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Florida baseball lost three of four games last week and is no longer ranked in any of the four major polls.
The Gators fell out of the D1Baseball Top 25 last week after being swept by the Georgia Bulldogs, and Baseball America, Perfect Game and USA TODAY SportsBaseball Coaches Poll have now followed suit. Florida stands at an unofficial No. 31 in the country with 22 points from the Coaches Poll voters, so there is still a chance for the Orange and Blue to get back in the mix with a strong week.
The college baseball season officially reached the halfway mark (30 games played of 56 scheduled), and Florida has dropped series against Coaches Poll No. 1 Tennessee, No. 3 Georgia and No. 10 Ole Miss. Things won't get much easier with No. 20 Vanderbilt coming to town this weekend. The Gators have one midweek game this week against North Florida, kicking off a nine-game homestand.
Tennessee remains the consensus top program in college baseball, and Arkansas owns three of the four No. 2 spots and is No. 3 for Perfect Game. Georgia is PG's No. 2, with the Bulldogs landing at No. 3 for USA TODAY and D1Baseball. UGA is lowest ranked at No. 4 by Baseball America, giving the SEC three consensus top-4 teams in the sport.
Texas ranks No. 5 everywhere but BA, where the Longhorns check in at No. 4 this week. LSU falls anywhere between Nos. 5 and 7, and Alabama is the consensus No. 8 team this week. Oklahoma holds three of four No. 9 spots, with Ole Miss in the fourth. The Rebels are inside the top-10 everywhere but Perfect Game, which means the SEC produced eight of the top-10 teams across all the major polls.
Auburn is the next SEC team mentioned in the polls, finishing between Nos. 14 and 17 — the Tigers control a different spot in all four polls. Florida's upcoming opponent, Vanderbilt, is all over the place as well. Baseball America is the highest on the Commodores at No. 16, but the other three polls have him ranked No. 20 or lower.
USA TODAY: No. 20 Arizona; No. 22 Stanford; No. 23 Florida;
Baseball America: No. 19 Florida; No. 22 Stanford;
D1Baseball: No. 16 Wake Forest; No. 20 Stanford, Florida; No. 23 Arizona;
Perfect Game: No. 22 Florida; No. 24 Stanford
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The Gators fell out of the D1Baseball Top 25 last week after being swept by the Georgia Bulldogs, and Baseball America, Perfect Game and USA TODAY SportsBaseball Coaches Poll have now followed suit. Florida stands at an unofficial No. 31 in the country with 22 points from the Coaches Poll voters, so there is still a chance for the Orange and Blue to get back in the mix with a strong week.
The college baseball season officially reached the halfway mark (30 games played of 56 scheduled), and Florida has dropped series against Coaches Poll No. 1 Tennessee, No. 3 Georgia and No. 10 Ole Miss. Things won't get much easier with No. 20 Vanderbilt coming to town this weekend. The Gators have one midweek game this week against North Florida, kicking off a nine-game homestand.
SEC Teams ranked in Top 25
Tennessee remains the consensus top program in college baseball, and Arkansas owns three of the four No. 2 spots and is No. 3 for Perfect Game. Georgia is PG's No. 2, with the Bulldogs landing at No. 3 for USA TODAY and D1Baseball. UGA is lowest ranked at No. 4 by Baseball America, giving the SEC three consensus top-4 teams in the sport.
Texas ranks No. 5 everywhere but BA, where the Longhorns check in at No. 4 this week. LSU falls anywhere between Nos. 5 and 7, and Alabama is the consensus No. 8 team this week. Oklahoma holds three of four No. 9 spots, with Ole Miss in the fourth. The Rebels are inside the top-10 everywhere but Perfect Game, which means the SEC produced eight of the top-10 teams across all the major polls.
Auburn is the next SEC team mentioned in the polls, finishing between Nos. 14 and 17 — the Tigers control a different spot in all four polls. Florida's upcoming opponent, Vanderbilt, is all over the place as well. Baseball America is the highest on the Commodores at No. 16, but the other three polls have him ranked No. 20 or lower.
College Baseball Rankings Week 7
| Ranking | USA TODAY | D1Baseball | Perfect Game | Baseball America |
| 1 | Tennessee Volunteers (–) | Tennessee Volunteers (–) | Tennessee Volunteers (–) | Tennessee Volunteers (–) |
| 2 | Arkansas Razorbacks (–) | Arkansas Razorbacks (–) | Georgia Bulldogs (–) | Arkansas Razorbacks (–) |
| 3 | Georgia Bulldogs (–) | Georgia Bulldogs (–) | Arkansas Razorbacks (+1) | Texas Longhorns (–) |
| 4 | Florida State Seminoles (–) | Florida State Seminoles (–) | Clemson Tigers (-1) | Georgia Bulldogs (–) |
| 5 | Texas Longhorns (+2) | Texas Longhorns (+2) | Texas Longhorns (–) | LSU Tigers (–) |
| 6 | LSU Tigers (–) | Clemson Tigers (+1) | Florida State Seminoles (–) | Florida State Seminoles (–) |
| 7 | Clemson Tigers (-2) | LSU Tigers (+1) | LSU Tigers (–) | Clemson Tigers (–) |
| 8 | Alabama Crimson Tide (+3) | Alabama Crimson Tide (+4) | Alabama Crimson Tide (+6) | Alabama Crimson Tide (+2) |
| 9 | Oklahoma Sooners (–) | Ole Miss Rebels (+6) | Oklahoma Sooners (-1) | Oklahoma Sooners (-1) |
| 10 | Ole Miss Rebels (+5) | Oklahoma Sooners (-1) | UCLA (+13) | Ole Miss Rebels (+5) |
| 11 | Oregon State Beavers (-3) | Oregon State Beavers (-6) | West Virginia Mountaineers (+5) | North Carolina Tarheels (+7) |
| 12 | Oregon Ducks (-2) | UC Irvine Anteaters (+3) | UC Irvine Anteaters (+8) | Oregon State Beavers (-3) |
| 13 | UC Irvine Anteaters (+8) | Southern Miss Golden Eagles (–) | Oregon State Beavers (-4) | UC Irvine Anteaters (+4) |
| 14 | North Carolina Tarheels (+4) | UCLA Bruins (+10) | Auburn Tigers (-3) | Louisville Cardinals (+6) |
| 15 | UCLA (+11) | Oregon Ducks (-5) | Oregon Ducks (+5) | Auburn Tigers (+3) |
| 16 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles (–) | Auburn Tigers (-5) | Ole Miss Rebels (NR) | Vanderbilt Commodores (+2) |
| 17 | Auburn Tigers (-5) | Dallas Baptist Patriots (–) | Dallas Baptist Patriots (–) | UCLA Bruins (+8) |
| 18 | Louisville Cardinals (+1) | Louisville Cardinals (–) | Troy Trojans (–) | Wake Forest Demon Deacons (+5) |
| 19 | Dallas Baptist Patriots (-2) | North Carolina Tarheels (+2) | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (+2) | Dallas Baptist Patriots (-12) |
| 20 | Vanderbilt Commodores (-7) | Troy Trojans (+2) | Arizona Wildcats (-8) | Troy Trojans (+4) |
| 21 | Troy Trojans (+3) | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (NR) | Vanderbilt Commodores (-8) | Oregon Ducks (-10) |
| 22 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (+3) | Kansas State Wildcats (NR) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (-3) | Arizona Wildcats (-6) |
| 23 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons (-9) | Vanderbilt Commodores (-9) | North Carolina Tarheels (+2) | Kansas Jayhawks (NR) |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (+4) | Arizona State Sun Devils (NR) | Wake Forest Demon Deacons (-9) | Southern Miss Golden Eagles (-1) |
| 25 | West Virginia Mountaineers (+2) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (–) | Arizona State Sun Devils (NR) | Virginia Tech Hokies (NR) |
Dropped out
USA TODAY: No. 20 Arizona; No. 22 Stanford; No. 23 Florida;
Baseball America: No. 19 Florida; No. 22 Stanford;
D1Baseball: No. 16 Wake Forest; No. 20 Stanford, Florida; No. 23 Arizona;
Perfect Game: No. 22 Florida; No. 24 Stanford
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