By Chris Marler
All losses aren’t created equal. That’s the lesson learned from this week’s polls.
Tennessee and LSU have been unanimously No. 1 and No. 2 in the country in nearly every major college baseball poll.
Last week, Tennessee became the unanimous No. 1 team in the country after leaping LSU despite the Tigers not losing a game. This week, the Vols hold onto their No. 1 ranking despite dropping a midweek game to East Tennessee State and one to Alabama while still securing a weekend series win over the Tide.
The Vols stayed at No. 1. However, LSU dropped to No. 8 after losing two of three to No. 8 Texas.
The top three spots in the poll were manned by SEC teams as Tennessee, Arkansas, and Georgia were No. 1 through 3. The SEC led the way once again this week with ten total teams included in the top 25 and all ten being ranked in the top 15 nationally.
Here’s a look at this week’s D1 Baseball rankings with SEC teams in bold:
Team Record/Prev. Rank
- Tennessee 22-2 1
- Arkansas 23-2 3
- Georgia 24-2 4
- FSU 20-3 5
- Oregon St 18-4 6
- Clemson 23-3 7
- Texas 19-3 8
- LSU 22-3 2
- Oklahoma 20-3 10
- Oregon 19-5 9
- Auburn 19-5 20
- Alabama 22-3 12
- Southern Miss 18-6 19
- Vanderbilt 19-5 22
- Ole Miss 18-5 18
- Wake Forest 19-6 11
- Dallas Baptist 16-7 15
- Louisville 18-5 16
- UC Irvine 17-5 NR
- Stanford 15-6 14
- UNC 18-6 17
- Troy 18-6 25
- Arizona 18-5 NR
- UCLA 18-5 NR
- Georgia Tech 20-4 NR
Here’s a look at this week’s Baseball America Rankings with SEC teams in bold:
Team Record/Prev. Rank
- Tennessee 22-2 1
- Arkansas 23-2 3
- Texas 19-3 5
- Georgia 24-2 6
- LSU 22-3 2
- FSU 20-3 4
- Clemson 23-3 7
- Oklahoma 20-3 9
- Oregon St 18-4 11
- Alabama 22-3 10
- Oregon 19-5 13
- Auburn 19-5 17
- Wake Forest 19-6 12
- Vanderbilt 19-5 18
- Ole Miss 18-5 19
- Arizona 18-5 23
- UC Irvine 17-5 20
- UNC 18-6 16
- Florida 18-8 8
- Louisville 18-5 15
- Dallas Baptist 16-7 21
- Stanford 15-6 14
- Southern Miss 18-6 NR
- Troy 18-6 NR
- 25. UCLA 18-5 NR
