5/18 Baseball Top 25 Rankings
May 18, 2015 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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LSU | With a series win over South Carolina, LSU earned an SEC regular season title and the top seed in the SEC Tourney. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
UCLA | UCLA clinched a Pac-12 title over the weekend and now finish up the regular season against Oregon. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Louisville | Louisville earned the top seed in the ACC Tournament and will be in pool play with both FSU and Clemson. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
TCU | TCU swept Oklahoma to win the Big 12 title. They’ll face off against Baylor on Wednesday to start the Big 12 Tourney. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Illinois | Illinois won both of their games against Nebraska and have claimed their 30th Big Ten title. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M ended up as the #3 overall seed in the SEC Tournament and will get a bye in the first round. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Florida | The Gators took two of three from Auburn and that was enough to keep get them a bye in the SEC Tournament. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
Vanderbilt |
A win over Louisville and a series victory over Alabama is just the momentum Vanderbilt needs. | 9 |
| 9 |  |
Miami (FL) |
Miami had a perfect week, beating Florida Atlantic midweek and sweeping Georgia Tech pretty easily. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State picked up a resume building win over Dallas Baptist before taking two of three from Michigan. | 10 |
| 11 |  |
Missouri State | Missouri State made a statement by sweeping a very good Bradley team. SIU awaits in the MVC Tournament. | 12 |
| 12 |  |
Florida State | Florida State was swept by Clemson and dropped to the #4 seed, putting them in the pool with Clemson and Louisville. | 8 |
| 13 |  |
UC Santa Barbara | UCSB looked good in a sweep of UC Irvine. They finish up the regular season at UC Riverside. | 13 |
| 14 |  |
USC | USC will finish their series with Cal on Monday and look to move into second place against ASU this weekend. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Arizona State |
Arizona State is one of four teams fighting for second place in the Pac-12. They play fellow hopeful USC. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Charleston |
After a season in which Charleston dominated the CAA, they hope to do the same in the conference tournament. | 18 |
| 17 |  |
Rice |
A couple wins over FIU was enough for Rice to win the CUSA title. They face FIU again in the confernce tourney. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
Iowa |
Iowa ended up second in the Big Ten and will kick off what should be a great Big Ten Tourney against Ohio State. | 14 |
| 19 |  |
Arkansas | Arkansas picked up a win over Creighton and two of three against Georgia to wrap up the regular season. | 20 |
| 20 |  |
Dallas Baptist | Dallas Baptist fell to Oklahoma State, but took two of three from Wichita State. They face Indiana State next. | 19 |
| 21 |  |
Oregon State |
Oregon State has a lot of momentum heading into their huge series against California this weekend. | 22 |
| 22 |  |
Nevada |
As the top seed in the MWC Tournament, Nevada doesn’t have to play until Thursday. | 21 |
| 23 |  |
California | Cal can make a push this week as far as the NCAA Tournament is concerned with a big series against OSU. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Houston |
With a sweep of Connecticut, Houston held on to win the regular season AAC title with a 16-8 record. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Florida Atlantic |
FAU held on to the second seed in the upcoming CUSA Tournament. They’ll start it off Wednesday against ODU. | 24 |
