank College Baseball Series in Arlington, Texas)
Previous rank: 12 Record: 2-1 Next game: vs. Michigan, 4 p.m. on Monday (College Baseball Series in Surprise, Arizona)
Previous rank: NR Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. New Mexico State, 7:30 p.m. on Monday (Arlington, Texas). (SEC Network+)
Sunday’s top plays from around the SEC (1:07)SEC Now goes around the conference to highlight some of the best plays from the diamond and the hardwood. (1:07)
SEC Now goes around the conference to highlight some of the best plays from the diamond and the hardwood. (1:07)
Elsewhere, Oregon State had an electric finish to beat Stanford on the last play of the game.
Here are D1baseball.com’s latest rankings, plus information on each team’s next game.
Previous rank: 2 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. Kent State, 7 p.m. on Monday (SEC Network+)
Previous rank: 3 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. Lamar, 6 p.m. on Tuesday (SEC Network+)
Previous rank: 4 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. Troy, 5 p.m. on Tuesday (SEC Network+)
Previous rank: 5 Record: 3-0 Next game: at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m. on Tuesday
Previous rank: 6 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. College of Charleston, 4 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
Previous rank: 9 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. Cincinnati, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (SEC Network+)
Previous rank: 11 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. Richmond, 4 p.m. on Tuesday (ACCNX)
Previous rank: 13 Record: 2-1 Next game: at Stetson, 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
Previous rank: 14 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. UNC Asheville, 4 p.m. on Tuesday (SEC Network+)
Previous rank: 15 Record: 2-1 Next game: vs. USC Upstate, 3 p.m. on Wednesday (SEC Network+)
Previous rank: 16 Record: 2-0 Next game: at Jacksonville, 6 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
Previous rank: 18 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. Morehead State, 4 p.m. on Tuesday (SEC Network+)
Previous rank: 19 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. Charlotte, 4 p.m. on Tuesday (ACCNX)
Previous rank: 20 Record: 2-1 Next game: at Southeastern Louisiana, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (ESPN+)
Previous rank: 21 Record: 2-1 Next game: vs. High Point, 4 p.m. on Tuesday (ACCNX)
Previous rank: 25 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. A&M-Corpus Christi, 7 p.m. on Tuesday (SEC Network+)
Grand Slam O’Clock @JakeBrown_14 | SECN + pic.twitter.com/88dZbE3rWD
Game 1: 8 p.m. on Friday Game 2: 5 p.m. on Saturday Game 3: 4 p.m. on Sunday
Previous rank: 1 Record: 2-1 Next game: vs. Tulane, 8 p.m. on Tuesday
Previous rank: 8 Record: 1-2 Next game: vs. Xavier, 3 p.m. on Tuesday (ACCNX)
Previous rank: 17 Record: 2-0 Next game: vs. Winthrop, 3 p.m. on Wednesday
Previous rank: 22 Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. UCF, 6 p.m. on Tuesday (ACCNX)
Previous rank: NR Record: 3-0 Next game: vs. Liberty, 4 p.m. on Friday (ESPN+)
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