SEC baseball standings: LSU climbs the rankings after sweeping Oklahoma

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After a good weekend, LSU baseball is climbing the SEC standings. The Tigers swept Oklahoma on the road thanks to dominant pitching. Ace Kade Anderson threw nine shutout innings on Thursday night and the Tigers only used five pitchers all weekend. That made it easy on head coach Jay Johnson, who only had to deploy two relievers.

Texas baseball was the talk of the SEC this week with a sweep of No. 3 Georgia. The Longhorns now sit at 11-1 in SEC play with the strongest resume in the country. However, Texas isn't alone at No. 1. The Arkansas Razorbacks are 11-1 too.

In the cellar, we have Missouri, who is still yet to win an SEC game. Something will have to give this weekend as Missouri travels to Florida to face a Gators team with just one SEC win. The loser of that series won't be feeling good a week from now.

Here are the complete SEC baseball standings after four weeks of conference play.

Complete SEC baseball standings​

Rank	Team	SEC Record	Overall Record
T1	Arkansas	11-1	30-3
T1	Texas	11-1	26-4
3	LSU	10-2	30-3
4	Tennessee	9-3	28-4
T5	Georgia	8-4	29-5
T5	Ole Miss	8-4	24-7
T7	Alabama	7-5	27-6
T7	Vanderbilt	7-5	24-8
9	Auburn	6-6	22-10
T10	Kentucky	5-7	18-11
T10	Oklahoma	5-7	22-8
T12	Mississippi State	3-9	19-13
T12	Texas A&M	3-9	16-15
14	South Carolina	2-10	19-14
15	Florida	1-11	20-14
16	Missouri	0-12	11-20

Where does LSU baseball rank in the SEC this week?​

Jay Johnson's LSU Tigers sit at No. 3 with a 10-2 conference record. LSU is one game back of Texas and Arkansas at No. 1 and firmly in the race to win the regular season conference title.

LSU already dropped its series to Texas, but the Tigers will play Arkansas in May. Texas and Arkansas will also meet later this year. Both of those series will cause separation in the standings, one way or another.

This weekend, LSU plays Auburn. The Tigers on the plains got to .500 in SEC play with a series win over Alabama.

Can Ole Miss threaten at 8-4?​

Ole Miss wasn't supposed to be one of the SEC's top teams, but the Rebels are sitting near the top of the conference at 8-4. The same record as the Georgia Bulldogs.

Ole Miss schedule has been easy, but the Rebels are beating the teams they're supposed to beat and just notched a series win at Kentucky. Ole Miss isn't a threat to win the conference, but Ole Miss is doing what it needs to make a run at hosting a regional in Oxford. Ole Miss gets its biggest test yet with Tennessee coming to town this weekend.

Notes​

• Georgia's sweep cost the Bulldogs. UGA is now 8-4 and three games off the top spot. UGA entered the weekend with a good chance to make a statement, but Texas took the chance to make a claim of its own.
• At 1-11, Florida's postseason hopes are all but gone. It would take a miraculous run from a Gators team that just doesn't have the tools to do it right now. Injuries and poor pitching have cost Florida.
• Oklahoma and Kentucky are both 5-7 now. Each squad has had their moments this year, but both needs big series this weekend to remain competitive in the conference.

This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: SEC baseball standings: Two teams keeping LSU off the top spot

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