Florida baseball moves up in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
Florida baseball scored a weekend sweep over the visiting Siena Saints to wrap up a perfect week of play after taking two from the visiting Florida Atlantic Owls in a midweek series at Condron Family Ballpark. Now winners of six games in a row dating back to the previous weekend’s series against the Miami Hurricanes, the Gators got a boost in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
The Orange and Blue began the week at No. 6 — a spot it held for two consecutive weeks after dropping from No. 5 in the Week 2 update — and thanks to its recent run is now at No. 4, holding a 15-3 record overall and 629 points in the poll.
The Gators are joined by fellow Southeastern Conference schools LSU (No. 1), Tennessee (No. 2), Ole Miss (No. 3), Arkansas (No. 6), Vanderbilt (No. 8), South Carolina (No. 14), Texas A&M (No. 15) and Alabama (No. 22) in the top 25. Auburn (45), Kentucky (13) and Georgia (6) also received votes.
A look at the full Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports:
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
1 | 15-1 | 771 (27) | – | |
2 | 14-3 | 693 | – | |
3 | Ole Miss | 14-2 | 676 (1) | +2 |
4 | 15-3 | 629 | +2 | |
5 | Wake Forest | 15-2 | 624 (2) | -1 |
6 | 13-2 | 596 | +2 | |
7 | Louisville | 14-1 | 584 | – |
8 | Vanderbilt | 12-5 | 491 | +1 |
9 | Stanford | 10-5 | 487 | -6 |
10 | Virginia | 14-1 | 459 | +1 |
11 | East Carolina | 12-3 | 447 | +2 |
12 | UCLA | 12-3 | 431 | – |
13 | Oklahoma State | 14-3 | 420 | +1 |
14 | South Carolina | 16-1 | 293 (1) | +6 |
15 | 12-4 | 263 | +4 | |
16 | Virginia Tech | 12-4 | 234 | -2 |
17 | North Carolina State | 14-2 | 234 | -2 |
18 | Texas Christian | 9-6 | 232 | -2 |
19 | Texas Tech | 14-3 | 229 | +2 |
20 | 12-5 | 195 | -3 | |
21 | Florida State | 11-4 | 151 | +1 |
22 | 15-2 | 137 | -4 | |
23 | Campbell | 12-2 | 92 | +8 |
24 | Boston College | 12-2 | 80 | – |
25 | Southern Miss | 10-5 | 78 | -1 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 22 Oregon State; No. 25 Auburn
Others Receiving Votes
Miami 75; Oregon State 66; Florida Gulf Coast 54; UC Santa Barbara 49; Auburn 45; Arizona 42; Iowa 41; Troy 33; Wofford 22; Georgia Tech 21; Grand Canyon 20; Kentucky 13; UC Irvine 12; Washington 7; Maryland 6; Georgia 6; Washington State 5; West Virginia 2; Old Dominion 2; Connecticut 2; Nebraska 1; Dallas Baptist 1
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