SEC Baseball Power Rankings: Texas Unbeaten, LSU Slips

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By Chris Marler

We are three weeks into the season, and it took less than that for people to tell me just how wrong these rankings are. What that tells me is that we are not three weeks into the season, we are in midseason form. This past week SEC teams continued non-conference play that included nearly a dozen games against ranked opponents. Here are our latest SEC Baseball Power Rankings following those results.

1. Texas

Texas is not only the last remaining unbeaten team in the SEC, they are one of three unbeatens remaining in college baseball. The Longhorns have been silent assassins so far this season managing to fly under the radar despite their 11-0 record and top five ranking. They have been absolutely dominant on the mound allowing two runs or fewer in eight of their 11 games. As a staff they lead the SEC in ERA at 1.55 and opponents are hitting just .161 against them on the year. This weekend they swept three games against Ohio State, Baylor, and No. 9 Coastal Carolina.

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2. Mississippi State

I feel weird moving Mississippi State up less than 24 hours after their first loss of the season, but it’s deserved. That’s especially the case when the loss came in extra innings to No. 1 UCLA by just one run. The Bulldogs were one of four remaining unbeaten teams coming into Sunday, and if they didn’t allow a game tying home run to the eventual No. 1 overall draft pick Roch Cholowsky, they’d still be undefeated.

No team has turned things around at the plate better than the Bulldogs. They hit just .236 in their opening weekend series against Hofstra. They’re now second in the league in batting average at .349. They are one of two SEC teams with one loss on the season that came from the No. 1 team. They deserve the spot at No. 2.

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3. LSU

Yes, LSU won all their games this week. Yes, I still dropped them two spots. No, I am not trying to sound like the BCS when I say they need to win with more style points if they want to stay atop the power rankings. The bats disappeared this weekend for LSU, and while it was great to see the pitching staff put up an elite three game stretch, the bats still have to wake up. The Tigers scored just 11 runs on the weekend against lowly Dartmouth and Northeastern. They also went a combined 2-for-23 with runners in scoring position. That’s simply not good enough.

Jay Johnson gave the media a homework assignment.

Compare Kade Anderson’s second & third starts to Casan Evans’.

You’ll notice that the lines are similar and we’ll see if Casan continues his positive progression. #LSU pic.twitter.com/uyvrWdi84y

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4. Florida

Last week I posted my power rankings and a Florida fan called me a six letter word that I can’t repeat. He then followed that up by saying, “How are we No. 10 in the national rankings but No. 11 in the SEC?”

Fair point. Profanity aside, that’s an extremely fair point. Hand up, that’s on me. I messed up.

Florida wasn’t able to finish their three game series against Miami, but they still got the series win after beating the No. 17 Hurricanes in the first two games on Friday and Saturday. On the season they’re 11-1 with 11 straight wins after their opening day loss to UAB.

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5. Texas A&M

Earlier I mentioned that Mississippi State is one of two teams in the SEC with just one loss on the year and that loss being to No. 1 UCLA. Texas A&M is the other. The Aggies have been great through the first few weeks of the season and much better out of the gates than they were a year ago in year one of the Michael Earley era. They rank fourth in the SEC in hitting, and they lead the SEC in fewest walks surrendered on the mound. They do their best work at the plate though ranking top four in the league in home runs (21) and on-base percentage (.467).

6. Georgia

This feels too high. Georgia hasn’t played anyone of significance this season, but allow me to get enamored with a box score or two for a second. The Dawgs lead the SEC in home runs with 38. That’s ten more than the next closest team (Vanderbilt). They also lead the SEC in batting average at .360 as a team. They absolutely punish the baseball. It’s still very early in the year, and they still have a lot to prove once they play some actual competition, but the pitching staff has more than held their own as well, ranking in the top four in ERA at 3.00.

7. Auburn

Auburn is basically a TEMU Texas so far this season. The pitching staff is the story for the Tigers. They rank third in the SEC with 140 strikeouts in 11 games and opponents are hitting just .221 against them. The offense has been lagging behind and they’ve scored the fifth fewest runs of any team in the league this year with 83. They’ve scored over ten runs in just three of their 11 games. The good news is that two of those came in their last two games on the weekend against Nebraska.

8. Oklahoma

I knew this time would come for Oklahoma. They’re still off to a great start, especially for a team that was picked to finish 14th in the SEC this year in the preseason. The bats have been arguably the most explosive in the league scoring double digit runs in nine of their ten wins this season. They fell in this week’s rankings however because not only did they lose two games to Gonzaga and Arizona State, they lost by a combined 18 runs in those games.

9. Arkansas

I just don’t love what Arkansas has done this season, and of all the rankings this week, there’s a case that this one is the least deserving. I flirted with having them higher, but I can’t get over their performance this weekend. They did finish the week strong with two wins over UT-Arlington by a combined 20-1 score, but losing to Arkansas State and UT-Arlington in the same week was too much. They could’ve easily finished the week with a losing record if it weren’t for their win on Wednesday against Arkansas State.

10. Tennessee

The Vols have been very up and down so far this season under new head coach Josh Elander. The pitching has been great, ranking in the top five of the league in ERA (3.09), but the Vols offense has been a shell of what they used to be under Tony Vitello. They rank 14th in the SEC in batting average at .268 and have hit just 16 home runs. There’s probably not a ton of reason to get overly concerned yet, but hitting only 16 bombs when they play in that bandbox is surprising to say the least.